employment – Page 2 – Iain Douglas Stewart

Slacking

By Iain 13 November 2018The MissionNo Comments

I finished my level 2 Counselling Skills course back in August, but I couldn't take the assessment because we had already booked to go on holiday. I went in to college and took it last night, and it felt great to be back in a learning environment. Being driven to college in a taxi in the dark, the smell of…

Potential is only a Possibility

By Iain 19 October 2018Essays, The MissionNo Comments

Come closer, let me tell you a story. It's about me and my potential. And how that potential lay dormant for twenty years. What is potential worth, do you think? It's worth nothing if you don't do anything with it. See, the problem is that potential does not directly translate to ability or power or talent or wealth or any…

On hold. What to do?

By Iain 22 June 2018Reflections, The MissionNo Comments

Potentially, I may have to hold fire on continuing my Counselling training for this upcoming academic year. We booked our annual holiday pretty much as soon as we came back off of our holiday last year, and it happened to coincide with the external assessment for my counselling course. So the problem is that I can't take the assessment because…

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 18th April 2018

By Iain 18 April 2018Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we looked at more aspects of personal development, such as personal growth and how we feel about our developing counselling skills, as well as how we feel about giving feedback. Personal Growth Looking back on at my own journey on the course since September I have definitely learned a great deal about counselling and the various skills used…

L2CiCS: Learning Log – 28th March 2018

By Iain 28 March 2018Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we talked more about referrals in counselling. A referral is when a client exhibits problems or presents issues that are beyond the scope of a counsellor, and the counsellor informs them of another counsellor or service that would be more appropriate for their needs. Sometimes referrals are necessary. And they are always for the good of the client.…

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 21st February 2018

By Iain 21 February 2018Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we talked about Transactional Analysis a bit more, and were asked to participate in an exercise our tutor has called Know Thyself. Understanding ego-states is a powerful tool towards self-awareness. In this exercise we are to keep a note of which ego-state we are in at different points of the day and asking ourselves some questions. My Parent…

L2CiCS: Workshop Learning Log – 10th February 2018

By Iain 10 February 2018Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

Today our group had a Personal Development weekend and we learned about the Johari Window. The Johari’s Window model is a psychological tool for people to better understand themselves, their relationships and other people. It was developed in 1955 by Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham and has been proven to help with self-awareness, personal development, improving communication, interpersonal relationships, group…

L2CiCS: Learning Log – 7th February 2018

By Iain 7 February 2018Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we looked at some aspects of Transactional Analysis, in particular Stephen Karpman’s Drama Triangle, as well as Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. The Drama Triangle was conceived as a social model of human interaction by Stephen Karpman in 1968. In life, people play games. In difficult or tumultuous relationships, the Drama Triangle can be used to map the…

L2CiCS: Learning Log – 24th January 2018

By Iain 24 January 2018Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we reflected on our own patterns of relating, and how that increases our self-awareness. In particular, we looked at Relationships and what they are. Taking into consideration the connotation which is relevant to our studies, relationships are, essentially, descriptors of the connection between two or more people. There are numerous types of relationship, and they can be roughly…

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 17th January 2018

By Iain 17 January 2018Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week was a bit more abstract and self-exploratory than usual, in that we carried on exploring our understanding of the relationship between our personalities and our helping work by asking ourselves various introspective questions (Unit 5.1), and we also considered the ways in which our life history has impacted on our behaviour and life choices (Unit 5.2). Because of…