Sunday service: Rollercoasters go down as well as up

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Just been feeling a little bit down this week. Can't pinpoint it on anything really. I smashed the next section of the coaching course I'm doing via Association of Learning - after it was returned to me because I didn't do the Harvard referencing and citations properly though... I can't say I'm a fan of having to reference stuff, I…

Monday service: A fear of success

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This may be a day late again, but it's really no big deal. As long as it's once a week and honest, it's all good. This last week I made a lot of progress on the coaching course I'm currently doing - I was really cranking out the words, I think I wrote about 2000 all told, with research and…

L3CiCS Reflective Diary – 3rd April 2020

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This week we looked at common mental health problems and possible reasons for their incidence in society. Mental health problems could be seen as skewed rules that people are trying to live their lives by. These abstract rules are mostly developed alongside the organism as it grows and learns to navigate this world we live in. These self-created rules form…
Perception

Perception

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This is my themed series of blog posts in which as part of my ongoing quest for greater self-awareness and my continued personal and professional development, I pick a word and write about it for a set amount of time. Leave a comment on here with a new word for me to explore in the future or you could suggest…
A letter to myself as a ten year old…

A letter to myself as a ten year old…

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Inspired by a post Nikki wrote on her blog, https://lifeasjustnikki.wordpress.com/2018/10/04/dear-me/, I started this with the intent of writing a letter to my 10 year old self. I was in awe of her raw honesty, and her post really got me thinking about what advice I would give to myself at that age. I started writing but about halfway through I…
L2CiCS: Learning Log – 23rd May 2018

L2CiCS: Learning Log – 23rd May 2018

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This week we looked at enabling the client to identify and focus on their needs and concerns. They might not know where to start, what they want to talk about or even have the capacity to put those thoughts into words. Counsellors identify any difficulties clients have, and use the relevant skills to enable the healing process. We had a…
L2CiCS: Learning Log – 7th February 2018

L2CiCS: Learning Log – 7th February 2018

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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…