L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 21st February 2018

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 21st February 2018

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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…
Workshopping

Workshopping

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I had a workshop day for my counselling skills training course this week. We were using the Johari Window and making masks of our Open Selves and being brave and revealing an aspect of our Hidden Selves which in turn let others tell you something about your Blind Self... It was quite fun and quite eye-opening. One aspect of my…
L2CiCS: Homework – Counselling in the Media – 10th February 2018

L2CiCS: Homework – Counselling in the Media – 10th February 2018

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This week we were given a series of questions about how counselling is portrayed in the media, in particular magazine and newspaper problem pages and TV shows such as Oprah and Jeremy Kyle. Here are the two problems from “Agony Aunts” I have chosen to look at; One from a “lowbrow” newspaper and one from a “highbrow” newspaper. The first…

Keep myself honest

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It's definitely useful to have this blog as a reminder, and in an effort to keep me honest and accountable for my forward momentum, I'm updating this blog on a semi-regular basis. A little renovation here and there is in order, and a recalibration of older posts is ongoing, as I filter out a lot of the irrelevant stuff like…
L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 17th January 2018

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 17th January 2018

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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…

Smudge

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Smudge died today. Jane sent me a message while I was at work. She'd been off for weeks, coming up for more cuddles and being very clingy, but I never thought it was this bad, that would come to this. Jake and I had a lovely long cuddle with her yesterday. We were on the sofa and she came up…
L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 10th January 2018

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 10th January 2018

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Today we explored personal blocks to listening, which are external or internal factors that interfere with a counsellor’s ability to be present in the room and utilise active listening. One internal block to listening that I feel could be pertinent to me, especially at this early stage of my counselling journey, is me wanting to give advice. So often in…