Iain Douglas Stewart

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 20th September 2017

By Iain 20 September 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

Today was my first class, and to say I was nervous beforehand was an understatement. I arrived first to the classroom, and as usual I had negative thoughts. I thought that things had fallen through and the course was cancelled because no-one else was there, then I thought that I should run away and not attend the course. In the…

L2CiCS: Learning Log – 20th September 2017

By Iain 20 September 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

In this first lesson, our tutor gave us an overview of the course and what it is to be a counsellor, the importance of listening skills in the role, and she answered any basic questions we had. She also outlined the differences between counsellors, Keyworkers and Support workers. A counsellor is a qualified and registered person who has trained for…

Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills: My Expectations

By Iain 20 September 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

My expectations for this course are, first and foremost, to gain a basic understanding of Counselling, the skills and qualities required to be a Counsellor, and in particular to determine if I can see myself as a Counsellor in the future. I have read a few books on Counselling, but I feel I can only learn so much from a…

I want to be a Counsellor

By Iain 1 August 2017ReflectionsNo Comments

I think I do, yes. I'm going back to college! I start a course soon and I'm very nervous, but I HAVE to do this. I cannot spend the rest of my life at Asda, I just can't. "BE BRAVE", I tell myself. "If not for yourself, then for Jake". He deserves a father that lives a worthwhile life, just…

Where to go from here?

By Iain 13 February 2017Creativity, Reflections, Site RelatedNo Comments

When you hit rock bottom, they say you can see exactly how far you need to climb to get back to where you were. Sounds easy enough, but it's very foggy, and I'm not even sure if I'm going the right way. I hit rock bottom recently - I reached the end of a long, painful journey and stared into…

2016/2017

By Iain 5 January 2017ReflectionsNo Comments

2016 was pretty shit to be honest. I don't really know how it happened, or what happened, but I feel like I done something wrong or broke something but I don't know what it was and it has brought every bad decision I ever made back to haunt me. That is about as much sense as you'll get out of…

Destiny and the Iron Banner

By Iain 12 May 2016Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

So, Destiny then. I've been fairly addicted to it for the past few months, and the Iron Banner has been one of my favourite aspects - I look forward to it rolling around every month. I can't put my finger on exactly why I like the week of Iron Banner so much to be honest. Is it because it is…

Missed opportunity?

By Iain 16 October 2015ReflectionsNo Comments

It's how I kinda feel about not writing little updates every so often when Jake does something amazingly cute or has a major breakthrough (like standing up unaided for 12 seconds - so awesome). It would've been nice to have chronicled his growth, but would I have spent too much time writing about what he has done while missing the…

Gizmo. We let him down.

By Iain 4 September 2015ReflectionsNo Comments

He died one year ago today. He was an awesome cat.

In the end, we let him down. We never realised how bad his breathing had got. We took him to the vets on a Monday, he had a blood test and had antibiotics on the Wednesday. When they had little to no effect and he got worse, we were scheduled to take him to the vets, we were the last appointment of the day, so he could be kept in overnight if need be.