Monthly Archives: December 2010
Christmas is a comin’ …
Well, it’s nearly here and the atmosphere at CPCAB Towers is becoming more electrified by the minute. As well as the usual frantic round of preparations the weather has been testing our mettle somewhat (although compared to other parts of the country, of course, we’ve escaped very lightly) and the phones have helpfully become exceptionally [...]
Mocks!
Well, I said on my last blog that I had my mock exam approaching and that I would tell you all about it. As it turned out it turned out to be quite a comical event, for me anyway! A few weeks before the written paper we all went off in pairs to record a half [...]
Data Gathering
I guess sometimes we can be overloaded with information. Say, for instance, you’re having a conversation with a friend who tells you that her sister’s, best friend’s, cousin’s, auntie’s, brother’s uncle was a farmer. That his grandfather was a farmer and that his nephew was thinking of becoming a farmer. How would you remember where [...]
Emotions and Being Understood
I felt very ill and very emotional during class this week. Ill because, unbeknown to me, I had Bronchitis. (That’s dedication!) Emotional because it’s an odd time of year for me, coupled with being ill. I don’t do “ill” well. I always want my Mummy! (I’m 37, does this matter?) I become bored and frustrated [...]
Video review: Person to Person – COSCA’s video guide to counselling
You can watch ‘Person to Person’, COSCA’s video guide to counselling, on their website at: http://www.cosca.org.uk/ Introduction My name is Jacinta and I’m 26. I studied digital film and video production at University and have helped film various counselling training videos, some of which I also acted in. I have also experienced two years of counselling [...]
Example referral to Service Level C (with revised commentary):
Counsellor: Sanjay, we’re coming to the end of our assessment session. At the start of our meeting today I explained that I’m trained to work with people who need help and support in relation to both the challenges they’re facing in their life and the short-term psychological difficulties that they may also be facing within [...]
Understanding relationship … and snow!
I was dreading doing my 2nd year case presentation, mostly because my inner critic has a drive to always push me to do things perfectly so there is no room for any kind of inadequacy (my default mode is the academic), so putting myself in a situation where my work is going to be put on [...]
Squeals and Strudel
We carried out a fun experiment toward the end of our lesson this week. We were divided into two groups and we were put into separate rooms. My group was then asked to invent a new language. We were also asked to include signs/actions as well. At first we all sort of stood around making [...]