A comprehensive programme of Psycho-Emotional-Education
Now we have something to bite into… what isn’t working in the client’s life and what I/we can do about it, and how?
After our first meeting, and my ‘assessment’ I’ll have made a few notes to myself on aspects that need exploring and the domino effect this will then have for my client.
I’ve found it most useful at the beginning of a session to first [Read more…] about The Filling In The Sandwich – Whole-Brain And Holistic Reflections Upon Therapy.
As we enter my workroom I notice their reaction to it, and I wonder if it fits their expectations – based upon the impressions they’ve had of me so far from my website, photo, name, address, voice, my management of their enquiry, and the ease of access to this room – my room that they have been invited into and where they may share some of their most vulnerable emotions and darkest thoughts. They will inevitably have been constructing a ‘me’ as much as I have been constructing a ‘them’ – although perhaps only subconsciously. [Read more…] about Our First Session – ‘whole-brain and holistic’ reflections
It’s nearly time for our first face-to-face meeting, and I feel both curious and excited.
The room I offer for us to meet and work in is very important – they will be making impressions and judgements of me and the standard of my work from here. I want to avoid any distractions or intrusive noises – sometimes these aspects are under my control and sometimes they’re not.
Some clients can feel a degree of shame about needing psychological and emotional help, and it’s important that their privacy upon arriving and leaving is respected – I’ve never had a ‘waiting room’ arrangement for that reason. (I feel passionate about removing such stigma from therapeutic help and my 12 modules of ‘The Ripple Effect’ Process aim to do that too.) [Read more…] about First sight and impressions – ‘Whole-brain and holistic’ reflections
