I was inspired to write the following after attending a workshop for social activists… This is a modified excerpt from feedback I sent to the organisers of that workshop… Social activists – those of us engaged in trying to change … Continue reading
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Andy Stokes 2011 “Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.” Joan Didion – The year of magical thinking During the early part of my counselling training, one … Continue reading
Counselling is NOT ‘fixing’ someone… While I was sitting in as observer on a practice session in a class for beginning counsellors that I was teaching, the client was telling about the difficulty of being a long-term carer for a family-member … Continue reading
Part 1 (by Andy Stokes) Please note: This is my own, highly personal interpretation based on my experience and is by no means definitive or in the least exhaustive – Andy Stokes 23/10/12 Note: Gestalt Therapy is different from (though … Continue reading