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Open Mind Therapy

My Professional and Local Community
 
I take part in a number of projects and activities that I havn't mentioned before on my site so I thought it was about time I spoke a bit about them.
 
Professional Community
 
September 27th and 28th 2008
Hypnotherapy Association's annual conference
I shall be speaking on "Unlocking the Mysteries of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - an Integrative Approach"
 
Continuing Professional Development

As of February 8th for 3 months I am running a one day per month training course detailing my integrative approach.  The course is intensive, inspiring, and above all will develop your vision, your understanding, insight and intuition into your work with your clients.  It's also a perfect opportunity to use the group for your regular supervision, so what it costs in terms of training, can also double up as guidance for your existing clients. 
 

Prepare to learn a whole range of strategies to hone your intuitive capacity to understand your client and work intuitively with them.
 
 
 
 
Local Community
CFS Support Group
 
Once a month, on a Wednesday, I host a meeting locally for people who live with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.  We have named our group Open Mind Group because we refuse to have closed minds and negative mindsets about our purpose together.  There is alot of laughter in our group as members share their latest impasse or self defeating behaviour and then correspondingly alot of inspiration and re-routing to a more positive way of looking at the world.  We do not moan or pretend we don't know what our condition is about.  I do not have the condition personally but members are very happy to understand that they are in control of their condition and not the other way round.  Often members heal and move on.  Anyone is welcome to this meeting who has lived with CFS and who is looking truly, to come out of a dark place and is prepared to look at things with a fresh eye.
 
Free Clinic at John Tasker House Surgery - Great Dunmow
 
Most Friday mornings I run a free clinic at John Tasker House Surgery, New Street Dunmow.  I have been running this service for over 4 years and have met many many local people, some with a need for ongoing support, but many have been referred as an alternative to using the Mental Health System or to using drugs.  Many anti-depressants are not necessary but, without an adequate immediate response service, our GP's are left only with the option to medicate.  Most of the GP's at the 2 sister surgeries: Felsted and New Street, will refer you to me if you ask.  The clinic is designed to only cater for 3 or 4 half hour sessions but it could be the difference between you taking or not taking drugs.  Consider it.  If I can help, I will.  If not, you are at liberty to leave without any obligation.
 
 
Get slim with Louise - Weekly reports in the Dunmow Broadcast
 
The Broadcast is following our journey with Louise Latheron as she diets her way back to health and happiness.  I have written so much about her journey so far, but only a fraction of it gets printed in the paper.  I will put a blog link here so you can keep up with us in 'real time' and not just receive the edited high lights.
 
Louise wants to lose about 4 stone.  The journey is slow and difficult because her weight has been a major defence strategy to her life for many years.  Now, in order to lose the weight, Louise is on a journey to lower her defences and to start to 'feel' life for what it is, and not what she fears it is.

What do we cover?
I have tried to condense my knowledge into the essential parts of developing a higher level of self awareness and intuition with your clients.   So I have chosen a few key theorists to study and show you how to weave different approaches together.
We look at:
Transference/Countertransference
Models of therapy - which to use when
Donald Winnicott's work
Eric Berne's work
EMDR - how and  when to use
 
Watch here for the next course dates.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Open Mind Group
 
Our next meeting is
Wednesday 19th March 2008 at 9:30 am till 11:00
 
Great Dunmow e mail me for address and directions.
mailto:openmindtherapy @yahoo.co.uk You need to remove the space after therapy.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fridays from 9:30 till 11:00
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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