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All of the information
below, and more, is on the
website www.co-counselling.co.uk
About
Co-counselling
Co-counselling
is a peer-based therapeutic system
based on mutual exchange and using a variety of tools: it draws from Gestalt,
process oriented psychology (POP), psychodynamic, humanistic, bodywork,
psychodrama and cognitive approaches. It aims to help us live autonomously,
creatively and in touch with our emotions, experiencing the hidden parts
of ourselves. It challenges the view that some feelings are taboo and
that we should not have them.
The course aims to be an integrated and therapeutic experience in its
own right. You may choose to:
a) utilise co-counselling skills after the course with a co-counselling
partner or in a group,
b) access the local, national or international CCI (Co-Counselling International)
network of workshops,
c) or you may choose simply to take away with you your experience of and
learning from the course.
CCI is a network rich in opportunity to pursue personal development at
your own pace.
A venue we use for CCI residential workshops
NB. Co-counselling does not replace work with a professional therapist:
it should be seen as an additional way of therapeutic working. It is not
suitable for people who are coping badly with their life and cannot listen
to somebody else talking.
CO-COUNSELLING
FOUNDATION COURSE
LEEDS, November 2010
Dates
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Weekend 1: 5 - 7 November 2010
Weekend 2: 26 - 28 November 2010
(You have to attend both weekends.)
Three (optional) evening practice sessions:
Thursday 11 November 2010,
Tuesday
16 November 2010 and
Wednesday
24
November 2010.
It is recommended
that you attend these, but you don't have to do so.
MORE DETAILS
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Go
to www.co-counselling.co.uk
BOOKING
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Go
to www.co-counselling.co.uk and follow the instructions
FEEDBACK FROM PREVIOUS COURSES
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‘I always look forward to being in a workshop where Richard is present.’
- Stephen Gillingham, 2009
‘…sensitive observation, precise communication, warmth and humour.’
- Alan Carver, Leeds, 2009
‘…he also had us laughing and celebrating what's good about ourselves.’
- Tracy Shippey, York, 2009
‘…powerful, challenging and exciting… an excellent and inspirational
facilitator.' - Rosalind Ashling, Perth, February 2010
‘…a good balance of fun and deeper issues.’ - Nicky, Leeds, 2010
‘…perceptive facilitation’ - Fiona Larsen, Reading, 2009
‘Richard is a sensitive and aware facilitator.’ - Kathryn, Hamburg, 2009
‘…continued invitations, both spoken and implicit, to be and become more
fully myself.’ - Dom Hooper, 2009
'This weekend has changed my life'
'I appreciated the energy and authenticity the trainers brought to the
course'
'Inspiring and liberating. I also enjoyed the variety of activities and
teaching methods.'
'I appreciated the creation of such a safe atmosphere.'
'The course has given me hope that I can discover my potential.'
'I thought Elisabeth and Richard made a good team - skilled and sensitive
facilitation.'
'A well planned, well facilitated and balanced course - it was also great
fun.'
Feedback
from co-counsellors in Co-Counselling International
The feedback comments below are from co-counsellors who
mostly have done their initial co-counselling training with trainers
other than me.
- ''Having
done my 'Fundamentals of Co-Counselling' course, I've been able to share
myself with people, within the Co-Co community, many of whom have become
friends. My life is richer since I became a Co-Counsellor"
(Alan Carver)
- ''I attended
my first co-counselling fundamentals at a time when I was deeply unhappy
and seriously considering suicide. A friend said 'Try this instead,
you just might find it works'. I wasn't keen, but felt I had nothing
to lose --- two weekends aren't that huge a commitment. The course blew
me away. I had more fun than I'd had in the previous fifteen years.
It was also an emotional rollercoaster, there was joy terror anger fear
grief. I'd had no idea all this had been boiling inside me, and I dropped
out of co-counselling almost at once because I needed the space to suss
out what had happened to me and decide for myself what I wanted to do
with the rest of my life. So for starters the course DID mean there
would be a 'rest of my life' .... A year later the same co-co teacher
phoned me to say she was offering another course. It was just the right
moment. I joined the new course, and not that long after trained to
become a co-counselling teacher. I still teach co-counselling today,
with enthusiasm. The benefits to me personally have been and continue
to be huge. I am open to being contacted and will answer questions etc.''
( (Ms.) Bobby MacLaughlin, 33 Wellington Lane, Dublin 4, Ireland.
+353 1 668 0316 bobby@catalase.com)
- ''Co-counselling
gave me a whole new way of looking at myself, and the co-counselling
course itself had a huge impact: I realised that I have far more autonomy
than I had ever thought.''
(Kristal Clark, Leeds)
- "I
found co-counselling particularly helpful around the time of my mother's
death. It helped me to heal my relationship with her before she died,
and to deal with the feelings that came up at that time and later."
(Paul, Birmingham)
- ''Recently
a friend said to me: 'having a baby - it's the best thing I've ever
done', and I thought, is it the best thing I've ever done?... and the
answer was 'no', because it wasn't something I 'did', it was something
that was in my heart all my life. Was it moving to Unstone? No, because
others were involved and it was a process. It could well be doing a
Fundamentals of Co-Counselling course and all that has passed in my
Co-co life since then. All the growing and fun I've had in safe environments
to take risks.'
(Bobby - not the Bobby mentioned above)
- Co-co
has undoubtedly changed my life in a big, big way. It's made me self
confident, self aware, assertive, emotionally expressive, exuberantly
joyful, content, resilient, honest, given me more gorgeous friends than
anyone has a right to have in their lives and some of the best hours/days/weeks
of my life basking in their company, enabled me to tap into resources
I never dreamed were in me, shown me how loving, intimate and connecting
human beings can be, made me appreciate and celebrate my life and been
a fantastic tool and resource on my journey. Long, long may it continue.
(Jane McCardel, Glasgow)
- ''Co-counselling
has helped me cope with depression by helping me address
inner conflicts and become more at ease with myself. My confidence has
grown and I am more able to assert myself without losing my temper.
I cope better with difficult situations, and I am much more sociable.
Co-counselling has definitely helped me become more cheerful, more honest
with myself and better able to respond creatively to life's opportunities
and challenges.
(Nigel, Leeds UK.)"
- "Co-counselling
really helped me in several ways; it assisted me in making contact with
deeper, truer parts of me underneath my anxiety and fears; supported
me in coming to terms with losses in my life; gave me some really useful
skills in listening, communicating and relating to people; introduced
me to some wonderful "real" people."
(Dom, Edinburgh)
- The co-counselling
fundamentals course is an excellent introduction to the skills necessary
for personal development work. Its really FAB!
(Paul, Leeds)
- I have
met lots of new people through co-counselling and its a great network
to be part of.
( Tamsin, Leeds)
- ‘’Co-counselling
has been the most positive step in my personal development in the last
10 years: it has helped to enable me to live my life to the full.‘’
(Anne McWatt)
- ‘’Co-counselling
has helped me to become more open, confident, expressive, assertive,
loving and considerate.’’
(Pascoe Hooper, Edinburgh)
- ‘’Co-counselling
has provided me with a culture to which I am more suited, where I can
pursue my personal development.’’
(Paul Davenport)
- ‘’Co-counselling
is one of the things that underpins my life. It helped me enormously
on my personal journey and in understanding myself and other people.’’
(Jo, Sheffield)
Mailing
list
To get onto my mailing list please send
me an email. You would
then receive mailings (probably two or three a year) about courses on
co-counselling and/or assertiveness and confidence-building. I will not
pass on your details to others.
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