RD thoughts

• Noticing I am speaking of therapy as a concept
  • when really it is an my own connection with it
  • that will change over time
• I do still like to explore myself the fittedness of counselling in my own development.
• Trainers feedback
  • Love is on the receive
    • slower paraphrasing, affirmations, reflections
    • for trust to build, you need the love archetype
    • you are all where you need to be right now
  • Will = second stage
    • with trust - starts to be more challenging
    • and you can be better if you change etc
  • Recommended reading:
    • Care of the soul
    • Dark night of the soul
• I found this advise quite profound!
  • There was a show of hands as to where our focus was.
  • I was the only one who had the focus on the will.
  • Maybe I came to the course / RD sessions etc with a trust, of which the others needed to develop.
  • Therefore I jumped straight to the will and challenge.
  • The others might not have developed the trust yet leading to confusion and defensiveness!