Posts tagged with 'therapeutic alliance'
Meeting at relational depth: a model
28th October 2010
I went to a workshop on Saturday about "Relational depth". As is usually the case, chewing over the material afterwards, thinking about how it's relevant for myself & my work, following up some leads - these seem crucial activities to promote "digestion" rather than a quick learning meal that goes …
Meeting at relational depth: what gets in the way?
27th October 2010
This is the fifth in a series of six blog posts triggered by going to a workshop "Meeting at relational depth" taken by Mick Cooper in Glasgow. I've already written about two exercises we explored during the morning session - "Meeting at relational depth: what does it involve?" and "Meeting …
Meeting at relational depth: links to attachment
26th October 2010
Yesterday I wrote a post "Meeting at relational depth: what intrigued me most". I described how, in this one day workshop, I paired up with someone I'd never met before and acted as client in a 20 minute role-played counselling session. Every minute we independently estimated how deeply we felt …
Meeting at relational depth: what intrigued me most
25th October 2010
I've already written a couple of blog posts about the workshop I went to on Saturday - "Meeting at relational depth: outline of a 'research' workshop" and "Meeting at relational depth: what does it involve?". However it was the second exercise we were asked to try out that I found …
Meeting at relational depth: what does it involve?
24th October 2010
"A consultation is when the room disappears." David Reilly (physician) On Saturday I went to a course called "Meeting at relational depth: a research workshop". I have already written a first post outlining the day. After staying overnight in Glasgow with a friend who was also coming to the course, …
Meeting at relational depth: outline of a 'research' workshop
23rd October 2010
I'm booked in for a course today with Professor Mick Cooper of the University of Strathclyde entitled "Meeting at relational depth: a research workshop". The publicity blurb reads "This experiential workshop, which Mick Cooper has been running nationally and internationally since the publication of 'Working at relational depth in counselling …
Improving treatments for complex PTSD and for survivors of child abuse (third post)
9th August 2010
I wrote a couple of days ago about Marylene Cloitre & colleagues's recent research paper "Treatment for PTSD Related to Childhood Abuse: A Randomized Controlled Trial", and yesterday I explored three questions that had struck me on thinking about this work - about the applicability of this approach to other …
BABCP spring meeting: collaborative case conceptualization - including positive psychology (third post)
10th April 2010
Yesterday - in "BABCP spring meeting, second post" - I described my reactions to the "Collaborative case conceptualization" key principle on levels of conceptualization. In today's post I talk about the other two key principles we were presented with - collaborative empiricism and incorporation of client strengths. Collaborative empiricism fits …
Our life stories: needs, beliefs & behaviours
14th February 2010
This post describes the "Needs, beliefs & behaviours" diagrams, best viewable on screen in PDF format (slides 1 & 2 and slides 3 & 4), but also downloadable in Powerpoint format (slides 1 & 2 and slides 3 & 4). The post below is downloadable as a Word format handout. …
SIGN guidance on non-pharmaceutical management of depression
28th January 2010
The Scottish Intecollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) published their guidance on "Non-pharmaceutical management of depression" today. SIGN comment: "Depression Alliance Scotland proposed the development of this guideline based on feedback from service users who were seeking information about interventions other than prescribed antidepressants which could be helpful in managing their depression. …