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TAG WORKER CARE

CARING AND DEBRIEFING TWO The tall well dressed man walked down the street towards his car. He had had to park a long distance away from where he had made his last call. He pulled his stylish overcoat tighter as he grasped a beautiful silver box with one hand, he almost dropped it as heContinue reading “TAG WORKER CARE”

CARING AND DEBRIEFING

Understanding caring and debriefing is not simply an intellectual excercise but a personal understanding of human beings methods of making attachments and connections, in both the physical and mental spheres. It is frequently the case that carers, pastors, therapists, and many other persons in front line care have evolved into the work due to unresolvedContinue reading “CARING AND DEBRIEFING”

LET THE BODY SPEAK

Did you ever think of your body as having a voice? During my lifetime , particularly in relation to trauma a growing ‘body of people’ have followed the ‘somatic trend’ re understanding and working with our bodies. Of course there has been, practically forever, an interest or even an obsession with the body beautiful, peopleContinue reading “LET THE BODY SPEAK”

CONTROLLING WHAT SEEMS UNCONTROLLABLE

I,ve noticed that the themes relative to the experiences of the pandemic are infiltrating many adverts, and if you are anything like me you would have, in the past paused the Television until they were over and felt some frustration at the interruption they cause to your favourite viewing. A current advert for ‘Pension Bee’Continue reading “CONTROLLING WHAT SEEMS UNCONTROLLABLE”

let the vulnerable speak

For some time I have been reflecting on promoting a positive and appropriate attitude towards vulnerable persons.In average times we tend to think of vulnerable people as those who are physically and mentally disabled but in current times we really need to extend our view of vulnerability to include all of us. Such a stanceContinue reading “let the vulnerable speak”

ADAPTING WITH INSIGHT

In the last blog we were looking at the notion of ‘The Shadow’ being loose in us and in our world as a whole.In some instances it is easy to identify,though not often acknowledged, we have elements of it all around us, we can see the crooks, tricksters to mention a very few, for theyContinue reading “ADAPTING WITH INSIGHT”

ADAPTING TO NEW WAYS OF LIVING

I wet my feet on Analytical psychology during my training and ongoing development as a therapist, but it made sense to me regarding healthy living and dealing with trauma and life’s challenges.It is not my purpose to present a treatise on Jungian psychology or to denigrate it by using it eclectically, but to allude toContinue reading “ADAPTING TO NEW WAYS OF LIVING”

Integrating and adapting

During my lifetime there have been phenomenal changes in the world at all levels.We now use the ‘adage’ global village’ and this indicates the notion and indeed the reality that the world could be traversed with comparatively little difficulty, at least until the covid crisis, then people were being asked to ‘keep their distance andContinue reading “Integrating and adapting”

interface in aoibheann thoughtful reflections

I worked for 17 years on the Interface between North and West Belfast during the height of ‘The Troubles’ At that Interface one was, in the physical sense, faced with a huge wall designed to discourage anyone crossing over or through it but, of course, workers and groups interfaced with one another in pursuit ofContinue reading “interface in aoibheann thoughtful reflections”

BACK AND FORWARD

I’ve been reflecting on the old adage ‘one step forward and two back’ It seems like that now, every time the government brings in guidelines there is forward movement and then whoops back it goes again! Life in a personal sense is rather like that and this is clear to see at this time ofContinue reading “BACK AND FORWARD”