The third Monday in January has recently become known as Blue Monday, and not just in Wales: If you too woke to a rather damp and dark January day then ‘blue’ might apply to you too. Yes it’s about money, yes it’s about weather boy it’s probably also about transition. The difficulty with transition is that […]
My guess is that you are not considering a career change at 40 merely because you want a pay rise. Whilst money is usually part of the equation, if money were your full motive, you could take the linear route. Aim for promotion and see just how high you can get in your own sector […]
Wikipedia define Professional Development opportunities as this: “Professional development is learning to earn or maintain professional credentials such as academic degrees to formal coursework, conferences and informal learning opportunities situated in practice. It has been described as intensive and collaborative, ideally incorporating an evaluative stage” Therefore learning opportunities equal the the hands on kind […]
Professional Development Plan:Have you ever noticed that our professional development does not always go to plan? That sometimes we can get a little down when you consider where we think we should be with where we actually are? Here’s Forbes take on it: A lovely empowering piece from career coach from ‘A Work in Progress’. Well […]
A coach and horses seems to be a good metaphor for the coaching process. Once both coach and horses have found the right direction then their progress is practically unstoppable. When the expertise of the coach driver is aligned with the wisdom of the horses themselves, then they can drive right on through just about […]
I am often asked the difference between a coach and a counsellor when at times the coaching process can be equally intense. Principally, a counsellor works with The Past whilst a coach works with ‘the now’ and Your Future. A counsellor will help you to dig deep in the archeology of your life in order to […]
Supervision Bristol: there are a wide range of ‘caring industries’ operating within thus city of ours. Whilst bristol has been known as a city of great wealth and accademia, it is a city of great polarities too: We have high levels of homelessness and addiction. We still have communities struggling with deprivation. We have conflict between […]
Supervision in social work: Social work this is the most obvious context in which to find Clinical supervision. Whilst it is probably one of the most essential places to find supervision. Social work is by no means the only place where clinical supervision is found. The overseeing of a provider or therapeutic practitioners work in […]
Supervision Meaning: I had an email from a colleague from my university days. She sent me a one line email saying ‘what do you mean when you say Clinical Supervision?”. I have been pondering this question because it is such a wide field. Can I reply in a single sentence in return? Probably not, but here […]
Supervision Order: In my supervision blog yesterday I described the nourishment and support to be gained from the supervision session by the practitioner. The true and serious purpose of supervision is however to ‘hold the well-being of the client in mind at all times’. The fitness and ability to practice of the therapist is one […]