SERIES 1

Sessions:

• Series 1 Session 1: Summary of some of the topics covered in the programme: “An Eclectic mix” of counselling and psychotherapy models. Those models include psychodynamic, Systemic, CBT, EMDR, EFT, Gottman, how the past has its tentacles in our present and is affecting our future; moving as much issues from the unseen (the unconscious); bring about change – over time. Not quickly, but by small incremental steps, not big leaps; neural pathways; Childhood development; The brain does not like pain; Childhood development can throw up a lot of clues if you go looking; Connecting with the unfinished business of childhood – which holds the keys to the adult behaviours – means finding and re-nurturing the child in you; recover from Sex, Porn, Love Addiction; equipped to become the author of your new destiny. Your future; Get knowledge. Get understanding. Then reclaim your life and on the way, recover from

  ;Individual work;  Shame, Anger, Attachment, Addictions, Trauma, Grief/loss, Narcissism, Depression

  Trauma is the internal wound

• Series 1 Session 2: How we first met; Poem by John Wood; tell your story of how you first met; Graphical representation of harmony & disharmony in relationships
• Series 1 Session 3: “Pinches & Crunches” in relationships; childhood development; Scripts; Russian Doll – inner child concept
• Series 1 Session 4: Relationship patterns & images; Stubborn as a mule; Jake & Jasmine; Emotional Bank Account
• Series 1 Session 5: Communication foundations; Ambiguous images; Back-to-Back Complex Drawing Exercise; Rate the Conversation Conflict topic; Communication as the hub in the Bicycle wheel
• Series 6 Session 6: Communication Skills (1) – “It’s not about the nail”; “Men in the dog house”; Books – The Art of Loving; Men are from Mars, Women are from Venice; Why men don’t listen & women can’t read maps; The brain as a filter; 9 Dots Exercise; Body language v speech; Hearing & Listening; Five types of poor listeners
• Series 1 Session 7: Communication Skills (2) – Good & bad times; 48 hour rule; set a time limit; take a break; The Floor card Exercise; Communication Conflict sheet issues; Signatures & Arm-folding Exercises
• Series 1 Session 8: Transactional Analysis (TA) – Parent, Adult, Child ways of interacting; Childhood Development & Sexual Map/Template; Poem: Children learn what they live; Neural Pathways