Deep Release E-Newsletter November 2011

Dear Friends

Have you taken a look at our website recently?  Kit has been giving it a makeover and we hope you'll like the new look.  Those of you who are Facebook fans, please note we now have a Facebook page and it would be great to make optimum use of this, so click the link on the website, take a peek and maybe even like us!

Did you remember to put the clocks back this weekend?  At least we get an extra hour at this time of year, which was much appreciated after four solid days' training!  This included a new course, Where do I put my Pain?,  which was extremely well received and we do encourage you to come when we re-run it next year.  Taking a look at how our brain works and where we store painful and traumatic memories was so helpful, along with ways of resourcing ourselves and moving increasingly towards freedom.  Chris and I were speakers at the ACC South East Annual Conference on Saturday and had a great day looking at complex relationships!  It was lovely to catch up with some old friends.

Don't forget an important new training day coming up soon:  "The Search For Relationship" on Wednesday 16th November.  This is a course created especially for clients (ie not aimed specifically at counsellors).  Some people are coming with their counsellors as part of their ongoing work together, which is a great idea.  (In this instance the counsellor can come at a reduced rate.)  We'll be looking at how early childhood deficit and neglect can create an deep inner loneliness and then how difficult it can be to risk getting close to people.  We'll explain how we defend ourselves against being hurt, both wanting to keep people away, but desperate to find intimacy and a place to belong.  We will share together ways to begin to find freedom, and we hope very much that this will be a day of learning together and moving forward in healing.  We will not be offering any counselling as such - it is specifically a training day - but we hope you will find it brings hope and encouragement.

Supervisors, don't forget an important CPD day on Tuesday 15th November:  Ethical and Spiritual Dilemmas in Supervision.  This will be a great opportunity for us to discuss and debate some tight corners in supervision practice, so bring case work examples with you!  Supervision CPD is rare, so make the most of this chance to build up your confidence and experience.

Counsellors, your chance to benefit from a Deep Release Weekend is just around the corner, 2-4 December.  This is your chance to get some input after all the giving out you do, and it also provides a unique opportunity to see Deep Release therapy in action.  We strongly recommend that all DR counsellors experience a weekend like this - there's nothing quite like it!

Katy and I are beavering away to get the 2012 brochure ready for you, and we will be putting the courses onto the website over the next couple of weeks, so keep a look out for them.

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Time is speeding by and if you want to get organised early this year, don't forget two ideas for Christmas presents:  one is Libbi MacGregor's wonderful new album, The Dream is Not Over.  To order your copies, contact Libbi direct.  And as always we offer Deep Release Christmas Gift Vouchers which can be ordered by contacting the office.

I was thinking recently how difficult many people find it to put into words what they are feeling.  The fear of sounding stupid, or being proved wrong, or not being able to convey the depth of feeling we are experiencing, can make us close down, and then feel more alone than ever.   I came across a beautiful old quote recently, which I have read before, but it was good to find it again.  It was written in 1859 by an English novelist and poet called Dinah Craik.

Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away. 

I hope you experience that breath of kindness this week and that gentle words will bring you comfort, hope and encouragement.

With love

Chris and Pauline