by gtccounselling | Nov 28, 2011 | General
This poem was “previously published as a Poetry on Loan postcard”. “Poetry on Loan is an Arts Council funded organisation whose purpose is to promote contemporary poetry through public libraries in the West Midlands.” Feeling Low? Breathe in. Create a snapshot;...
by gtccounselling | Oct 7, 2011 | General
David Cameron has described the riots which took place in the streets of English cites in August as being – ‘about behaviour’, ‘people showing indifference to right and wrong’, ‘people with a twisted moral code’, ‘people with a complete absence of self-restraint’. He...
by gtccounselling | Aug 13, 2011 | General
Why is it that those indicating the importance of understanding the underlying issues of the recent riots are vilified as apologists? Certainly the culprits of wanton vandalism, theft and murder need to be punished but unless there is an understanding of why it all...
by gtccounselling | Aug 9, 2011 | General
Judging by the number of training courses for counsellors and the number of counsellors there now are, it would seem that more and more people are turning to counselling to resolve disturbing issues. The Government has also accepted that ‘talking therapies’ can be...
by gtccounselling | Aug 9, 2011 | General
I don’t know the origin of the original but I came across this copy in ‘Madman – The Strange Adventures of a Psychology Intern.’ by John Suler, Ph D., “A man was walking down a dark alley when he saw a stranger searching for something under a street lamp. When he...
by gtccounselling | Jul 10, 2011 | General
Some apt words from ‘Doc’ in John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row – first published in 1945. “It has always seemed strange to me,” said Doc. “The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in...
