Summary of PYC3705
TRANSFORMATIVE COUNSELLING ENCOUNTERS
PART 1: BEGINNINGS: CREATING CONTEXT
Study Unit 1: Finding your personal space within the module
1.1 Transformative Counselling Encounters and I:
New encounters create new world with new meanings
The new experience can be exciting and unnerving while being life – transforming
Humans are never alone and are shaped by their personal and social histories; past memories, emotions and vibrations
Complexity => assumption of the world/people/ourselves are subject to re – interpretation, pointing to us that life is complex
Multiple realities => Anderson, Goolishian and Hoffman => as we encounter and explore newness, we are free to create a new perception of reality allowing us to experiment with alternative meanings of that new experience. The unfamiliar generates feelings of loss of certainty and predictability and the normal flow of life we know is disrupted
Diversity => difference from our preconceived ideas and standards of believing
New opportunities => being able to negotiate new meanings and find new words representing the changing reality; requires skills, flexibility and being present in the moment
Relatedness => relating old and new in a new context
1.2.1 Metaphors and stories as tools of communication:
Metaphors and stories help people to relate
Becoming a counsellor is a challenging and exciting process
Multiple realities => people’s experiences comprised of multiple layers, truths and voices
1.2.2 Enhancing self – awareness through reflexivity:
Davis, Sumara and Luce – Kapler =>in every activity which involves learning or self – transformation you are always and already entangled in a relational web meaning that habits, tradition and expectations play a role in shaping our experiences and these forces are sometimes difficult to overcome.
Experience is private and personal and others can experience it if the person shares it with them
How we affect and in turn influenced by our interactions with
PART 1: BEGINNINGS: CREATING CONTEXT
Study Unit 1: Finding your personal space within the module
1.1 Transformative Counselling Encounters and I:
New encounters create new world with new meanings
The new experience can be exciting and unnerving while being life – transforming
Humans are never alone and are shaped by their personal and social histories; past memories, emotions and vibrations
Complexity => assumption of the world/people/ourselves are subject to re – interpretation, pointing to us that life is complex
Multiple realities => Anderson, Goolishian and Hoffman => as we encounter and explore newness, we are free to create a new perception of reality allowing us to experiment with alternative meanings of that new experience. The unfamiliar generates feelings of loss of certainty and predictability and the normal flow of life we know is disrupted
Diversity => difference from our preconceived ideas and standards of believing
New opportunities => being able to negotiate new meanings and find new words representing the changing reality; requires skills, flexibility and being present in the moment
Relatedness => relating old and new in a new context
1.2.1 Metaphors and stories as tools of communication:
Metaphors and stories help people to relate
Becoming a counsellor is a challenging and exciting process
Multiple realities => people’s experiences comprised of multiple layers, truths and voices
1.2.2 Enhancing self – awareness through reflexivity:
Davis, Sumara and Luce – Kapler =>in every activity which involves learning or self – transformation you are always and already entangled in a relational web meaning that habits, tradition and expectations play a role in shaping our experiences and these forces are sometimes difficult to overcome.
Experience is private and personal and others can experience it if the person shares it with them
How we affect and in turn influenced by our interactions with