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James O’Dea on peacebuilding

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

“Those who recognize our essential qualities are the true peacebuilders: they let us know that they see the significance of our lives. Meanness of spirit stems from a place of neglect and the absence of nurturance and love. When we … Continue reading →

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Mad Rad Crisis Intervention Team Training: psych survivors train sheriff deputies – Faith Rhyne

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Mad Rad Crisis Intervention Team Training: psych survivors train sheriff deputies – Faith Rhyne Click on the title to go to the post on Beyond Meds. Thank you, Monica Cassani, for this powerful piece from Faith Rhyne. This is the … Continue reading →

Posted in actualizing tendency, Asheville Radical Mental Health Collective, core conditions, criminal justice model, Disconnection, empathy, empowerment, ethics, Faith Rhyne, fear, good, human condition, interconnection & belonging, internal locus of evaluation, love, Mad in America, Mad Rad, medical model, Monica Cassani, our service, paradigm shift, person centred, psychiatry, therapeutic growth, transformation | Tagged Adverse Childhood Experiences, Asheville Radical Mental Health Collective, autonomy, civil rights, core conditions, criminal justice, Eagle Street Coffee Emporium, empathy, Faith Rhyne, freedom, human condition, Icarus Project, justice, Keith Vidal, Kelly Thomas, Mad in America, Mad Maps, Mad Rad, Mad Rad crisis intervention team training, Mary Ellen Copeland, medical model, Monica Cassani, paradigm shift, personhood, psychiatric abuse, psychiatric model, PTSD, relating, relationship, WRAP | 2 Comments

The Conflict – Update & Zarathustra

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

On 17 February, we published the following post about a conflict involving this service. https://palacegatecounsellingservice.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/the-conflict/ I was interested to see this article by Zarathustra, a.k.a. Phil Dore, on that post. http://notsobigsociety.wordpress.com/2014/02/27/exeter-counselling-service/ If you would like to read the full story … Continue reading →

Posted in conflict, ethics, our service, regulation | Tagged Exeter Counselling, John Clapham, Lindsey Talbott, Not so big society, Palace Gate Counselling Service, Phil Dore, Philip Dore, Phoenix Counselling, Zarathustra | 1 Comment

The Conflict

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Introduction Eighteen months ago, a conflict erupted in our service. It did not relate to our client work. In this vast, complex and messy battle, there has been no complaint by any client of this service, or any client off … Continue reading →

Posted in conflict, our service, person centred | Tagged battle of therapists, conflict, counselling, Exeter, Palace Gate Counselling Service, person-centred, psychotherapy, talking therapy | 1 Comment

Traditional Lakota Prayer

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Traditional Lakota Prayer Great Spirit, Great Mystery, teach me how to trust my heart, my mind, my intuition, my inner knowing, the senses of my body, the blessings of my spirit. Teach me to trust these things so that I … Continue reading →

Posted in human condition, our service, person centred, spirituality | Tagged human condition, Lakota, meaning, Palace Gate Counselling Service, prayer, religion, spirituality | Leave a comment

A different pathway for therapists too

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

As Lindsey has already posted, we are putting together some words to describe who we are and what we offer. We have already posted a rewriting of Carl Roger’s 19 Propositions, and our client ethos statement. This is what we … Continue reading →

Posted in Carl Rogers, core conditions, ethics, our service, person centred | Tagged alternative, Brian Thorne, Carl Rogers, client work, counter cultural, Irvin Yalom, PCA, person-centred, person-centred counselling service, person-centred supervision, supervision, therapy | 1 Comment

A different pathway – what we offer

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

On 16 January, I posted:- ‘Our Service Ethos, and Carl Rogers’ 19 Propositions: A revisiting’ https://palacegatecounsellingservice.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/our-service-ethos-and-carl-rogers-19-propositions-a-revisiting/ In it, I described our recent decision not to renew our organisational membership of the BACP. Clearly one of the potential benefits of membership … Continue reading →

Posted in Carl Rogers, core conditions, ethics, our service, person centred | Tagged BACP, diversity, Ethical Framework, ethos statement, external locus, internal locus, person-centred, person-centred counselling service, what we say to clients | 1 Comment

Our Service Ethos, and Carl Rogers’ 19 Propositions: A revisiting

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

We chose in October last year not to renew our organizational membership of the BACP, although many of our 30 or so individual therapists remain members of this, UKCP or another such organization. We continue to support them in working … Continue reading →

Posted in Carl Rogers, ethics, internal locus of evaluation, our service, person centred, regulation, therapeutic relationship, values & principles | Tagged 19 Propositions, BACP, Carl Rogers, counselling, Ethical Framework, person-centred, person-centred counselling service, personality theory, psychotherapy, theory of self, therapy | 9 Comments

A Collision of worlds by Brian Thorne

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

A Collision of worlds by Brian Thorne Wonderful article by Brian, putting some of the arguments against regulation of counselling.

Posted in conflict, ethics, internal locus of evaluation, medical model, our service, person centred, regulation, values & principles | Tagged creativity, Regulation, therapy | 1 Comment

Yule Reflections 2013

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Last night we had our counselling service meal. We decided not to venture into the festive melee. Instead we hired a comfortable room in our building (which houses various other groups and activities besides us). John and I spent a … Continue reading →

Posted in core conditions, our service, person centred, therapeutic relationship | Tagged celebration, community, love, Palace Gate Counselling Service, person-centred, relationship | Leave a comment

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