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Sometimes – David Whyte

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Depth and beauty from David. Here’s the text, for those who have trouble seeing Facebook links. SOMETIMES Sometimes if you move carefully through the forest, breathing like the ones in the old stories, who could cross a shimmering bed of … Continue reading →

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‘The Poet and the Shepherd’ by Joshua Boettiger

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

https://parabola.org/2017/01/31/the-poet-and-the-shepherd-by-joshua-boettiger/ Click on the link to visit Parabola Magazine for this astonishing article by Joshua Boettiger:- ‘We could say the search for meaning – which is a holy search – becomes imperiled whenever the poet-self and the shepherd-self are out … Continue reading →

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Things not to say to a trans person – Free Speech – BBC Three

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Funny, human, obvious (with empathy), profound, touching, relational. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter

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Love has no labels – Ad Council

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Click on the link for this short film from the Ad Council, which makes its point rather effectively. The Ad Council comment runs:- ‘While the vast majority of Americans consider themselves unprejudiced, many of us unintentionally make snap judgments about … Continue reading →

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Carl Rogers on the process of becoming

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

‘I should like to point out one final characteristic of these individuals as they strive to discover and become themselves. It is that the individual seems to become more content to be a process rather than a product. When he … Continue reading →

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