August Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the August edition of the Brighton Person-Centred Community news.

We have info on our Walking Community group on Saturday 12th August and the Community meeting at Friends Meeting House on Saturday 19th August. Read on also for info on some CPD, including an opportunity to explore racism and whiteness and a Therapeutic Group.

If you have any questions about attending the meeting, or if you have any ideas or feedback about things we can consider to strengthen the Brighton Person-Centred Community, then please contact Suzi (suzimac55@hotmail.com) and/or William (willjaj@virginmedia.com).

As always, if you have anything you'd like to share that you think would be supportive for Community members or want to reach out for something yourself, do consider using this newsletter as a way to do so. In order for something to appear in the newsletter please send it by the end of the month to appear in the next month's email (which will come out around the second week of the month).

In Person Meeting

The meeting will take place at 9.30-12.30 Saturday 19th August. You don't need to email to say you're coming but if you want to then you can contact William on willjaj@virginmedia.com

It is £5 to attend but we do not wish money to get in the way if this amount is difficult for you. The fee attempts to cover the cost of the room, and if you would like to pay more than £5 you are welcome to. To pay online our bank details are: PERSON CENTRED COMMUNITY; 08-92-99, 65079432 or you can bring cash to the meeting. Refreshments are available in the break.

Walking Community

All are welcome to the new walking community group. The meeting will be Saturday 12th August at 10am, contact Chris on aihpos58@gmail.com if you are interested. Chris introduces the meeting as follows: "We can walk in silence, talk as we are walking and or both while in nature. This will be from the Warren Road Car Park at the top of the Brighton Racecourse. See below for map. My only request for people attending is that confidentiality be maintained. That we take responsibility to listen with our hearts and communicate with empathy and respect. In my case I am also interested in authenticity."

Examining whiteness

  • Saturday, 2 September 10:00 - 13:00 with Frances Basset and Brennan Holt
  • Cornerstone Community Centre Church Road Hove BN3 2FL

This event is offered to psychotherapists and counsellors from all backgrounds and ethnicities wanting to actively address the injustices and inequalities of racism through personal and collective work on White identity, power, privilege, and complicity.

For further info and to book your place https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/examining-whiteness-tickets-687796867947?aff=oddtdtcreator

Please direct any further questions to Frances or Brennan on email: frances@bassetconsultancy.co.uk email:brennan@sussexcounsellingcollective.co.uk

Email Counselling Training - coming soon

Do you want to become an email counsellor but not sure how? Join us to learn all the skills you need to exchange secure, confidential, therapeutic emails with your clients.

Chloe Foster's brand new 2 day online CPD workshop is on:

  • Saturday 2 September 2023 (9.30am - 5pm)
  • Saturday 9 September 2023 (9.30am - 5pm)

SAVE THE DATES NOW

Why join this training?

  • build your confidence

  • learn new skills

  • expand your work opportunities

  • offer a diverse and accessible service to clients

  • supportive: learn with a small group of peers

  • accessible: 2 day online workshop

  • confidential: workshops are not recorded

  • get all your questions answered

  • workbook included to aid your further learning

Read more about the training here: https://www.sussexrainbowcounselling.com/emailcounsellingtraining Tickets go on sale at 1pm on 1 June 2023.

Introduction to Focusing plus Focusing Skills Certificate courses

Two day Focusing Intro 10-5 - 9th & 23rd September 2023 - £140 - on Zoom. Learn how to guide yourself through the Focusing process and be a companion in the process with a Focusing partner. Learn this gentle yet powerful process for supporting yourself and gaining awareness as well as a lovely way of connecting with others.

Year long (ten days inc Intro) Skills Certificate - Oct 23- June 24. Gain a full grounding in how to practice Focusing for personal and partnership use. The more experience of Focusing you gain the more you may be able to bring this approach of presence, attunement and embodiment into your client work if you should wish.

For more information http://www.suzimackenzie.com/focusing-training.html or contact suzimac55@hotmail.com

Therapeutic Group

I am excited to be offering a Weekly Ongoing Therapeutic Group in Hove beginning September 2023. In our group it is possible to learn about ourselves, with the support of others, and apply this learning to our ourselves and our relationships outside of the group.

To join our group, please contact me for a no-obligation initial call where we can explore what our group can offer you.

Details:

Where: New Road Psychotherapy, 8 The Drive, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 3JT

When: 1830 - 2000 on Tuesday 5th September 2023 - Tuesday 16th July 2024 (& ongoing)

Cost: approx. £30 a session paid via £100 a month over 12 months

Contact: info@alisonsutcliffe.com/ www.alisonsutcliffe.com/ 07541237278


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