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Counselling and Psychotherapy in Brighton
‘There is no coming to consciousness without pain’ Carl Jung
One to One Therapy and Group Work
These sessions are both 1-1 and in groups. I offer therapy services both indoors, in comfortable therapy rooms, and outdoors, in natural settings such as woodland (this is a private, confidential space, under shelter when necessary). Through using focused activities indoors and in natural environments, we can explore particular aspects of ourselves and start to understand how they may be contributing to our current difficulties. We use simple exercises to help ground ourselves and develop self-awareness, so that we can become aware of the nature of our problems and begin to integrate these insights. Through becoming conscious of the ideas we hold about the world, and understanding how at times we can be trapped by our perceptions, we can start to break free of them. These sessions will consist of a variety of reflective techniques in order to facilitate deeper self-knowledge. Group work can include overnight camping and extended wilderness trips.
Focussed activities in nature include:
- Mindfulness in nature (nature focussed meditation)
- Directional walking to explore aspects of self (e.g South as our childhood self)
- Exploring metaphors of self in nature
- Self generated rituals to aid healing and self development
- Exploring relationships between self, nature and others
- Solo time spent in nature and wilderness settings
- Extended wilderness and nature journeys
Cost of individual session £50 per hour (first session reduced)
Tel: 07876 716700
email: m.jordan670@ntlworld.com
Meeting of members (non members are welcome but will need to join overall cost 35 pounds inc. weekend)
Friday 8th October - Sunday 10th October
Location: Powder Mill Woods, Battle, East Sussex
Camping self catering
Cost: 15 Pounds
Meeting to discuss and share good practice in taking therapy practice into the outdoors. Members will be sharing practice in the form of workshops, exploring the question of 'why take therapy into the outdoors?' and also what therapeutic role does nature have in the therapeutic process?
Group will also be discussing roles and future direction of CAPO.
Email: m.jordan670@ntlworld.com
Previous events
Day Workshop: Sat 17th April, Stanmer Park, Brighton 10-4pm
Cost £60
Ecotherapy: exploring our therapeutic relationship with the natural world
A day exploring the therapeutic potential of the natural environment. Time will be given over to exploring ourselves in relation to the natural world. We will start the day with a social dreaming matrix, taking themes that emerge into experiential exercises exploring our therapeutic relationship with the natural world.
Tea and coffee provided please bring lunch to share
CPD certificate will be provided.
Please contact Martin Jordan for booking form or with any questions you may have.
Weekend Workshop:4th - 6th June 2010, Roeburndale Camping Barn, Middlewood, Nr Wray, Lancaster.
A Meeting of Minds in Nature
Cost £150 Cost includes barn/camping fees, particpants will need to bring food.
We will be working together in a group based in the secluded camping barn, or camping in tents in the meadow adjoining. We will venture out into the surrounding native woodlands and along the River Roeburn for contact with nature, and to explore emerging personal experience. There will be time for group process and personal reflection, as well as theoretical input and discussion.
This workshop will be suitable for both for therapeutic practitioners wanting to incorporate the natural environment within their work, and for those already working in this area to help develop ideas and skills further.
Wilderness immersion weekends. A chance to explore the process of ecotherapy and nature based therapy in more depth over a camping weekend.
•28th-30th Aug - ‘The Living Mountain’ - Rhinog Mountains, Snowdonia National Park. A weekend in the beautiful mountains of North Wales exploring the therapeutic potential of nature. Cost £100
Both weekends are camping or bunk barns, self catering.<