A PUZZLING BEGINNING
We believe that we learned a lot during our 25+ years of teaching; the SCD is something like our melting pod. The SCD coach prefers to work on eclectic ways; body, mind and soul are always belonging to one individual. Like the WT-professional in martial art he knows also the other main disciplines around his field of activity. Be it Psycho-analysis or Behaviourism, the cognitive or the creative directions; knowing what way to use how by when and why to help/guide the individual client with his (re)quest. There is no time and energy wasted by searching the 'guilty'; all interactions are focused on solving the recent unbearable or confusing life-situation.
To give SCD an even stronger foundation on the field of 'interactive communication' I have chosen in 2003 to follow an officially acknowledged (ISO-9001 certified) counselling study (NTI/SCN). That specific extra wisdom in combination with the knowledge already in our possession - due theory and practice - should give us in future many useful extra impulses and options for sure. Out of this raised belief/development came also my recent decision to add permanently a third basic discipline to CoreMunication: COUNSELLING - also a WT-like way.
Self-Empowerment (ME) and Mediation (WE) were a good fitting CM-duo in the past but with Counselling (YOU) it simply became a perfect fitting CM-trio. Especially because of the still intact core concept (O/R/A) the integration of Counselling in CoreMunication was extremely easy for me - referring to the concept not to the skills. Don't forget, I consider Rogers as the 'Western father' of the CM-structure ('Eastern mother': of course WT) and he is actually also the founder of Counselling, a nice 'detail' I wasn't aware of before my study!
Since 12-03-2005 I'm thus also a 'Register Counsellor'; like in WT I will chose to enhance continuously my abilities due supervising. I'm glad that I have found an excellent source for it; and I want to thank my former Counselling teacher (and now most appreciated Counselling colleague) Martine Clausen for all her great support and lessons during my Counselling study. Next to my WT-family I have found something like a second 'feeling-home' base and I feel grateful for all the experiences I have had and will have due to these fine people.
Right now I'm thinking about the option to continue my study toward the academic Master degree later. The way is open - but I guess that I first want to have a little study break by now and to collect practice experience on the field of Counselling. However, if I ever wish to study again I know already now which academic way to choose - that's for sure. The same can be said for Lady-Sifu, she joined me already on most of my pratice days at the university and she starts to like the taste of it (but it's time consuming indeed, so we will wait and see).
In December 2005 I was able to pass already a test of three modules (brain structures/functions, 'Transactional Analysis' and 'Relative Emotive Therapy') of the 'Bachelor of Arts in Counselling Psychology' study. It was actually not my intention to do this but I was invited together with a couple of 'finished Counsellors' and I simply couldn't resist to take this opportunity of knowledge grow - and of course I'm glad I did. It gave especially for the SCD for sure some useful impulses; but it brought also for the NWTO a couple of maybe interesting options.
TO BE CONTINUED! SFS