The turnout was, it has to be said, a little disappointing. Maureen
and I were there, and that was it. Even so, we had a productive
day, we went through three activities (four if you include lunch),
so here are some reflections on what happened.
I've been working on using Clean Language as a modelling tool,
for helping someone contact resources within themselves. To explain
- if someone is learning to play the piano (as I am) then their
unconscious has already accumulated a lot of experiences of seeing
and hearing others play, it may have already done a lot of unconscious
modelling. What if we could tap into that?
NLP offers a lot of tools for modelling, but how do you tap into
that rich vein of unconscious experience, which is often expressed
couched in metaphor? Maybe Clean Language is an appropriate tool.
I coached Maureen through a session accessing her experiences
of a resource experience, and then through her inner representations
of playing a piano. Since the results, I've found, tend to manifest
themselves over a period of time (and since we had no piano present)
there was no immediate and dramatic transformation - but watch
this space, and see later in this report.
Maureen then coached me through an exercise she had come across
on values. I'm sure many of us have done the NLP-type exercise
on values elicitation, this one went further and drew out deeper
values. It was quite a powerful exercise and one that left me
with lots to think about.
The third activity for the day was to plan the next meeting and
have some thoughts around the content of the next and future meetings.
We discussed opening the group up to people who had not done the
full six day Grovian training but had done at least a one day
introduction. After subsequent 'phone conversations with current
members we decided to do this and the date was agreed as Saturday
14th March 1998.
Since the room costs us £50 plus VAT, only two attendees
makes a loss. If you are coming to a meeting PLEASE return
the reply slip so that I know we have enough people.
You are warmly invited to…
at The TAD Centre, Middlesborough
on Saturday 14th March 1998
The group holds regular meetings so that old friends can get together
again, those new to Grovian work and Clean Language can meet new
friends, and everyone can have a chance to practise existing skills
and learn new ones.
Session details:
| WHERE | TAD Centre
Ormesby Road Middlesbrough TS3 7SF Tel: 01642 203000 (overnight rooms available - if needed, book direct with TAD Centre) |
| WHEN | Saturday 14th March 1998 |
| TIME | 9:30am for a 10:00am start. We plan to finish at 5:00pm |
| HOW MUCH | £20 - please return the booking slip to Simon Stanton (address below) and pay the fee on the day |
| CATERING | The cost includes morning/afternoon tea/coffee. Lunch may be purchased on site, or locally |
There are two events planned for the day.
Morning
Simon Stanton will lead a session on using Clean Language for
modelling skills. The unconscious mind holds a vast resource of
skills and experiences which can be used to enrich and enhance
current learning activities IF those resources can be accessed.
Find out how to use Clean Language to access unconscious modelling.
Afternoon
Can drawings made by the client between sessions lead to further
information which may enable important issues to be dealt with
more effectively?
This introduction will provide a structure for the use of client's drawings in "everyday therapy" and includes:
- setting up drawings
- questions to ask
- points to bring the client's attention to
- identifying "focal points" which may indicate important issues to be dealt with
and then (time permitting)
a session integrating the skills from the morning with the drawing
skills from the afternoon - drawing the learning experience.