Since I developed The Silent Session framework, I have offered it to thousands of individuals when they are hesitant to share their issue or have been referred reluctantly. As I have said elsewhere, often it is an engagement tool - clients immediately know that I am not setting out to analyze them … [Read more...]
Covid-19 Blog that I never posted
I just came across this blog in my Blog Draft file from early into the Pandemic. Ironically it is now April 2022, Covid-19 is still with us, hospitals are still overwhelmed and a huge chunk of us are fully vaccinated but mindsets are mostly different. Reading this now, it is the last paragraph that … [Read more...]
Police “Stop & Help” Resource
I was making my notes for this Blog about how we could possibly look differently at the Police Stop & Search practice and switched the radio on. Lo and behold there was a discussion, hosted by David Lammy MP on LBC, about Knife Crime and the police Stop & Search strategies. A Police … [Read more...]
Instant mental health resource for schools……
This month, the UK government announced £300million funding for the provision of mental health interventions in schools and colleges. Funding for mental health resources are always a good thing - as is this. However, I would suggest that before schools and colleges go rushing off to … [Read more...]
Second rate venues and graffiti walls: time to improve Youth Services
I am really pleased that I have had to put an addendum on this post - its because I have since the time of writing it visited The Lighthouse Youth Service in Birmingham. It is the epitome of what a Youth Service centre should be. With contemporary furnishing, beautifully designed, well used and with … [Read more...]
Footballer’s behaviour revisited
Since the Saville abuse enquiry, we know how abuse can be "hidden in plain sight" and we know now how prevalent it is across society. We also know how damaging it was to those affected by it - both physically and mentally, often causing irreversible mental health problems. The latest revelations … [Read more...]
Kingston Hospital: Even Aneurin Bevan couldn’t have envisioned this…
If Aneurin Bevan had had a utopian vision for his National Health Service, it still wouldn't include the kind of care that I have received over the past week at Kingston Hospital in Surrey. I have been a patient elsewhere in my life and I have worked independently at hospitals within the NHS, … [Read more...]
The consistent kindness of Tony Benn
I was helping my grandson with his art project - famous quotations to be then hung on a paper tree - and he asked me for my favourite quotation to add to the display. I chose Tony Benn's favourite: "Dare to be a Daniel. Dare to stand alone. Dare to have a purpose and dare to have it known". I was … [Read more...]
Saluting Ferndale Roots…….
If you went strolling in the streets where you live, this evening and asked yourself "what could I do to improve the area for everyone?" and then listed what you could do to contribute to that - what would it be? When I do the stroll, it's usually in someone else's community on my travels. I … [Read more...]
You’re nobody till somebody……wants your vote
Yesterday evening was a cold, windy, rainsoaked event and I was weighing up whether to complete my journey home, stop at a restaurant or pop into a local pub for a warming whiskey. I think it was the gale that blew me home rather than any decision I made. As I turned the corner I saw a group of … [Read more...]
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