Friday, October 23, 2009

Lined up D outcome

.Group work towards therapeutic outcome; can see be possibility/& positivity and interrelatedness of each member based on needs and abilities. Each member will play out their role and sometimes twigging may be call for to jell/& activate the group.
..Prep, plan & evaluate; aims, select, manage and doc;To work all these out takes more time and effort then anticipated. in fact the details it calls for sends me afloat, may even fly off had I not grounded myself at the start. Selection, not of the membership but, the intended group took us a while; similarly for any group, the group might take a while to settle before therapeutic work is evident.
...Group Facilitators REP; This takes more then being nice and it was painful to face the fact there are holes that needs mending and only in the sewing can the patch be healed, having said that the choice to sew or not is always there.
....Creative method and IPS for group Facilitation; what can i say? what need to be, will be done. The how and what to do has its way of presenting itself and works its magic. Or is that just how i experience it.
my struggle in getting online and my refusal to put in WIFI at home presents an obstacle, but hurdles that are not insurmountable.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Not a Wolf

Boy oh boy,
doing the totem test was an major punch in the eye.
I am equally split 3 ways; deer, bear and eagle
0% wolf. don't really know what to make of it but need to study the Wolf more and decide if i need to develop the wolf in me. Must have allowed to wolf to sleep too long that now refuses to awaken. Ha ha.
Well, this last leg of the current CPPD is strangely fragmented and cementing at the same time. With P Nie on 'sick leave' at the beginning then the KL trip and now pushing to wrap the ALS with X10 down in Johore.
As the captain at the helm Melinda is doing an excellent job, the tiger caught me by the jaw and we put some work in whilst in KL. Still this non-wolf has enjoyed some moments flirting with what is possible but not so workable. Getting down to writing it all up makes me spin and this where i am thankful for group members who enjoys working with words.
oops have to go will add on later.... when next online lah.

Friday, October 2, 2009

The squrriel, gaot and cat

Struggling with getting the ALS going was not that fun but the last meet up with Alex was really interesting.

Melinda's goat was true to form. I looked up and got the below:

The goat is a symbol meaning victory through policy and debate. The goat is a symbol of mental activity, often including religious or artistic inclinations. The goat is sensitive, but can also symbolize overt sexuality or a cunning and mischievous nature. The devil himself is said to occasionally appear in the form of a goat.

My own fruit seller was also not far off,

The squirrel is a symbol meaning resourcefulness, the ability to change direction quickly, the ability to rise above danger and the peace of life in the woods for those who are ready to retire from a more strenuous life. The squirrel prepares carefully for the future (winter), but always has time to play!
and as a fruit seller the role of being the in between, providing the needful and sometime desired rather then producing. i especially like the availability of choices (a fruit seller usually have a good selection of different fruits bought from framers/dealers to sell to customers)The idea that squirrel is a fruit eater may be the link i unconsciously pick up on in choosing the animal.

Then when Melinda was goating me, I chose to be a cat.

Cats are symbols meaning spiritual power and freedom or love of liberty. Cats were sacred in ancient Egypt. The Egyptian goddess Bast was feline and her chariot was drawn by cats. In the Christian world, cats were maligned as associating with witches and the devil. Cats have also been used as negative symbols of women, especially predatory women or those who seek to entice men to sexual misconduct. Likewise, "tom-cats" have a similar reputation. To be "catty" is to be flirtatious. A "cat-house" is a place of prostitution. In addition, the cat is highly fertile and often has large litters. These associations have dampened the cat's magical qualities in some circles, although cats remain a favorite pet and useful for keeping the rodent population in check around the world.

The fact that all 3 animals are non meat eaters, and their mixture of fine and maligned qualities is fertile grounds for my reflection and joyful entertainment.

whilst all this is exciting, i am always reminded of the path of minimum needs and only work on the needful. the quiet and simple road is a magnet reemerged.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

looks like I got lost for a while; forgot to visit and doing other things.
The short version of this is as follows:
after the 1st tutorial was excited and rearing to go. the meeting spent on possibly taking on sex-education was good while the session lasted; The enthusiasm exhibited by I ling was commendable. To me it was an easy way out, there are existing packages ( at least 2 that could be used)to pick and modify rather then building the mansion from ground level.
for the 2nd session, unfortunately natural causes held me back; diarrhea and the rain kept me home and hence unable to go online with the group. Sad that that resulted in only 3 members getting together but in a way it worked out, had I better the rain and crab on my way to the centre only to have the session postponed, i would not have been that happy.
Going online today to search for MDI and ending up with Major(ICD-10)Depression Inventory was fun and rewarding. Also a quick look in on the blogs of the group sweep me off, May be I need to check in more often and really consider lining up a line at home. That is to be decided later. for now this rush job will be the best i can do.
and time's up again. Supervision time.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

getting a new start

decided to use this refreshed blog, I ling already lock in as follower. now looking to see how to capture the URL.
also trying not leave this just hanging.