Rowan, J (2005) The future of training in Psychotherapy and Counselling: Instrumental, Relational and Transpersonal Perspectives. London: Routledge

On talking about culture, he says: “The paradox is that if we forget our own culture we become a routless thing, but if we take it for granted we become a danger to others. Holding both sides of this paradox is very important for any therapist”

I have been thinking on the concept of transformation of experience and found this thoughtful quote from Baba’s Thought for the day today:

“When a sculptor transforms a piece of rock into a beautiful idol to be worshipped in a shrine, what was inert and worthless becomes sacred. In the same manner, everything which is petty and worldly should be transformed in course of time into something sacred and divine. That is the real transformation that every man must aspire for.”

In terms of my research, … Read more »

I attended the CRG meeting earlier today and wrote down an interesting quote related to narrative inquiry. Here it is:

“When the story of our life doesn’t make sense to us, we need to explore alternatives in identity…to fashion a new myth” by McAdams, 1993

Since last Tuesday that I attended a session from the Taught Doctorate in Counselling, there has been an interesting email exchange amongst the group about how/if do we define ‘culture’ and about our methodological/philosophical stance around definitions in general. Here is the interesting email exchange: … Read more »

I just read an interesting quote at Sai Baba’s site, on the “thought for the day section”, which made me think about a different perspective around the whole diversity issue that often comes up as a theme in my research. I think it is useful to record it here for possible future use in my thesis. Here it is: … Read more »