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Strategies
for Better Living
Personal development in a safe, supportive environment
• The personal development
plan
• Counselling
The
Personal Development Plan
A comprehensive programme for developing new life skills
This course combines a personal workbook with weekly one to
one sessions.
The workbook helps you to find your own inner wisdom expressed
from your own feelings and in your own words.
One to one sessions combine counselling and Reiki to provide
support, healing and relaxation.
This programme will:
• Develop awareness of how your inner feelings emerge
as behavioural patterns
• Give you insight into your life's events and how they
have affected you
• Offer relief from associated physical ailments
• Help you establish the life you want to live
But first, why not read the article from
TIME OUT
LONDON -
April 9-16th 2003
Written by Andrew Shields (
link to further down the page)
How does it work?
Counselling creates a personal space
where you can talk and be listened to in a safe, confidential
and caring environment. I will help you to discover your true
feelings and see how those feelings affect the choices you
make. You will learn how to make decisions from insight. I
will be there to support you.
Reiki relieves stress and fatigue and stimulates the body's
own natural healing potential. It helps you to respond more
calmly to all events, and build on a more resourceful state
of being.
Reiki is not a belief system nor is it linked to any religion.
The work book contains a series of simple tasks designed to
help you discover and accept the real you. It is where you
invest in yourself. After all, whether you know it or not,
you are your greatest asset.
How do
I start this programme?
Contact me to make an appointment for
a consultation, which costs £25. At this consultation
you get the opportunity to ask me questions and find out how
this course will help you. I will also give you a short session
of Reiki.
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Counselling
My approach to counselling
It is not unusual to find yourself questioning your life and
wondering if you have the strength to change it.
Inside every person is the potential and capacity to resolve
issues and choose a better life. My intention is to unlock that
potential and help you see the possibilities. We are more creative
than we realise, and in the pressure and tension of daily life
it is easy to lose sight of our greatest asset and resource
- ourselves.
You might also want to find deeper meaning and insight.
Counselling will help you to build a life which is spiritually,
intellectually and emotionally more fulfilling. We can explore
the attitudes, behaviours and feelings that shape your every
day experience.
Looking at the past is one of the ways you can help to define
the future. I will guide and support you as you come to terms
with any difficulties you face and learn to accept yourself.
Time to talk; time to be understood
The counselling session is your personal
space where you can talk openly about yourself, your hopes,
your fears, your expectations and your disappointments. You
can express your feelings in a non-judgmental and confidential
setting. It's amazing what we store up inside us whether we
know it on a conscious level or not. Making links between this
and how we react to situations can help to alleviate personal
pressure.
To discuss your requirements or find out more call me on 07831
30 20 10 or click
to e-mail me.
TIME OUT LONDON
- April 9-16th 2003
Written by Andrew Shields
Making Room for Growth
Escaping the shackles of emotional pain
We all have strategies to forget the
problems of modern-day living. For some, it's a night getting
blasted down the pub; others might prefer a few days stretched
out on a beach. Trouble is, all you're left with is a hangover
or a tan; the difficulties you're escaping haven't magically
disappeared.
"In this country we have the longest working week in Europe,
not to mention the highest incidence of adult depression, the
highest divorce rate and the most congested roads," says
Maria Arpa. "It's hardly surprising that we try to avoid
dealing with issues that matter."
Funny, warm and a firm believer that her kitchen table in Kensal
Green is just the kind of unthreatening location to help people
get to grips with reality, Arpa is a qualified counsellor and
Reiki Master. She has devised a twelve week programme which
combines the two techniques: counselling to create a secure
personal space and reveal the patterns behind a client's specific
condition, the ancient 'hands-on' benefits of Reiki to trigger
the body's natural healing ability.
"Mental distress triggers physical reactions in the body,"
she explains, "affecting a person's overall state of health
as well as their emotional resilience. In this context, Reiki
works by hastening the therapeutic process. It helps someone
to relax, open up and retain the lessons they've learned."
Indeed, after a session dealing with some of the challenges
set out in the 12-step 'Personal Plan for Inner peace' which
Arpa produces for each client, 45 minutes lying fully clothed
while she places her hands gently and passively on different
parts of the body and head is immensely soothing.
Both counselling and Reiki - a Japanese word meaning 'universal
energy' - are growing rapidly in the UK. The British Association
of Counselling and Psychotherapy has reported a 710% increase
in practitioners over the last decade, while more than half
the country's primary care practices now offer some form of
counselling to patients. Likewise, the Reiki Association has
seen a significant demand for accredited training.
Once a stressed out advertising professional herself, Maria
Arpa believes the two approaches dovetail perfectly into an
easy-to-follow programme: "Over three months, we can examine
different aspects of an individual's psyche and response processes:
attitudes to work, money, parents, partners, how they process
and externalise their feelings and how they distract themselves
from the things that matter. We then explore the options for
personal growth and record the results. The beauty of the system
is that it is non-invasive, fits easily into a person's daily
life, provides a supportive environment and gives the tools
needed for lasting change."
The results are impressive, with Arpa's clients reporting a
real boost to their self-esteem and well-being as well as relief
from stress, poor sleep and physical ailments such as back pain.
"This has given me the strength to handle the challenges
in my life," says one 45 year old man after completing
the programme. "I have succeeded in changing my belief
system and now understand why certain things have happened.
I know how to achieve my dreams."
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