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Stress and Emotional Wellbeing For Parents, Educators and Practitioners Who Work With Children

YOU CHERISH THE TIME YOU SPEND LOOKING AFTER CHILDREN.

THE QUESTION IS : WHO IS LOOKING AFTER YOU?

Core Development offers the following to Parents, Educators, and Practitioners who work with children:

Counselling and Psychotherapy (Core Development method)
Individual sessions (also available by phone)
Couples sessions
Sessions for parents and teenagers (together or separately)
In-house workshops tailored for your team or organisation
Public workshops and Talks

YOUR NEEDS MATTER

If you parent or work with children, it is likely you are always thinking of others. In doing so, you may be neglecting your own needs.

To be a better carer, it is important to take care of yourself.

Stress: Breakdown or Breakthrough?

Have you wondered why, despite advances in technology and the increasing use of psychological and coaching services, STRESS, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION are still major problems?

Have your attempts at dealing with the stress in your life been unsuccessful?

Are you not getting the results you want?

When we talk about stress, we usually mean the symptoms of stress, such as headaches, back pain, anxiety, depression, and various emotional and physical problems.

Individual Sessions, Couples Sessions, Talks and Workshops with Donald Marmara

Core Development offers:

Individual Counselling and Psychotherapy( face-to-face and phone)
Somatic Psychotherapy
Counselling and Psychotherapy for Parents and Teenagers(together and separately)
Couples Counselling and Psychotherapy
Talks and workshops for groups and organisations

The artist Chuck Close once said: “You can give the same recipe to 10 cooks. Some make it come alive, and some make a flat soufflé. A system doesn’t guarantee anything.”

The same applies to relationships. Hundreds of books tell you what to do and not do to make your relationships work. Numerous workshops claim to give you the “secrets” to success.

Restoring Our Capacity To Give and Receive Love

This is what my work in emotional learning – including somatic psychotherapy and counselling – is about. Restoring our capacity to give and receive love.

As a society, and indeed as a human race, we have moved so far away from our true nature, from what we know in our hearts – ie that our true nature is loving, cooperative and compassionate – that we we have come to believe that human nature is destructive.

“Winning is a loser’s game!”

How do you respond to the statement above?

Do you find yourself agreeing or disagreeing right away? Or do you stop to think about it?

What is your feeling response? Are you surprised, irritated, amused, pleased?

What is your bodily response? Do you sigh? Do you nod or shake your head?

What happens to your facial expression? What is your tone of voice when you talk about it?

TO PARENTS AND PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH CHILDREN

PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT OTHERS NEED SUPPORT TOO!

Are YOU getting the support you need?
Are your needs being met?

I don’t need to explain how damaging stress can be, how it can undermine your immune system and cause you irritability, pain, and discomfort in the short term, and serious illness in the long term. Unfortunately you know this all too well.

Why Is There So Much Violence In The World Today?

Wars – Terrorist Attacks – Anxiety and Depression – Mass Shootings – Domestic Violence – Relationship Breakdowns

Are We Missing The Point And Making Things Worse?

In the latter part of this article, I describe two very simple exercises, well known to many psychotherapists, that could transform the way we relate and communicate. And in my article on “Dealing With Your Emotions”, I explain why I believe these methods are not more widely used .

Does Behaviour Management Really Work?

We all need support in getting our needs met. When a child’s behaviour does not meet our expectations, is it helpful to use Behaviour Management Techniques?

Behaviours have a cause and a purpose. When a child behaves in ways that we consider bad or unacceptable, we may resort to behaviour management techniques to change the child’s behaviour.

SUCCESS FAILURE & MOTIVATION

Part I: What’s driving you?

Motivating ourselves and others by Fear seems to dominate all areas of our lives. Have we forgotten what we really want?
This article reflects on the question: Where is all this taking us?

Every action is motivated by the desire to move TOWARDS or AWAY FROM something or someone.There is an important difference in the way these two forces work.

Help with Depression, Anxiety and Stress. The Person or the Condition?

It’s good to remind ourselves not to see and relate to people – children and adults – through the filter of a label, however correct we may think the label is.

Some time ago I had the opportunity of working with a woman in her late 20s. She was diagnosed as chronically depressed, and stuck in a junior position in her company because they said she was a slow learner with poor communication skills and no good at working in a team.