March 2015 ~ Helpful Conversations - Part 5
- Chapter 12: Putting It All Together
- Resources (links, books, articles, the
lighter side)
March 2015 ~ Helpful Conversations - Part
5
In November 2014, we are started a series called Helpful Conversations, based on
the work of Regina Wright, a chartered psychologist in Europe. This series
of newsletter articles is based on a one-year university-accredited training program that Regina
created for the National School of Government to teach reflective skills and
individual feedback. Her background work for the training is based on the
work of John Heron, Carl Rogers and Gerard Egan. Regina may be contacted
at HelpfulConversations [at] hotmail.com or by phone in the UK at 0044 1293
518815 (from the US 011-44-1293-518815)
The training was originally created for counselors and has been adapted for
our newsletter series. Since good communications skills are important for anyone in
business, we are pleased to be able to offer this series for our readers with
Regina's permission. Your feedback is
welcome.
Regina is also offering to give feedback on those who would like to use the
newsletter series as an online course and do the exercises in each
chapter. Send your results and comments directly to Regina via email
to HelpfulConversations [at] hotmail.com using the chapter task list for
each part (downloadable Word document). Regina
has graciously offered to review results at no charge to our
readers.
At the outset of our journey in this book, we met Tom and Sally and were privy to their conversation about Tom’s ‘niggle.’
Since then, we have been thinking about how helpful conversations are put together and how we might develop a framework to understand, critique and assess their success or otherwise.
Let’s revisit Tom’s conversation with Sally to see what we now make of it.
. . .
Part 5 is continued in the full Chapter
12 for download (as a PDF file). The Chapter
12 Task List (Word document) is available for download if you would
like feedback from Regina (at no charge to you).
November 2014 was Part 1 of the
series and includes the Glossary.
Helpful Conversations series ... to be continued ...
Books - Disclosure:
We get a small commission for purchases made via links to Amazon.
- Helping the Client: A Creative Practical Guide. John
Heron. Sage Publications, 2001. ISBN:
978-0761972884
- On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy.
Carl Rogers. Mariner Books, 1995. ISBN:
978-0395755310
- Client-Centered Therapy: Its Current Practice, Implications and
Theory. Carl Rogers. Robinson Publishing, 2003. ISBN:
978-1841198408
- The Skilled Helper: A Problem-Management and Opportunity-Development
Approach to Helping. Gerard Egan. Cengage Learning (2013). ISBN:
978-1285065717
- Income Without a Job: Living Well Without a Paycheck. Michael
Jay Anthony, Barbara J. Taylor. Lulu.com,
2008 ISBN-13:
978-0-557-00377-8. Website: www.income-without-a-job.com.
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Related newsletter articles:
August 1997
- Improving verbal communications
April 2001 - Consulting Skills
for Managers
November 2007 - True Community
March 2005 - Male/Female
Communication at Work
April 2000 - The Art of Listening
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.
― Thich Nhat Hanh
The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't being said.
The art of reading between the lines is a life long quest of the wise.
― Shannon L. Alder
The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to
them.
― Ralph G. Nichols
Many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request.
— Phillip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield
One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what
another has to say
― Bryant H. McGill
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest
compliment or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life
around.
― Leo Buscaglia
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