May 2007 - Posts
This is interesting, but leaves me feeling uncomfortable -
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what do you reckon?
This is by no means an authentic curry - certainly not with Marmite, raisins and apple in it - but it tastes good and I like it! If you don't have the spices listed here you can probably get away with just using curry powder, but it won't be quite as good.
1 Onion
2 Cloves Garlic
2 oz Mushrooms
Small Apple
2 tsp tomato pure
small tsp marmite
1 tsp coriander
pinch chili
.25 tsp aniseed
.25 tsp ground fennel
.25 tsp ginger
.25 tsp fenugreek
1 Tb Raisins
2oz Cheese
Chop and saute the onion and garlic. Add mushrooms. Add the apple. Mix the spices with a little water, and leave to sit for a few minutes then add them. Add a little more water as needed and stir in the marmite and tomato pure. Add the raisins, cook on low heat for about 15minutes, adding more water as needed. Just before serving add diced cheese and quickly stir it in and serve before it melts too much.
Marriage Care, 9 Stow Hill, Newport
This Catholic relationship counselling agency is looking for trainee volunteer counsellors who would like to work with couples.
If you are interested in being trained in this way of working but don't have a counselling qualification - but you do have some further education - you could be selected to start training in January 2008. The training is free, takes place in London, lasts a year and is spread over 8 weekends. You would then be expected to work for the organisation as a volunteer counsellor and would receive free supervision. Alternatively, if you already have a counselling qualification you may be interested in doing a locally based “fast track” course. This course runs for 6 months and includes 3 residential week ends, 2 separate saturdays and the submission of 2 case studies,a video recording and assessment. Validation is by York St John University. Again you would be expected to work voluntarily for the organisation once trained and would receive free supervision.
You do not have to be a catholic to work for Marriage Care but some understanding and sympathy with the Catholic Church would be necessary. It's maybe worth mentioning that because this is couples work you wouldn't be able to count all of the hours you might work here towards your hours on the Diploma. You can count ten of them, however, and this is certainly worthwhile work which would be valuable experience. Ring or leave a phone number on 01633 263398.
The programme for the June 13th conference has now been finalised and you can download the information from the link below. It might be worth mentioning that every conference so far has enjoyed brilliant sunshine - so don't forget your sun hat!
Developing Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice: What Research has to Offer.
This is advance notice of a conference to be held at the University of Wales, Newport on 24th November 2007.
It is designed to encourage people in the counselling and therapy profession to actively embrace research into practitioner issues.
Please also note that this is not the counselling students conference which will be held on June 13th - yes indeed, two counselling conferences at Newport in the space of five months!
Once again I seem to have accumulated a number of copies of "Therapy Today " and "Counselling and Psychotherapy Research" which are going free to good homes.
If you'd like a copy simply make sure you're signed in (near the top of this page, over on the right hand side) then click on "comments" just by this posting and tell me you want one. If you also tell me which course you're on, and who your tutor is, I'll make sure it finds its way to you. To be honest that stuff about "good homes" is pretty much a smokescreen. If you want one, you can have one!
30 May 2007 - an open Seminar, a forum for topical research open to staff, students and the general public.
Jane Hunt - Lecturer in Counselling, University of Salford.
This is the last in this year's series of open seminars by visiting speakers and, like the others, the session includes a talk, followed by the opportunity for discussion. Refreshments will be available, and all are very much welcome.
Over the last decade or so, post-structuralist feminism and *** theory have seen the transgendered individual or transsexual as the exemplar of someone who transcends and challenges the boundaries of sex and gender. But such an identification has been criticised for not paying enough attention to the personal experiences and stories of transmen and women. In this talk I will draw upon my doctoral research interviewing male to female transwomen regarding their understandings of the constructs of sex and gender, reflecting on these discourses in the light of the work of Judith Butler, and considering their relevance for counselling.
Room: A39, Allt-yr-yn Campus
Time: 5.30pm
Though all are welcome, places are limited. For further details, and/or to confirm that you would like to attend, please contact Gideon Calder.