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Monday, November 10, 2008

Pocketful-of-Kids Toy Village

This just came in the mail today... pocketful of kids

For everyone looking for fun toys that can be used during therapy for your students and centers, you can visit POCKETFUL OF KIDS TOY VILLAGE at Unit A,15th floor Strata 2000 Building F. Ortigas Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City, MM; landline 634-7888 and 634-2888.
They have a full range of alex toys, learning resources, educo, beleduc, melissa and doug, tatiri and smart toys. Items and books range from toddler to young adult, a must see especially for toy-lovers.

pocketful of kids 2 I haven't checked it out, but i'll let you know when i have. If any of you have seen/experienced it, do let us know what you thought!

ps. thank you to jayvee fernandez of "a bugged life" for these beautiful photos!

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Seminar: Helping Children with Sexual Behavior Problems

Child Protection Unit Network
Annual Conference
Date: November 12, 2008
Time: 8:30am to 4:30am
Venue: Philamlife Theater

Registration on-site: P2,000 (with references; no meals)
Early Bird Rate extended to 11 November 2008: P1,800 (with references; no meals)
Inquire at (632) 525-5555 local 7008 or (0917) 890 0445"
Students with ID: 50% Discount

Download flyer/registration form here

Free Introductory Lecture on the Solution Oriented Approach

This is not on creative therapies, but could be a good adjunct to any counselor's major modality.

Solution Oriented Approach to Therapy
Free Introductory Lecture
By Debbie Hogan, M.S., C.S.F.T.
Therapist, Trainer, Coach

November 12, 2008
4:30pm to 6:30pm

In Touch Community Services
48 McKinley Rd. Forbes Park, Makati
Tel. 893-1893 or 810-6233
Email: intouch@i-manila.com.ph

For those interested in training to be a Solution Focused Therapist, Practitioner or Coach

Solution Focused Brief Therapy is a goal-oriented, future-oriented, competency-based therapeutic approach developed by Steve de Shazer and Insoo Kim Berg. This model of counseling and consultation has been very successful in various settings and treatment centers as well as in the field of coaching. It is a model of short tem therapy that is highly applicable with the structure of EAP counseling.

Trainer: Debbie Hogan, Marriage & Family Therapist, Singapore
Debbie has a Master’s degree in Counseling with over 26 years of experience as a therapist and trainer. She has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Solution Focused Brief Therapy; is a Certified Solution Focused Therapist; and is an Approved Clinical Supervisor and Appointed Associate Examiner for the Canadian Council of Professional Certification (CCPC). She is also Board Certified in Professional Counseling with the American Psychotherapy Association

Debbie is the Program Director and co-founder of the Academy of Solution Focused Training in Singapore (http://www.sf-academy.com/) and conducts training in the Solution Focused Model in Singapore and Southeast Asia.

The Academy of Solution Focused Training is the only training company in Asia that is approved by the Canadian Council of Professional Certification (CCPC) to offer professional certification in the solution focused model.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

"The Filipino Family Surviving the World"

A new book for families was launched this morning at Powerbooks Megamall. Co-written by Ma. Lourdes A. Carandang (better known as "Tita Honey") and Queena N. Lee-Chua, the book is a collection of essays on the challenges that Filipino families face in our world today, and how best to cope with them.

The book begins with a perspective on "Understanding the Filipino Family", its unique characteristics, and the unique challenges that it faces today. It then goes into the topics of family values, communication, developing our children's potential, and finally, "dealing with tough issues" such as trauma, poverty, abuse, having a special child, and the phenomenon of OFW families.

The book's tone is light but definitely authoritative and substantial, at the same time intimate and personal. The authors explained that they deliberately cut out as much theoretical discussion as they could, in order to make the content accessible, and thus useful, to Filipino families everywhere.

This is the perfect Christmas present for any Filipino family. I can think of many who would appreciate its relevant discussions and sound advice!

The Inner Self Communicates With Us Through Our Art

"For a person who works improvisationally most of the time, it may surprise you to know that art for me is about visual communication. The odd thing is that the communication is first and foremost from my heart to me. It's my inner, hidden self which speaks through the work of my hands.
The less I try to control the outcome; the less I fuss with "getting it right," the less I'm concerned about making art, the more of my truth is revealed. And when my truth comes out in the open, conveyed in my beadwork, I feel a great sense of wholeness, connection, and satisfaction."

--- Robin Atkins, bead artist

This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original, and has something important to say. Everybody is talented because everybody who is human has something to express. Everybody is original, if she tells the truth, if she speaks from herself. But it must be from her true self and not the self she thinks she should be.

So remember these two things: you are talented and you are original. Be sure of that. I say this because self-trust is one of the very most important things in writing....

-Brenda Ueland, If You Want to Write

The Voyage to a Place Inside Oneself

For a voyage to a destination, wherever it may be, is also a voyage inside oneself; even as a cyclone carries along with it the center in which it must ultimately come to rest.

At these moments I think not only of the places I have been to but also of the distances I have traveled within myself without a friend or ship; and of the long way yet to go before I come home within myself and within the journey.

And always when the curtains are lifted, the night is without, peering in steadily and constantly, with the light of the stars far beyond.

- Laurens van der Post, Venture to the Interior

Brother of the Sun and of Time

Let me hold your story
and fill my hands
with new sensations
that I've never seen before
which have never existed
which I couldn't have understood
without your song.
They bear your name
and trace out a road.
Let me take with me
a piece of our time together
and savour the warmth
a friend leaves behind.

Brother of the sun and of time
who cares what colour the wind is?
We are joined by the taste of a
dream.
Of being hand in hand
holding
a small piece,
a bit of a world
where you are allowed
to walk at your own pace,
to feel what you feel
and, although different,
to sing your own song

Let me take your conscience
and leave taking with me
the certainty
that although we are different
we're alike
That the heart beats
to the same beat
but your form
creates a new rhythm
Let me learn your music
and enrich my world
with the look of your eyes
and to find in your soul
a new home.

Brother of the sun and of time
who cares what colour the wind is?
We are joined by the taste of a
dream.

--- song by Margarita Boom
(see related post, A Beautiful Song of Friendship)