“I just really need to make my mind up” is a phrase often heard on our retreats. A nice phrase often used within motivation counseling is : “Ambivalence is an okay place to pass through but you wouldn’t want to live their”. In my travels as a counsellor and therapist I have met people who not only have lived for a long time in ambivalence, they seem to have set up whole residential developments with … [Read more...]
Accelerated Change
During our retreats the only assumption that we make is that everyone can change. It may not be straight forward, and may take some hard work and involve difficult decisions but essentially we are creators of our own destiny. We can make our lives what we want them to be. If you have already been on one of our counselling retreats you''ll know what we mean. There are certainly people in the opposite camp who … [Read more...]
Why Choose a Counselling Retreat?
I have always thought that when life is difficult the ideal thing to do is get away from it all to somewhere where you can think clearly, work out what to do next and then go back and do it. What would make this even better is to have someone to help with the “thinking it through” bit. Ideally not just a friend but someone who knows how to really help, a good Counsellor or Life Coach, not someone that will just … [Read more...]
Counselling Retreat: A Typical Week
More and more people are considering taking an individual Counseling Retreat; getting away from it all, sorting out problems and worries and returning home clear headed and with a fresh lease of life. It is a great idea. Here is what a Counseling Retreat Holiday in Thailand with us is like; what it will be like when you arrive, how much local services cost, how much to tip, and what an average week with us will be … [Read more...]