Not hugely behind but I have to catch up on a few things. Normally by writing things in a nice list makes it seem more do able, so lets see if this works for me.
1. Journal entries have to be updated, this is because after every lesson we have to write how we felt and what we think we have learnt. You would think with me having a blog this would be easy but alas I am pants.
2. First assignment has to be typed and checked over.
3. Portfolios and Plastic wallets bought, So I can finally tidy up the big pile of papers I keep lugging around.
4. Some work we have done on flip chart paper has to be neatened up, this is where the mind map software comes in. I have had a mess round but still not found which software I like the most.
5. I am trying to set up a wiki page for me and my fellow class mates as an online homework help.
6. Finally updating this blog with some of my more interesting homework assignments.
The title of this post is Metaphor Collector because that is what I need to do, collect metaphors. Why? I hear you ask.
As part of our skills practice in lessons, we have to do triad work. No not crazy gang triads, but role playing exercise that involve one student being an observer, one a counsellor and one the client. This is an excellent way for us to improve our listening skills, although I at times feel uncomfortable doing it, as it pushes me out of my comfort zone. The further along the course we go the more in depth these triads become and therefore our skills are really put to the test. Basic empathic responses are always good, but sometimes you need to go further. This is where metaphors come in. I found this paragraph to sum up what i mean a bit more,
Occasionally during counselling, the therapeutic process is halted because a client is unable to access his/her inner thoughts and emotions. Counsellors can help clients overcome this obstacle by using metaphors to speak to and to provide clients with access to their phenomenological worlds (Strong, 1989). By appealing to a client's inner world, metaphors help explicate what is implicit, thereby resulting in greater self-knowledge (Strong, 1989).
If you had to describe an extreme emotion from anger,depression, loneliness to fear or anything else, what kind of metaphors would you use? It is easy to think of certain ones but no so easy to use when you are a counselling session. So I need all the help you can offer me.
Ones our tutor used were; I feel like there is no light at the end of the tunnel and I feel so alone like I am in deep black hole with no way out.
So feel free to drown me in METAPHORS!
Just updating this post with some links to articles I have recently found.
Tangled Spaghetti in My Head: Making use of metaphor
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