Once we establish, and or witness what gets revealed by enquiring about another’s ‘landscape’, or life experience, it is almost impossible to be directive with a client (safety concerns excepted) because what you learn from the client and reflect to them becomes the solid platform

When we work with others in the community sector it is vital to understand that the next steps or direction the client takes, is more likely to be maintained and sustained when it comes from their experience or Landscape. Learn from this short recorded presentation,

Developed many years ago, The River Metaphor has remained evergreen. Explore how when we deliver our services from the banks or the river or the jetty, we remain visible to our client and not part of the blurred and discombobulated narrative that is running them.

Work in the community services requires practitioners (anyone who works in this field, from admin to CEO’s – Chief Executive Officers) to keep themselves sharp and switched on, to remain alert to what is happening in their relationships with clients and colleagues and their organisation.

This one hour presentation is a conversational demonstration of how the act of laying out the so-called problem can itself be liberating, freeing the client from the oppression it provides. To enquire about what happens when the problem is absent or less of a problem,

When our daily job involves being witness to and working with those whose predicaments seem oppressive and endless, how do we maintain our vigour, aliveness and attentiveness? Is it possible that practitioner self-awareness is a quality that manifests as a beacon of light that our