Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Interventions Course

Started a new course tonight CBT interventions runnings for 3 hours on a Thursday evening for 30 weeks. Didn't feel so much like going back to school but the first day of school. As a person centred trained counsellor, learning to work in a CBT is like starting all over again, at least those were the thoughts and feelings I was having today.

Although most of tonight was introductions and getting to grips with course requirements and learning outcomes we did get to spend a little time looking at a CBT model. And I think it looks great! Using a systems model it was very easy to see how a persons thoughts, feelings, behaviour and physiology are all connected and changing one thing in the system changes everything. This feels exciting and empowering as I think of my role as a counsellor and my experience as a client.

There are definite challenges though including starting every session with a written agenda and setting people homework. And yet this is not far from what already happens in my counselling ro as I ask people how they want to use the time and we explore what emerges in sessions and how it might affect their day to day life.

Feels like a good start tonight and I look forward to learning loads!


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Streaming News

Today I have managed to stream video to imediasee.com and then back to www.octia.org.uk. Simple steps but has felt like a mamoth task when I have no knowledge of coding or anything much more technicalbthan email :)

Next stop how to make a secure page for ticket holders ... Watch this space!


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OCTIA Streaming News

Streaming has begun

I managed to stream video from my webcam to the server at imediasee.com last night and view the video on their server.

Next step to see if I can view the live feed on the flash player on octia.org.uk, should help now I have the right code :)

Any comments on using www.imediasee.com for live streaming?

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OCTIA website now has video

After many hours of frustration and confusion www.octia.org.uk finally has video.

I have been struggling with the excellent embedded flash player from www.longtailvideo.com and eventually managed to get it working, as usual some silly mistakes from me greatly slowing down my progress but this did not dilute my satisfaction when I saw video playing on the website!

I promptly recorded my first ever vlog (video podcast) and posted it to the site. Feels like a lot of firsts tonight and feel like I have really achieved something *beaming*

The next piece of learning will be how to get the video player to recieve streaming video, hopefully much easier to learn :)


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First OCTIA Vlog

First ticket sold

Today is a big day for OCTIA as the first ticket to the conference was sold, and it was bought by an online delegate!

Feels like Online Counselling is coming of age in a whole new way. As a group of people who specialize in forming meaningful relationships through the Internet, it seems really fitting that we are enthusiatic about connecting to each other as proffessionals regardless of the distance between us.

I am thinking that the distance may be measured in miles, perhaps we are not able to afford to travel or have other circumstances that prohibit our physical presence. But our ability and willingness to overcome these obstacles at OCTIA reflects what we are able to offer individuals who seek a therapeutic relationship with us!

This is just so exciting!

Please join us and share the excitement at www.octia.org.uk



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