Spring Break and Personal Development

I have just returned from a weekend Caribbean Islands Black Liberation and Community Development co counselling workshop. Fourteen people attended. We met in a Villa in Black Rock area, Tobago.

In between classes we sang and danced to music, swam in the sea, walked and played fun games and observed beautiful sunsets. Accommodation and food were provided. All this contributed to our well-being whilst moving through our internalised oppression and exploring how that can interfere with our liberation and powerful selves. We were facilitated to consider and counsel on our internalised oppression and various associated themes, that would assist clearer thinking as both counsellors and clients. I joined meetings on, our indigenous heritages, elders, leadership, self- care and keeping focussed on our liberation as Island people. I also shared feedback from my workshop notes about the liberation of relatives challenged by mental ill health, attended earlier in the year. The good thing about these workshops is that whilst listening to key information, we are encouraged to work on ourselves, so after each segment of the workshop. We go into small groups and have mini sessions on our own issues. This is a great way to give participants space to share, listen and support each other with transparency and confidentiality. If held well, it can be used in training. Re evaluation co counselling has been a lifelong tool supporting my work and CPD.For more information see. https://www.rc.org/