by Mieke Haveman | Jul 6, 2018 | #internetrelationships, online counselling |
FOMO Fever With each new generation come many new words (or ‘neologisms’, which is perhaps quite a nice word in itself!), and this is certainly true of the Millennial generation. They have grown up ‘txting’ and instant messaging other people with news, stories and...
by Mieke Haveman | Jun 6, 2018 | self care |
You’ve got to sing like you don’t need the money Love like you’ll never get hurt You’ve got to dance like nobody’s watchin’ It’s gotta come from the heart if you want it to work. I have nothing new to add to talking about self-care. In fact, one of our team Jacqui...
by Mieke Haveman | Mar 21, 2018 | online counselling |
A chronic illness at any age can be stressful so what might it be like if that person is a teenager? Teenagers have numerous hurdles ahead of them with a combination of puberty, social media, finding their own identity, friends, partners, parents, exams, and...
by Mieke Haveman | Feb 22, 2018 | online counselling |
Did you know that Online Training for Counsellors was established in 2001? I’m doing some research into the history of OLT and in the spirit of correctly using references this is the registered date according to Companies House. Obviously, there was a vast amount...
by Mieke Haveman | Jan 9, 2018 | conferences |
OCTIA 2018 A Decade of Technology and Practice – Reflections, Conceptions and Projections Firstly I would like to wish you all a year that brings you peace of mind, good health and the energy to enjoy all those things that are important to you. The start of a new year...
by Mieke Haveman | Dec 18, 2017 | Uncategorised |
Hello everyone, welcome to my thoughts. Sitting down to write this piece I’m wondering what I might say. Some options would be to talk about the end of another year approaching and reflect on what has happened both personally and professionally in 2017. I could paint...
by Mieke Haveman | Oct 4, 2017 | Uncategorised |
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by Mieke Haveman | Sep 14, 2017 | blog |
No two of my days are the same! They differ in tasks and sometimes this can be hard to keep track off so I try to keep lists off everything. There could be days where I am only on my laptop for 20 minutes and there are days where I will be working for 3-4 hours and...
by Mieke Haveman | Jul 7, 2017 | online counselling |
I had to say a sad goodbye at a heart-breaking funeral this week and it reminded me how evocative music is. Bereft family, from Mother down through the ages to young daughter had taken time to choose music which was important to them and as the service unfolded we...
by Mieke Haveman | Jun 9, 2017 | our courses |
I recently wrote a new course called Training the Trainers. This was in response to queries from organisations who wanted to be able to train their counsellors in house to work online with clients. Simply doing the General Certificate was not enough to be able to...
