I don't understand this. There is always a facilitator, and if the facilitator
is a guest, then there is an organizer. Why not just contact either one? My
aftercare program is "call or write if you feel so inclined." But this step is
for the participant to take. Sometimes, not always, I send an email thanking
the participants for attending and letting them know I will inform them of
future events. This sometimes prompts the otherwise reticent one from
communicating something to me. I don't look for problems, but I assume that
attendees have sufficient wherewithall to get what they need. The alternative
feels similar to helping a victim, always a potential failure. This of course,
presupposes that the workshop was facilitated and organized by those with
adequate competence, which I am aware is not always the case and may be the
case less often than we would like to think. Diva, it sounds as though you
recognized your situation, handled some of it on your own, and also reached out
to a support opportunity hat you knew was there for you. Perfect.
nice threads. thanks, and all the best, sheila
Constellations and Trauma Healing with Johannes Schmidt May 13-15 in Asheville,
NCSheila Saunders, RN, LMFT
www.systemicfamilysolutions.com
PO Box 1011 Weaverville, North Carolina 28787
828-273-5015
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters
compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
To: ConstellationTalk@yahoogroups.comFrom: fireflyverdigris@yahoo.comDate: Tue,
12 Feb 2008 12:46:48 +0000Subject: [ConstellationTalk] code of ethics and after
care
thank-you David for the important sharing.I think that you also brought up a
crucial point which is the careafter a workshop. from my own experience, i have
also felt very low,shaky and afraid after a couple of workshops that I had
attended andhad to get over it almost on my own. (the only contacts i had
wereoverseas and i had to write the very next day - just to get somesupport.
Perhaps also having some understanding of the work at thattime helped me to get
through it.)if others in the group has an after care programme for
participants,please do share.best wishes, Dipa
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