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A playful, active, experientially based form of supervision that is deeply and specifically grounded on Sartre's philosophy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This group is a place to hone skills and consider important issues of therapy from the perspective of existential philosophy. Combining the leader’s experience with the wisdom of the group fosters an active experientially oriented and interpersonally open way of doing supervision. It includes role-playing clients as well as looking at stuck points in therapy – stuck points that may belong to the therapist or supervisor as well as the client. It uses body-oriented as well as verbal interventions to get beyond words to the pre-reflective bodily-lived intentionality of all three. Applied Existential Supervision is rooted in a psychotherapeutic approach developed and taught by Betty Cannon at the Boulder Psychotherapy Institute for more than 30 years. Thoroughly and specifically grounded in the philosophy of Sartre, Applied Existential Psychotherapy also draws inspiration from Gestalt Therapy, Rogerian person-centred therapy, body-oriented psychotherapy, and classical and contemporary psychoanalysis. Betty agrees with British object relations theorist D.W. Winnicott that psychotherapy is (or ought to be) a very special form of ‘two people playing together. When one of them, hopefully, the client, is unable to play, therapy becomes two people learning to play together. Both Winnicott and Sartre view play as arising in what Winnicott calls the ‘transitional space’ between the subjective and objective worlds. This is the place where, phenomenologically speaking, this world becomes my world – or your world. Focusing on this transitional space allows us to move from doing therapy in what Sartre calls the ‘spirit of seriousness’ (which is the deterministic mechanistic approach of a great deal of contemporary psychotherapy) to what Betty has elsewhere called the ‘spirit of play’. It is a perspective that encourages us to recognize and support our own and our client’s freedom – in situation. And it can help open us to new more creative and authentic possibilities for living, loving, and being with each other. Because taking this perspective makes room for the radically new and the unpredictable and relieves us of the burden of trying to ‘fix’ our clients, it is less tiring and less likely to produce therapist burnout. It can also make therapy more satisfying, joyful and exhilarating for both client and therapist. But therapy done in the spirit of play becomes at the same time less certain and predictable. We cannot know the outcome of the therapy because our client is free. For this reason, approaching therapy (and supervision) in this way can be anxiety-provoking or even terrifying. Moving from the spirit of seriousness to the spirit of play makes us aware of the lightness as well as the heaviness of being – and that can be challenging as well liberating. Of course, no one can live with the full awareness of freedom, responsibility, and possibility all the time. The temptation to bad faith is universal for all humans, including therapists. But if the challenge to do so at least some of the time appeals, please come play with us in Applied Existential Supervision Group. Betty Cannon, PhD, licensed psychologist, is the founder of Applied Existential Psychotherapy (AEP). Her book on Sartre and Psychoanalysis (1991) is often considered a classic in the field, as Ernesto Spinelli predicted it would be. She has published many articles and chapters on existential philosophy, psychology, and psychotherapy. Betty’s mentor, Hazel E. Barnes, translated Sartre into English and was the world’s foremost Sartre scholar until her death in 2008. Betty is Hazel’s literary executor, and her book on Sartre is dedicated to Hazel. She is currently working on a new book: In the Spirit of Play: Applied Existential Psychotherapy. Betty is the president and founder of the Boulder Psychotherapy Institute, an emerita professor of the Colorado School of Mines, a senior adjunct professor at Naropa University, and a member of the editorial boards of three international journals: Sartre Studies International, Existential Analysis, and Review of Existential Psychology and Psychiatry. In addition to Applied Existential Psychotherapy, she has recently introduced an Applied Existential Coaching Class at the Boulder Psychotherapy Institute. Betty has taught AEP to hundreds (if not thousands) of students over the past years. She has also done therapy with individuals, couples, and groups in Boulder for the past forty years, as well as presented at many professional conferences and workshops. She is particularly interested in an existential approach to relationships and groups and leads 15 to 20 groups (therapy, practice, process, and supervision) each month. All dates: Saturdays 13 January, 10 February, 9 March, 13 April, 11 May, 8 June, 14 September, 12 October, 9 November and 7 December 2024 Fee: £1260 the whole year (£140 per session) Time: Saturdays from 3 pm to 6 pm (UK time) Venue: Online – Zoom CPD by Therapy Harley Street

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ABOUT THIS VIRTUAL INSTRUCTOR LED TRAINING (VILT)  Electrical machines, mainly power transformers and electric motors are critical equipment that run production, and it must operate without any abnormalities. A wide variety of tests and standards have been developed to assist manufacturers and users of motors and transformer winding, assess the condition of the electrical insulation. The objective of this training course is to provide an understanding of power transformers and electric motors, their materials, components, and how they operate. It will also emphasize the importance of transformer life management, especially for those transformers and electric motors which have been in operation for than 10 years. The course will address in detail all aspects related to transformer principles, calculations, operation, testing and maintenance. Training Objectives This course aims to provide participants with the understanding of the fundamentals and constructional features of power transformers and electric motors, with particular reference to the design, testing, operation and maintenance of transformers in power systems. Delegates will gain a detailed appreciation of the following: * Practical solutions for specifying, operating and maintaining power transformers and electric motors in a utility or plant environment * Comprehensive understanding of principles, protection, maintenance and troubleshooting of power transformers and electric motors * The necessary safe procedures relating to transformer operation and related circuitry * Understand the principles of operation of the transformer and electric motors * Identify the different features of power transformers and electric motors * Appreciate the principles of transformer design, ratings, winding, core structure and materials, insulation and cooling methods, insulation and lifetime * Utilize thermal limits and loading guides of transformers * Analyze transformer and electric motors failure modes Target Audience * Engineers of all disciplines * Managers * Technicians * Maintenance personnel * Other technical individuals Course Level * Basic or Foundation Training Methods The VILT will be delivered online in 4 half-day sessions comprising 4 hours per day, with 1 x 10 minutes break per day, including time for lectures, discussion, quizzes and short classroom exercises. Additionally, some self-study will be requested. Participants are invited but not obliged to bring a short presentation (10 mins max) on a practical problem they encountered in their work. This will then be explained and discussed during the VILT. A short test or quiz will be held at the end the course. Trainer Our key expert is actively involved in electrical inspections, energy audits, energy efficiency and technical consultation for M&E activities for industrial and commercial sectors. He is involved in testing and commissioning works of factory substations of up to 132kV system. He previously worked for Jimah coal-fired power plant in Port Dickson for 9 years with his last position being Electrical Maintenance Section Head. He was involved in the commissioning of coal-fired power plant mainly with 500kV generator transformer, 934 MVA generator, and up to 33kV MV motors and switchgear panels. Our key expert has managed the maintenance team to perform routine maintenance activities (together with supporting tools such as motor lube oil analysis, infrared thermography analysis, transformer oil analysis) & electrical troubleshooting and plant outages for critical and non-critical equipment. Besides that, our key expert has published several IEEE conference papers and journals such as: * (2009). Effectiveness of auxiliary system monitoring & continuous hydrogen scavenging operation on hydrogen-cooled generator at power plant. In Energy and Environment, 2009. ICEE 2009. 3rd International Conference on (pp. 151-160). IEEE. * (2010). Study on electric motor mass unbalance based on vibration monitoring analysis technique. In Mechanical and Electrical Technology (ICMET), 2010 2nd International Conference on (pp. 539-542). IEEE. * (2012). Re-Design of AC Excitation Busduct based on Infrared (IR) Thermography: Condition-Based Monitoring (CBM) data analysis. eMaintenance, 101. * (2016). Energy Saving Studies for a University Campus: An Educational-Based Approach, 3rd International Conference on Language, Education, Humanities and Innovation 2016. * 'Grid-tied photovoltaic and battery storage systems with Malaysian electrcity tariff - A review on maximum demand shaving.' Energies 10.11 (2017): 1884 * 'Techno-Economic Optimization of Grid-Connected Photovoltaic (PV) and Battery Systems Based on Maximum Demand Reduction (MDRed) Modelling in Malaysia.' Energies 12.18 (2019): 3531 POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. 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READ AND DISCUSS TWO GREAT NOVELLAS BY AWARD-WINNING IRISH WRITER CLAIRE KEEGAN HIGHLIGHTS * Join this book club course and gain extra motivation to read in English * 5 hours of live classes to help you develop fluent speaking in English * Read two books and discuss one of Ireland's best contemporary writers  * Be corrected by an expert English teacher to remove errors and mistakes Use and improve your English in this 5 week English book club course using Claire Keegan's two short novels Small Things Like These, and Foster.  Each week you read some chapters, discuss them in class and improve specific areas of vocabulary or grammar while also examining literary aspects of the novel.  Personalised feedback improves your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. THE BOOK CLUB BOOK Small Things Like These - in 1985, in an Irish town, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, is coming into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering to the local convent, he makes a discovery which leads him to confront both his own past and the silence of a town controlled by the church. Foster - A girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm, not knowing when she will return home.  Here she finds the warmth and comfort she is not used to. But when a secret is revealed, her perfect new existence comes under threat.   '[Claire Keegan] creates luminous effects with spare material, so every line seems to be a lesson in the perfect deployment of both style and emotion.' Hilary Mantel 'Exquisite.' Damon Galgut 'Masterly.' The Times 'Miraculous.' Herald 'Astonishing.' Colm Tóibín 'Stunning.' Sunday Independent Geoff says: > "Small Things Like These is an unforgettable story of hope, quiet heroism and > tenderness.  Foster is a heartbreaking, haunting story of childhood, loss and > love.  Both books are touching; highly recommended"

READ AND DISCUSS THIS UPLIFTING STORY ABOUT THE FIRST (AND BEST!) FEMALE PRIVATE DETECTIVE IN BOTSWANA   HIGHLIGHTS * Develop your English by reading and speaking about this fun, lively book * 5 hours of live classes to help your spoken fluency and accuracy in English * Read this light, engaging story and discover Africa and African culture * Be corrected by an expert English teacher to remove errors and mistakes Practise and develop your English online in this 5 week upper intermediate book club course using the first book in the The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series.  Each week you read some chapters, discuss them in class and improve specific areas of vocabulary or grammar while also examining literary aspects of the novel.  Personalised feedback improves your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. THE BOOK CLUB BOOK This book follows the story of Precious Ramotswe who has just started as Botswana's first and only lady private detective.  We follow her solving a number of cases - a missing husband, a con man, a problem daughter, and most of all the case of a missing eleven-year-old boy.  This is a charming book -  a light, comfort read set in Africa, and offering a glimpse into Botswanan life and culture.  Among the greatest comfort-reads of all time ― Sunday Times The Miss Marple of Botswana ― New York Times Book Review A rare pleasure ― Daily Telegraph A publishing phenomenon ― Guardian Geoff says: > "This is a best selling and much beloved series of books, and the first novel > is great - introducing us to a wonderful character in Precious Ramotswe.

READ AND DISCUSS POSSIBLY THE GREATEST EVER AMERICAN NOVEL; BOTH HUGELY INFLUENTIAL AND A GREAT READ HIGHLIGHTS * Join this book club course to read & discuss one of the greatest books in English * 5 hours of live classes to help you develop fluent, accurate speaking in English * Read this world-famous novel & discuss the American dream  * Be corrected by an expert English teacher to remove errors and mistakes Join this online English language book club course featuring the novel "The Great Gatsby" in this 5 week Zoom course.  Each week you read some chapters, discuss them in class and improve specific areas of vocabulary and grammar.  You also receive personalised feedback to improve your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation from an expert English teacher from the UK. The Book Club book The Great Gatsby is a much loved novel covering the themes of the American Dream, responsibility and class. Through the narrator, Nick Carraway, we meet his mysterious neighbour, Jay Gatsby, and relive the dramatic events of the summer of 1922.  Gatsby is a triumphant creation, beautifully written by author F Scott Fitzgerald.   Geoff says: "This is one of those "must read" novels.  The original text is short, poetic and with beautiful imagery and a powerful melancholic tone."   >

READ AND DISCUSS THIS INCREDIBLE TRILOGY OF DETECTIVE STORIES - UNLIKE YOU HAVE EVER READ BEFORE!   HIGHLIGHTS * Join this English book group course and gain extra motivation to read in English * 5 hours of live classes to help you develop fluent speaking in English * Discuss detective fiction and ideas of writing, identity, language & reality * Be corrected by an expert English teacher to remove errors and mistakes Improve your accuracy and fluency in this 5 week advanced English book group course featuring the collection of Paul Auster's groundbreaking novellas, The New York Trilogy.  Each week you read some chapters, discuss them in class and improve specific areas of vocabulary or grammar while also examining literary aspects of the novel.  Personalised feedback improves your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. THE BOOK CLUB BOOK The New York Trilogy is an astonishing work.  It composes three interconnected short novels written in a standard detective fiction style, which collectively manages to be both a gripping read and full of interesting philosophical ideas.  It is like reading a cross between Raymond Chandler and Franz Kafka.  Our private investigator investigates a case, following clues which lead to some profound conclusions. The New York Trilogy is the modern novel at its finest: bold, astounding, unforgettable. 'Marks a new departure for the American novel.' Observer 'A shatteringly clever piece of work . . . Utterly gripping, written with an acid sharpness that leaves an indelible dent in the back of the mind.' Sunday Telegraph 'The New York Trilogy established him as the only author one could compare to Samuel Beckett.' Guardian  GEOFF SAYS: > "Paul Auster died recently and the world lost one of its great authors.  This > is three books in one, and almost certainly unlike anything you have ever > read.  Great ideas about the self, identity and language, all within the > structure of detective stories. Highly recommended!"

READ AND DISCUSS THIS UPLIFTING STORY ABOUT THE FIRST (AND BEST!) FEMALE PRIVATE DETECTIVE IN BOTSWANA   HIGHLIGHTS * Develop your English by reading and speaking about this fun, lively book * 5 hours of live classes to help your spoken fluency and accuracy in English * Read this light, engaging story and discover Africa and African culture * Be corrected by an expert English teacher to remove errors and mistakes Practise and develop your English online in this 5 week upper intermediate book club course using the first book in the The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series.  Each week you read some chapters, discuss them in class and improve specific areas of vocabulary or grammar while also examining literary aspects of the novel.  Personalised feedback improves your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. THE BOOK CLUB BOOK This book follows the story of Precious Ramotswe who has just started as Botswana's first and only lady private detective.  We follow her solving a number of cases - a missing husband, a con man, a problem daughter, and most of all the case of a missing eleven-year-old boy.  This is a charming book -  a light, comfort read set in Africa, and offering a glimpse into Botswanan life and culture.  Among the greatest comfort-reads of all time ― Sunday Times The Miss Marple of Botswana ― New York Times Book Review A rare pleasure ― Daily Telegraph A publishing phenomenon ― Guardian Geoff says: > "This is a best selling and much beloved series of books, and the first novel > is great - introducing us to a wonderful character in Precious Ramotswe.

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