ONE TO ONE SUPPORT

We all need time to recover from adversity, trauma and difficult times that affect us. This is your time to heal.
We are all naturally curious, but often we are denied the chance to be curious about our own potential. This is your gift of time.
Often we get boxed in by other people's ideas of what we should do, how we behave, how we should feel. We lose track of who we really are. This is your chance to unbox.
We all have a natural desire to keep developing, but sometimes our past holds us back and stops us from moving forward. This is your time to shine.
We spend lots of time listening to other people but when do we get listened to? This is your time to be heard.

One to one support session use three therapeutic techniques:

therapeutic life story work
mindfulness
counselling

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Therapeutic Life Story Work

Is a recognised intervention aimed at helping a person, through exploring, questioning and understanding the past events of their lives. It is a specific, time-limited and focussed intervention. In its broadest terms is a process that we all engage in throughout our lives. It is fluid and unique to each individual. The process is an important part of our identity and our relationship and connection to the world and others.

Stage One – ‘The Information Bank’
This stage involves the careful preparation and gathering of historical information pertaining to the child; both pre-birth and post-birth history. Within this, relevant materials are gathered both written and physical including; social services records, birth certificates, photographs etc.

Stage Two – The ‘Internalisation’
Within this stage the narrative is divided into session plans prior to the work commencing, typically over a 12 – 18 session period. The sessions will usually take place within the child’s home once a fortnight and lasting no longer than an hour. Stage two isn’t just about reading a script to the child, careful planning and preparation is used to provide the child with focused therapeutic inventions to help support the areas highlighted within the Stage One process.

Stage Three – The Life Story Book
The final stage is the Life Story Book and is completed towards the conclusion of a child’s journey. It comprises the factual information and the work completed by the child within Stage Two. The child is fully involved in selecting the design, fonts, and illustrations. This then helps the child to take ownership over their work and also aids understanding of their journey and its importance.

The CATCH

CHOOSE ACTIONS TO CHANGE HABITS is about having conversations that enable you to be the author of your own story so that you discover the real you.

Through powerful stories and new habit-making, you receive one-to-one support sessions to become the person you are destined to be. It gives you tools and techniques for handing difficult times and situations so that you are ready to take on each moment of every new day.

Programme Facilitator

Ian McDonald has years of experience working with young people and families that have experienced adversity, as well as giving support to professionals. Ian is qualified in Therapeutic Storytelling, he has a Graduate Certificate in Counselling and is a qualified Mindfulness Teacher. He skillfully blends these techniques into his unique conversational style that is pragmatic and action focussed.

People that have worked with Ian praise his kindness, his empathy and understanding. What matters is feeling you have been listened to and knowing that you have gained power over your life, you are making decisions and you have an amazing story to tell.

“In helping people make sense of their world, we can explore their thinking, their emotional self and their internal view and then help shape their external presentation to achieve all they can be”. (Rose 2012)

Catch the Light
youth and community development consultancy