New Directions

This seems to be a time of change.  My adult children have all reached new stages in their lives, moving on, achieving new things.  I'm also at a crossroads of a kind.  After focusing on my craft stuff for a while, I've decided that I want to get back to clinical work after the summer.  Statutory funding for two of the initiatives I've been involved in for some years has gone.   I need to advertise for new clients and have been negotiating a package with Yell.com.  I have had to think about how to categorise my work and to come up with 'bullet points' for my ad.   The generic title of Arts Therapist may seem more accessible than dramatherapist to the general public. I can use the Health Professions Council logo and mention my wide experience. But will it work? I just don't know, but I'm willing to take a chance. I need to set up a website again - my working life has changed a lot since I first set up my 'theatreandtherapy' site in 1996, when the theatre side of my life was so important.

I'm also looking at where opportunities might lie for supervision work - the new mental health practice guidelines recommend clinical supervision for mental health workers.   I need to read up on it and think about how I might take this forward.

Finding a publisher interested in the wartime memoir I'm writing with my father is an exciting new development, but also challenging.  He and I have been accumulating and sorting out material for quite some time.  A year to write it seems a reasonable time scale, but I know from previous experience how long it takes to get a manuscript to publication stage.  Right now, there's summer and the garden to enjoy.

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