Here & Now Encounter Group... £FREE...Peer Group (online)

'Amazing experience that I don't get anywhere else.' - Deborah, 20 June 2016** You are invited to attend this online Here-and-Now Group for a unique experience in encounter with other individuals.
The invitation is to:
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stay as much as possible in the 'here and now', +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
...in order to maximize the opportunity for authentic meeting with others and with yourself.
Your host
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Richard Mills, BA, PGDIM, BSc, LGSMD BACP Senior Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist
I've been going to Here-and-Now groups since 1992 and I love them! I've learned so much about myself, especially what holds me back and what gives me joy.

I host a monthly H+N group in my therapy room in Leeds, UK.
Since the Lockdown in the UK on 23rd March 2020 I have been running group meetings online (via Zoom).
They have all been well worth the effort and I am heartened by the value that I and others get from them.

REGISTRATION
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RSVP on this advert.
PRICE: £0.00

The Zoom Link
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Below is the link for the meeting, but first:
Please have your microphone muted until the start of the meeting (usually 7.30pm).
Please have your microphone unmuted i.e. ON, during the meeting, unless there's some distracting noise coming from your equipment or environment.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88943247418

Meeting ID: 889 4324 7418
Password: Not required.
Waiting room is enabled.

Start at 7.30pm Arrival from: 7.20pm
Session time 7.30pm - 9.30pm
LATECOMERS: Please arrive PROMPTLY. If you arrive late you will not be admitted.

During the group
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The invitation is to stay in the here-and-now, to stay present.
Here’s my advice: in each moment, notice your current:
• Wishes
• Needs
• Feelings
Share these with the group, if you like.
Try to avoid doing the following:
• When you are NOT charged, describing aspects of your personality, or things in your 'there and then' (e.g. job, relationships).
• At the end of each meeting there is no debrief, or checkout, so it's up to you to say anything you want within the meeting time.

This group space
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This group space offers the prospect of interpersonal meeting and process: encounter with others invariably invokes all kinds of feelings inside the self, and this space offers the chance to experience and reflect on these. The group is not structured, except for the start and end times: the unfolding of the group will be unpredictable and will offer the opportunity for unexpected dialogue and experience.

All you have to do is bring your own real, beautiful and flawed self, and come with curiosity about what we might co-create.

My Role as co-participant
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I will pay attention to my endeavour to stay present and in contact with myself and others. My experience in this type of leader-less peer group is that the interactions between people inevitably facilitate the process.

Requests from me
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1. Confidentiality: After the group, please don’t talk about what other people said or did in such a way that they can be identified.
2. Drugs: Please do not arrive whilst under the influence of alcohol or non-prescription drugs.

Richard Mills, BA, PGDIM, BSc, LGSMD BACP Senior Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist
Tel: 07984002495
email: richardmills7000 AT outlook.com
www.richardmills.co.uk

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                                          More testimonials
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                                          (NB These testimonials are for the live in-person group that I run each month in Leeds.) • 'It was extraordinary. Thank you all x' - Chris Beale • ''Wow, I feel a buzz. Thank you all. It was warming, moving, profound, reaffirming...'' - Charlie, 1st November, 2016. • 'Another super series of moments in the here-and-now. I love this.' Vicki