Towards an Integration of Counselling, Clienting and Meditation



Appedix 1.5  Agenda - initial ‘contracting-in’ meeting
* Welcome, icebreaker & introductions

* Pairs/threes mini seshion - what's on top, what interests me about the inquiry?

* Martin - preliminary thoughts (Handout)

  * what's expected of people who join?   * all involved as both researchers and subjects

* movement between experience and reflection - going through several cycles

* importance of shared power and responsibility

* emotional involvement - willing to work with encounter and possible conflict.

* importance of aiming for practical, personally relevant,skill based outcome from the inquiry.

 
* Small group - what do you make of it so far?
  * each group report back to whole group briefly


* Practicalities

 
* how much time, money & commitment?

* who wants to be involved?

* people who couldn't make it today, can they still be involved?

* will people take different roles?

  * what might they be?

* how will we negotiate this?

* shall we do it?

 
* Questionnaires   * shall we make them available to each other?

* how?

 
* Compiled Q   * were any of your important ideas left out ?

* How to add the above and who does it?

* how to incorporate late Q's? - who does it?

* can we identify an initial proposition from the compiled Q? and is there a here & now activity which can put this proposition to the test?
 

* Test initial proposition

* Reflect upon outcome

* Design an 'at home' personal research activity for further exploration

* How to observe, record, measure and otherwise gather this experience for sharing and further reflection?

* Summary of all the decisions made

  * who does this?

* who else needs to know?


* Closing

 
* resentments

* appreciations

* contracting in or bowing out

 
* Dinner in the Caff?




 
Updated 16 June 99
by Martin Wilks