How to Change Yourself & Your World:

A Manual of Co-Counselling Theory and Practice, by Rose Evison & Richard Horobin. ©1985. 86 pages. Published by Co-Counselling Phoenix, Springbank, 20 Tomcroy Terrace, Pitlochrie PH16 5JA, Scotland (EU).

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Preface

Part I: Introduction

• What is co-counselling all about?
• The co-counselling model of human beings
• How do patterns arise and how can they be disrupted?
• What's stopping people discharging distress naturally?
• Co-counselling change strategies
• Celebrate Me. (Poem)
• Some cartoons illustrating co-counselling change strategies
• Some more cartoons of co-counselling strategies
• The co-counselling working relationship

Part II: Background Ideas

• What is meant by emotions? What are emotions for?
• Emotions and patterns
• Some ways of mapping emotions
• The feelings-map and the four strategies of co-counselling
• Some distinctions: situation-distress-discharge
• So what about positive feelings?
• A closer look at some 'Aids to Discharge'

Part III: Working Techniques of Co-Counselling

• Basic contract: Free Attention
• Checklist of basic working techniques
• Celebrating
• Attention switching
• Helping discharge happen
• What might happen after discharge
• Target practice techniques
• Come Co-Counselling (Poem)

Part IV: Special Exercises and Expansions of Techniques

• Checking recognitions: an exercise concerned with restimulations
• Role-playing possibilities
• Acting into discharge
• Bodywork in co-counselling
• Working with chronic patterns
• Person and Pattern cushion exercise
• Special Place exercises
• Feelings Map exercise
• The Significance of Feelings (Poem)

Part V: Suggestions & Guidelines for On-Going Co-Counselling

• Choosing a co-counsellor
• Sources of material for co-counselling sessions
• Using your co-counselling sessions
• Confidentiality
• Social and sexual interactions and attractions between co-counsellors
• Chemicals which hinder discharge
• Thoughts about artificiality, spontaneity and co-counselling
• Working in co-counselling groups: support the Person, challenge the Pattern
• The social context of co-counselling
• Boundaries of co-counselling

Bibliography, & Appendix

• Appreciations
• About the authors
• An annotated co-counselling reading list
• References
• Notes and further references
• Appendix