Website rebuild

It's looking like the website will be completely rebuilt in the New Year - yippee!  It has become very big, cumbersome and somewhat difficult to navigate.  There are lots of pages that even the most frequent visitor would have great difficulty finding out it was even there!  So, please let me know if you have any suggestions for improvement, or perhaps about elements of the website that you'd like to keep pretty much the same.

You can use the feedback form on this page:  www.get.gg/feedback.htm

or use Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/getselfhelp

Romanian resources

Following Michelle and my visit to Zalau in Romania 2 weeks ago, I've added 3 Romanian sheets to the website.

Available from this page:  http://www.get.gg/translated.html

(Thanks to Felicia for the translations)

World Map

Here's a Google Map of where copies of The Decider: A Skills Manual has been sent to since 1 January 2012

http://goo.gl/maps/yhd7D

The Worry Bug (poem)

This stirring poem (with a wonderful positive ending) was sent to me by Andrew Ballard.  Hope you like it!

The Worry Bug

Good morning, you’re there I feel you again,

My friend, mi amigo, mein comfortable pain.

We’ve grown up together, an unwritten pact,

You’re just so perfect at making my “being” react.

There you are above my stomach right next to my heart,

Come on now, let’s do it, the tension must start.

You’re moving I feel you, you’re into my brain,

He’ll send your true message thru’ nerve, muscle and vein.

It’s spreading, I feel it, that glorious rush,

Once more I am covered by your worrying brush.

It’s normal, it feels right it has to be there!

Or does it? Let’s question, let’s ponder, let’s dare!

Are you part of my body like mucus or hair,

Could it be possible that I put you there!?

I feel you right there my meaningful pal,

But what do you do to help my morale?

What good are you doing you make me feel tense,

So patiently waiting to begin your offense.

You must be there, you feel so alive,

Oh wait, no it’s me that am making you thrive.

Do I need you, well no, you just make me wither,

What goods such a thing, where’s it got me ‘til hither?

I see you my “worry bug” you do not exist,

You’re nothing that’s making my whole being twist.

I see you just there and now it’s a hurry,

I’ve realised it’s you and me making me worry.

I’ve got you, you’re trapped, it’s over you fool,

You’re times up dear bug, expulsion from school.

I’ll notice you there just waiting to flounce,

But now I can see you I’m prepared to pounce.

It’s over, you’re gone, you’re something not there,

You’re never succeeding again that I swear.

And so goodbye old bug it’s been a long road,

I’ve cracked it, farewell to your burdensome load.

Happy (or Horrible) Holidays

A lot of people find the holidays difficult, so here's my contribution to the upcoming holiday season:  

http://www.getselfhelp.co.uk/docs/Holidays.pdf

Let me know if you see any errors of have any ideas for improvement  :-)

Romania

Michelle and I are flying off to Romania for the next few days, teaching The Decider skills!

www.thedecider.org.uk/

French CBT status

A letter received today states I have been accorded "le statut de membre Actif" of the AFTCC (Association Française de Thérapie Comportementale et Cognitive) - the French equivalent of the BABCP. :-)

Online Survey

The University of Surrey are looking for participants for an online survey

www.therapyresearch.info

mp3 files

I have finally completed the transfer of all the mp3 files over to dpd.com

The webpage doesn't look any different, although when purchasing mp3 files, it will look more streamlined and integrated with the site.

www.getselfhelp.co.uk/gallery1.htm

French CBT worksheets

The French page is up and running.  Only 7 worksheets so far, but more are coming!

www.getselfhelp.fr 

Survey

Gabriele Staubmann, a masters student psychologist at the University of Vienna, is conducting an online survey on "Dealing with feelings and negative

thoughts".  Visit this webpage for more information and to take part:  http://dk.akis.at/survey1en/

Mobile

I've set up a mobile version of the website, although it only contains the most popular pages

http://www.get.gg/mobile/

I've added a link on the home page and in the menu navigation column on the left of the main site

Good feedback for The Decider

Good article in yesterday's Guernsey's Press about self-harming. It described how a skills group "changed Jo's life"  
You can see links to the article on The Decider home page:
http://www.thedecider.org.uk/

Sky-Dive tomorrow!

Come on folks - Naomi has to raise £500 for this sky dive!

It's all going to happen at L'Erée (Guernsey) tomorrow late afternoon or evening, so get donating!

http://www.justgiving.com/naomi-cottam

I'm moving to France next weekend! Over the next few months, I'm going to be spending a lot of time learning and living the language. I will of course be maintaining the website! I would like to translate some of the free resources into french, but my language skills are not yet very good, so any help from native speakers would be very welcome :-)

Cool, fun and catchy MP3s

I asked Josh to come up with some fun, cool and catchy tunes to help us remember those helpful phrases at times when we need them. I've just added the first of them: "Keep calm and chug along" (keep calm and carry on!) on this page: get.gg/gallery1.htm

French leave

There's still time to donate for Naomi's Sky Dive on 1st September!

http://www.justgiving.com/naomi-cottam

I hope the weather will be good that day, because if the sky dive is postponed I will miss seeing my beautiful daughter plummet to earth from a plane, as we're moving to France the next day!

I'm leaving my post at HSSD in Guernsey, and heading to France for a year to see how we get on with learning the language.  It seems to be the right time for us, and Alice (my 6 year old) is the right age to pick it up quickly.  So, I'm frantically trying to sort everything out.  Just 2 weeks to go!

I will still be maintaining the website, so everything will continue as usual.

Example - thought record sheet

In response to a request yesterday morning, here's an example of a completed thought record sheet: http://www.getselfhelp.co.uk/docs/ThoughtRecordSheet-example.pdf

Updated metaphors

www.getselfhelp.co.uk/metaphors.htm