welcome Minke and Corrie
08 June 2010
We welcome Minke and Corrie as - long term - CCI trainers from the Netherlands on our list of trainers, committed to the CCI approach as they understand it, and willing to accompany those who want to connect and benefit of this way of handling their emotions or their life.
letter from Dror to CCI
| 02 June 2010
On behalf of the Dror (Israeli co-counsel) Community and the Dror Council Members, Janice Wasser addresses the following open letter to CCI members by CCI World News Service and 24 CCI individuals. The letter says:
CCI Netherlands
| 01 June 2010
On Sunday you can park your car at the Java Island (Amsterdam city, the Netherlands) for free. That 's why the yearly general meeting of the Dutch CCI community was held last Sunday. This Dutch community is organised as a formal association by law since 1986. And they have a chosen 'board' and the decision making is done by majority – if voting is necessary. The interim president, Maarten den Draak, resigned and two new members of the board were nominated: Marianne van Duyvenbode en Jaques Lelieveld.
thanks to Carol
| 26 May 2010
As usual, we invite yearly the trainers of our world wide list of CCI trainers, by given name and now also by country, in the month they joined that list, to let us know if they intend to stay on that list for the next year. So we mailed also Carol Driscoll. She is one of the first CCI-USA trainers that joined ten years ago, in 2000, our first list. And she answered me this month:' I should be removed from the list of trainers. I am not teaching, have no time in my life to add that to my list of priorities. To leave my name on the list is misleading to your readership.'
And it feels sad to say good bye to Carol – as it does to all who have left that list before.
32 years of a CCI newsletter
| 26 May 2010
The Opening Circle (autumn 2010 edition), newsletter of the Aotearoa/ New Zealand Co-Counselling Community, announces their winter gathering at Taurewa (June 4th till 7th) in the Northern Island. Besides a photo of 'an advanced wave' (members of a recent advanced co-counselling course lead by Rex McCann, Anne Bailey and team) in this newsletter, there is also attention to some history. This contains a description of the setting up of (CCI) co-counselling in New Zealand.
The story is: 'Sometime around September, 1978 at the first get-together of Wellington co-counsellors, a newsletter was proposed and six weeks later emerged as 'FREE-FOR-ALL CO-COUNSELLING NEWSLETTER NO. 1', compiled by Allison Webber. With the comment that it '...could be the one and only edition...'.
the CCI workshop history 2010
18 May 2010
In the section 'events' of this website, is a category 'CCI workshop history'. In this category the different CCI international meetings worldwide since 1974, are mentioned for Europe, USA and the South Pacific. Since the start of CCI World News Service in the early spring of 2000, highlights of these CCI meetings has been reported. These – later – so called supplements, are preserved and now available on this site, linked as pdf document. This photo shows left the CCI banner, a gift of the Hungarian CCI community in 1989 to CCI. Right you see the banner given by the Aotearoa community to the CCI-USA communication coordinator, at the closing circle of the CCI-South Pacific meeting in January 2000 near Wellington. Bob brought this banner to CCI-USA 2000 at Wisdom House in Litchfield, CT.
the paradigm shift and CCI
| 18 May 2010
It is 1962 when Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996) publishes his later world famous study 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions', that genesis to 1947 when he was a graduate student at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. In 1970 the second edition is published of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Kuhn, Philosophy Professor, about changes in fundamental models of events. This edition includes 'an important postscript in which Kuhn clarified his notion of paradigm and for the first time explicitly gave his work an anti-realist element by denying the coherence of the idea that theories could be regarded as more or less close to the truth.' So informs anyway the website: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thomas-kuhn.
It takes until 1995 till John Heron, at a CCI teachers meeting in Harlech (Wales, UK) just before the international European gathering at that spot, is invited to answer the question 'what is your account of the original theory of co-counselling and how has this changed in the paradigm shift?'
international CCI dictionary online
| 11 May 2010
The International CCI dictionary is now online. In 2001 Levente Fruttus from Hungary took the initiative to cocreate a new version. In the introduction to the English-Hungarian-Dutch-German dictionary he writes: 'I believe that co-counselling can be done without any knowledge of foreign language. I have experienced that what I say in verbal communication on a co-counselling session hardly gives more than the way I say it.
To do this, however, I have to be able to use my non verbal channels properly. I also know, however, that speech is an indispensable means of human relationships.
This dictionary has been prepared to support international co-counselling relationships, to help express people's love towards each other. ' Click at the image to download the dictionary as pdf.
I believe that co-counselling can be done without any knowledge of foreign language. I have experienced that what I say in verbal communication on a co-counselling session hardly gives more than the way I say it. To do this, however, I have to be able to use my non verbal channels properly.
I also know, however, that speech is an indispensable means of human relationships.
This dictionary has been prepared to support international co-counselling relationships, to help express people's love towards each other.
what is alive now?
| 11 May 2010
Soon after the CCI-USA closing circle on Sunday April 25th the 'CoCounseling House in New Haven', Connecticut, USA announced a day workshop about 'what's alive now'. A workshop facilitated by Joke Stassen – the Netherlands - about feelings, needs and communication, using a Dancefloor of Non Violent Communication (NVC). The workshop is planned for next Sunday and Joke is introduced as a trainer 'who teaches throughout Europe and has combined her love of CCI co-counselling with NVC since 2004
welcome Gaia!
11 May 2010
We welcome Gaia Kile as a CCI trainer of Michigan USA, now also listed as CCI trainer at this website.
celebrations and validations
| 11 May 2010
Theme of the CCI-USA 2010 meeting is, as is written in the special booklet for this event, 'showing your true colors' to offer you 'many opportunities to show up and shine' reminding what the 'shining' home peacock of Incarnation Centre in Ivoryton does! Also at this meeting! This - validation - peacock, called Pete by the program planners Liz Duff and Ann Aurelia Jarvis was very present in the big hall as they created it standing in front of the chimney, see photo.
auctions and talentshow at CCI-USA
| 11 May 2010
Two auctions, one silent one and a so called 'live' auction, were planned at the 2010 CCI-USA meeting. Both needed for fund raising to cover coming community spendings. Member of the CCI-USA Inc. can be everyone for free, who has fulfilled successfully their CCI fundamental training. For the silent auction bids are written on a piece of paper. At the 'live' one items were showed to support the biddings.
strategic planning
| 11 May 2010
Saturday morning of the CCI-USA 2010 meeting was, as usual, almost 'overcrowded' with workshops! I decided to attend a meeting of the CCI-USA strategic planning committee. Most of the discussion was reserved for brainstorming about community building, supporting trainers in action, recruiting people, co-housing, what do we have to offer, interactive learning, modern communication tools like Skype, what is unique in CCI etc.
CCIWNS revised; CCI movie introduced
| 11 May 2010
At the end of the Thursday April 22 community sharing in the CCI-USA 2010 opening circle of that day, Niek reported from the world wide community that they celebrated the 10th anniversary of CCI World News Service. He mentioned the growing interest world wide and thanked especially Bob Sawyer for his contribution to that from the very beginning on. He informs, within his CCI-USA network by email, whenever a new update of this public worldwide service is announced and invites them to have a look at it by the link at www.CCI-USA.org.
CCI-USA 2010 business meeting
| 30 April 2010
Friday April 23rd some 26 participants of the 2010 CCI-USA meeting attend that afternoon their business meeting, facilitated by Fred Wallace and Judy Hartling and opened with a validating and celebrating opening circle.Chris explained and informed us about the latest initiatives of the Strategic Planning Committee of CCI-USA, especially also about how to inform the public.
CCI-USA 2010 workshops
| 30 April 2010
After registration and welcoming by the members of the welcoming committee (a.o. Joke and Niek) of the participants of the CCI-USA 2010 meeting, there was dinner at 5.30 pm on Tuesday April 20. The newcomers orientation after dinner for those (8) who attend a CCI residential meeting for several days for their first time, is facilitated by Dency and Joke. During this orientation the energy in their working space, switches visible, by becoming aware that it is by practicing less scary than it may look before. Several of them anyway take the advise, later that evening and joined by others, to invite and to join a buddy for the coming days.
CCI the movie
22 April 2010
At CCI USA 2009 the workshop CCI the movie took place. A cocounseling workshop with the camera taking videoclips of sessions. One year later the result is presented to the USA community at CCI 2010. See for yourself!
CCI Europe 2010
23 March 2010
CCI Europe in Ireland will take place Termonfeckin, from Saturday 24 July to Friday 30 July 2010. At the CCI 2010 website you find all the information you need for booking on it.
