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From the editor

Endings can be difficult times for聽clients and therapists. This issue聽includes two very personal articles聽about endings. Karin Sieger聽contributes an open letter on the聽death of her therapist and Janice聽Filer writes about working聽towards an ending after five years聽in therapy. Both pieces provide rare聽and valuable insights into the聽therapeutic relationship from the聽perspective of being a client. The powerful and transformational聽attachment each writer has to her therapist is movingly聽expressed and provides a humbling reminder of the deep聽trust our clients place in us as therapists.

Sadly, for Karin, the sudden death of her therapist deprived聽her of an opportunity to say goodbye in person. She writes with聽feeling of the deep pain she still experiences a year on from her聽therapist鈥檚 death, and reminds us of the importance for us all to聽have a clear and transparent system for record-keeping in place,聽so that our clients can be contacted quickly and easily should聽something suddenly and unexpectedly happen to us.

In contrast, Janice writes about an ending that was聽consciously worked towards over a period of nine months. I am聽particularly pleased to be publishing her article because she聽addresses the deeply personal and private subject of living with聽trauma-related dissociation and explains how therapy helped聽her to make sense of, and gradually integrate, some of the聽many fragmented parts of her self. She also explains that it聽was her therapist鈥檚 lack of fear and judgment in the face of her聽complexity, and the calm and consistent patience, comfort,聽nurture and love she provided, which were the main healing聽agents in the work. By bravely lifting the lid on her own mental聽health, Janice models an honesty and openness that I hope聽might help other practitioners feel less alone with their聽own struggles.

Endings inevitably lead to new beginnings and I am pleased聽to include reports in this issue of various developments within聽the division. Having said goodbye to outgoing Chair, Wendy聽Halsall, in the last issue, our new Chair, James Rye, introduces聽himself and outlines his aspirations for the future of the聽division. You can also find out further information聽on divisional activities on the Division news page,聽including details of the 2014 conference on the theme of聽anxiety, which is provisionally scheduled to take place in聽London on 13 September 2014. Look out for further details聽in forthcoming issues of Therapy Today, as well as in the聽next issue of this journal.

Also, you can read an update on an important聽new initiative within the division: the nationwide establishment聽of regional networking groups. There was an enthusiastic聽response to the call included in the last issue for members聽interested in coordinating a regional networking group in their聽own area. Inaugural meetings of groups in Belfast and Swindon聽have already taken place and members in the Leeds area are聽invited to attend the first meeting of the Leeds regional聽networking group on 25 January 2014. It is hoped these聽meetings will develop into an invaluable self-sustaining source聽of support for members and an opportunity to engage more聽proactively with the division than has been previously possible.

I am also pleased to report that the 香港六合彩精准资料 Private Practice聽pages on the main 香港六合彩精准资料 website will soon be redesigned聽and will provide a much-enhanced source of up-to-date聽information on divisional activities.

We would like to include more of your views and opinions in聽the pages of this journal in the form of a regular section for your聽letters. Your feedback and responses to articles published here聽are invaluable and most welcome. Please do get in touch with聽me at the email address on the facing page. I would also like to聽encourage you to take a few moments to let us know your聽views of the journal by completing our online survey.聽

John Daniel
Editor
privatepractice.editorial@bacp.co.uk

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