Work on the Self

29th March 2018
It is not appropriate to be overly prescriptive on this subject, but nonetheless, keyworkers will recognise the gravity and responsibility of the work that they are engaged in, and would be expected to 'practice as you preach'; in other words to have some practices built in to their own personal lives that encourage:

  1. Anxiety-management or relaxation.
  2. Recreation (Activities that we might call 'play' which foster what is literally "re-creation" )
  3. Mindfulness/Mentalizing practice - practising the capacity to take up, and sustain, a thoughtful meta-stance in relation to one's own thoughts and emotions. See Sensitive attunement for an example of an exercise that you can use to attune yourself to... your self!
  4. Self-directed learning: Using the manual you should try to monitor material you have covered in the manual and what you have not yet seen (later developments in the manual will facilitate this.) !