Hi Ben,

What is co-counseling? It's a term I'm not familiar with, but then too, most of my classes were in the early 70s. BTW, Steve (my husband) says
that yes, I am a good listener.

Co-counseling is a grass roots method for peer counseling. Sessions
are organized as an exchange. I listen to you for a period of time,
then you listen to me for an equal period of time. It has a formal structure that feels awkward compared to an informal meet-up between friends, but i think it is good practice. Co-counseling is a spin-off from RC (Re-evaluation Counseling), which is in turn an offshoot of Dianetics. It also has ties to the Human Potential Movement.

OK, I see. I don't know if I'd call it counseling but that's the name
chosen so I'll use it if I have the occaision to. I don't know how well
it works; 2 people exchanging and listening to problems doesn't sound
like counseling to me--more of just a co listening session.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-counselling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Potential_Movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-groups

I'll look it up but probably not this week or next, got a small trip
coming up.

Where is your part of the world? We do travel, most often in a camper.
We do carry teas, other than my morning British Blend, in the camper as Steve will sometimes brew up a cuppa non caffienated at night.

I live in southern Oregon, not far from the northern border of
California. I love British blends, and also Irish and Scottish blends.
:)

We've not been to California since Steve had his language school in
Montery in 83-84 other than flights stopping briefly. Guess we ought to
try to make it to the west coast at some point; we've good memories of
the Montery area. We were introduced to guacamole and calamari while we
were out there, 2 things that we still enjoy today. IITC, the furthest
north we got then was San Francisco but have flown in and out of Seattle
a couple of times. First time we flew in, we got there in early
afternoon so spent the rest of the day and early evening exploring.

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Ruth
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