Here & Now Encounter Group... £FREE...Peer Group (online)

'Amazing experience that I don't get anywhere else.' - Deborah, 20 June 2016** You are invited to attend this online Here-and-Now Group for a unique experience in encounter with other individuals.

The invitation is to:
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stay as much as possible in the 'here and now', +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
...in order to maximize the opportunity for authentic meeting with others and with yourself.

Your host

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I am Richard Mills, living in Leeds, UK.
I've been going to Here-and-Now groups since 1992 and I love them! I've learned so much about myself, especially about what holds me back and what gives me joy.

During the group

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The invitation is to stay in the here-and-now, to stay present.

Here’s my advice: in each moment, notice your current:

• Wishes

• Needs

• Feelings

Share these with the group, if you like.

Try to avoid going into descriptions of your personality, or 'group process' or things in your 'there and then' (e.g. job, relationships), when you are NOT charged (emotionally aroused).

At the end of each meeting there is no debrief, or checkout, so it's up to you to say anything you want within the meeting time.

This group space

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This group space offers the prospect of interpersonal meeting and process: encounter with others invariably invokes all kinds of feelings inside the self, and this space offers the chance to experience and reflect on these. The group is not structured, except for the start and end times: the unfolding of the group will be unpredictable and will offer the opportunity for unexpected dialogue and experience.

All you have to do is bring yourself as you are, and come with curiosity about what we might co-create.

The purpose of this group
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In offering this group, my own purpose is for me to have a place where I can connect with others and my internal self in an authentic way. If that is something that you want for yourself, then maybe this group is good for you.

My Role as co-participant

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I host this group and take care of the boundaries of time and space. In all other ways, this is a peer group.

Requests from me

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1. Confidentiality: After the group, please don’t talk about what other people said or did in such a way that they can be identified.
2. Drugs: Please do not arrive whilst under the influence of alcohol or non-prescription drugs.
3. Please have your microphone muted until the start of the meeting (usually 7.30pm).
4. Please have your microphone unmuted i.e. ON, during the meeting, unless there's some distracting noise coming from your equipment or environment.
5. Please have your camera on from the start of the meeting unless there's some practical situation that makes that undesirable.
6. In order to help the group keep its focus and attention, please do not attend to notifications and/or messages on phones or other devices during the meeting.
   If you need to attend to messages and/or notifications, please leave the meeting (via the RED button), and I will re-admit you when you have finished doing that.

REGISTRATION

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RSVP on this advert.

PRICE: £0.00

Online v. In-Person
For 10 years, until COVID arrived, group meetings were in my therapy space in Leeds, monthly.
Since March 2020 meetings have been weekly online, and a few times per year in-person in Leeds.

The Zoom Link for this meeting

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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88943247418

Meeting ID: 889 4324 7418

Password: Not required.

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Start time:
7.30pm
Arrival:
7.20pm - 7.30pm
End time:
9.30pm

LATECOMERS: Please arrive PROMPTLY. If you arrive late you will NOT be admitted. (There is sometimes a 'grace period' of a few seconds, but not always.)

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Richard Mills
Tel: 07984002495
email: richardmills7000 AT outlook.com

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More testimonials

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(NB These testimonials are for the live in-person group that I run each month in Leeds.) • 'It was extraordinary. Thank you all x' - Chris Beale • ''Wow, I feel a buzz. Thank you all. It was warming, moving, profound, reaffirming...'' - Charlie, 1st November, 2016. • 'Another super series of moments in the here-and-now. I love this.' Vicki