Creating the Future?

John Fisher

Preston (UK)

Abstract
As a counsellor for a charity organisation I began to notice that some clients only attended one counselling session and even though they booked future sessions did not attend. I then realised that there was a similarity between this situation and that of training where new expe-riences were not applied back in the workplace.

This paper explores some of the constructs associated with mapping a new future and the im-pact on people's self perception. I will present my theory of "Second No Show" and open up a discussion on methods of avoiding creating inappropriate future constructs, generating realis-tic anticipations and grounding the future in reality.

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