The Actualize Philosophy
My approach to working with people is:
• Driven by a belief in our ability to grow, to change, to aspire towards potentials, and to be able to define the lives we want to be living.
• Respectful of difference and diversity.
• Grounded in the principles of human rights.
• Alert to the conditions of possibility existing in contemporary society.
• Mindful of the centrality of relationship in human life.
My practice is guided by a unique synthesis of psychology, philosophy and social theory, and my practice-philosophy gravitates around three key themes:The how of being a person
The how of living; and
The how of relating to the world we live in.
Let me explain…
Part Three - The how of relating to the world
Elaborations
"Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to. It doesn’t so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven’t had that, what have you had?"
Henry James
"Never give children a chance of imagining that anything exists in isolation. Make it plain from the very first that all living is relationship. Show them relationships in the woods, in the fields, in the ponds and streams, in the village and the country around it"
Aldous Huxley (from Island)
