Voice Dialogue

VOICE DIALOGUE

Voice Dialogue? Well, if it's not voice training what is it?
It's about dialogue The relationship that we have (or not) with the many different parts of ourselves. It's a quick, easy and dynamic route to embracing all the "selves" that exist within us. It's a process which promotes deep self-understanding and helps create harmony within, where there may have been conflict.

What do you mean by that?
Well, for example... You have a ‘shy self’ (and we all do to varying degrees). If this part of you is very shy, it may disable you in ways that are uncomfortable, stop you from doing all the wonderful things that your “expressive self’ wants to do - be it dance, sing, climb mountains or even be a little outrageous at times. The techniques of Voice Dialogue will help you acknowledge your ‘shy’ part and in the process bring your ‘expressive’ self from out of hiding - to shine in the way it was meant to.

Another example might be that your soft, sensitive side may be so developed that you get trodden on and ‘used’. What's needed here is more understanding and development of your ‘assertive self’ to help protect you and get what you want and need in life. Conversely, if there's an imbalance and you're not in touch with your sensitive side you may need to bring it out of the shadows to bring a more subtle dimension to your life and relationships.

What else?
Very often the child part of us has been stifled by past critical voices of parent, teacher and society. Spontaneity, playfulness, the ability to love, and certain vulnerability have been lost. Voice Dialogue helps you reclaim this part and these energies to bring an added richness to your life and relationships.

What is this Critical Voice?
The ‘critical voice’ is one of the most damaging of aspects which lives within us and because it has been with us for so long it often goes unnoticed as it wrecks and stunts our lives. Just a little work and understanding can radically change this dynamic and literally change your life.

Another duo is the ‘being’ and ‘doing’ aspect of our lives. If those are in balance, our lives work perfectly. But too often the ‘doing’ aspect becomes driven - allowing no time for peace, reflection and deep relaxation. The extreme end of ‘doing’ without ‘being’ can have a serious impact on health, leading to hypertension, heart problems and most stress-related diseases. However, all of this can be reduced or avoided by understanding and transforming how this dynamic plays itself out in our inner life.

The technique of Voice Dialogue is fascinating, fun and profound. It's a safe and illuminating way to isolate and explore disowned aspects of ourselves that are causing us problems in our lives and relationships. Voice Dialogue was evolved by two Jungian psychotherapists Hal and Sidra Stone in the 1980's, working initially to understand and improve their own relationship and then sharing the technique more widely where it is used now, throughout the world.

Rosie Harness learned the Voice Dialogue technique (working with sub-personalities) from Hal and Sidra, running her own workshops and then assisting in facilitation during their trainings. Rosie is also qualified with a Diploma and MA in Arts Psychotherapy and has been involved in complementary therapies for over 20 years.

When is Voice Dialogue available?
Rosie is available on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2.00 to 8.00 p.m.

Prices
Voice Dialogue is priced £45 for a one-hour session. If you would like to talk through this therapy, what it may offer you (and how many sessions may be needed - usually from one to six depending on your ‘issues’), Rosis is happy to offer a 15-minute free chat. Just ask our Admin team, who will arrange this.

What Voice Dialogue did for me...
‘Voice Dialogue sessions have helped me to contact those parts of me I'd disowned as "not OK” and to have an experience of their wisdom and strength and positive contribution to me, as a person. As a result I find myself having much acceptance of those aspects of my self - and experience less internal conflict between the different parts of me.’ JK, London

‘I first heard about Voice Dialogue at a very difficult stage of my life. I was trying to build a career in an increasingly competitive world, to be a good mother to my child, a perfect companion for my partner. To do that I felt I had to deny certain parts of my personality - my gentleness, my originality - and develop others - my toughness, my perfectionism. The result was deep unhappiness and confusion. Through Voice Dialogue I was given the opportunity to meet and to listen to my various “inner selves”. I learned that gentleness and strength are not opposites, but two sides of the same coin; that originality and creativity are very often stifled by perfectionism and that “doing the best I can” is flawlessness in itself. The parts of myself I had once disowned have now become powerful guides. They tell me when it is time to slow down or to push forward; they help me remember long forgotten events and to place them in their rightful space in time. Listening to my “voices” has taught me about respect and compassion, for myself and others. I no longer fear my uniqueness, but see it as a gift of life.’ EH, Highgate

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