Part 2

With Year 13 Rossett students, December 2007

Some participants were profoundly affected by the programme - perhaps even to the point of it being a life-changing experience - and they talked about bringing me back to do  follow-on work.

In some ways Beryl and some of the others reminded me of Stanislaus Neild and the brothers of St John of God - such was their passion for what they did. However, like Stanislaus, theirs was not the unthinking zeal of peak BLUE. It was tempered with more of a 2nd Tier 'knowing' perspective.

Oct: Decided to merge my www.keitherice.co.uk and www.integratedsociopsychology.net sites - but at the 'integratedsociopsychology' URL.
Commentary: It was becoming too time-consuming maintaining two sites, with a growing amount of partial duplication between them. The decision as to which URL to use was influenced by me rebranding myself 'SocioPsychologist' around the same time.

While the merged site had a much more obvious tie-in between the services I offer and the theoretical models I espouse, my hope was still that other 'guest' sociopsychologists would contribute from time to time.

Nov: Delivered 2-day 'A Basic Introduction to Integrated SocioPsychology' at Centre 88 for the Hull Optimists, a charitable organisation dedicated to helping people with disabilities learn to swim.
Commentary: Beryl Kelsey, the driving force behind the Optimists, was convinced NLP-type training would help her and her instructors' handle people - themselves, each other and their swimmers - better. She was referred to me by Centre 88 manager Jean MacEwan.

Being sponged for Rossett 6th Form Rag Week, October 2007. [Gareth Molyneux]