Time out by the coast

It's not all work here. I do take some time out (not enough though).

I recently went to West Bay (my nearest sea side location) and took this picture with the panorama camera function of my Moto G phone.

Got to say I'm pretty impressed by its capabilities. The phone does however sometimes throw a wobbly and the camera or email stops working. Normally by the time it's put that message on the screen it's working again but I have had to turn off the phone completely to reset the camera a couple of times.

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Self confidence is context sensitive

Those, who most of the time, are untroubled by a shortfall in their levels of self confidence can find this situation confusing...

A person who performs in front of crowd on guitar, feeling totally comfortable and in control may be the nervous wreck, wracked by self doubt when asked to dance at a family wedding.

Self confidence is context sensitive.

In other words it is not that a person is self confident, it is more that they are self confident in certain situations. (or flipped around they are not confident in some specific situations.)

This is a much more useful way to look at self confidence as the client may well have an area in their life where they feel relatively confident. It may be that their confidence is only challenged while at work or when with certain people.

 By drawing out the distinction it becomes possible for the client to understand that if they have some level of confidence in one part of their life perhaps it's possible to bring it to another part.

By understanding the distinction we can move more quickly and more effectively into the realm of therapeutic change.