In the main, workshops and courses are held to allow for education in a particular subject matter. They can be exploratory in scope or operate within highly defined areas, but they all have in common the idea of personal progress in some way. For example, workshops and course in music could be aimed at beginners to allow them to try their hands at several different instruments. More advanced courses might be for tuition into just one instrument to enable intermediate players to gain advanced skills. Both workshops and courses are conducted throughout the academic year, and they are run formally and informally. Some require attendees to pay in advance for their tuition, whereas some work on a voluntary payment basis. Others, still, are completely free. Workshops and courses cover every area of life, from religion to car mechanics.
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Addiction and recovery are two sides of the same coin. In many cases, addiction starts off at a relatively low level – misuse. If left unchecked, it may then progress to abuse. From this, a stage of addiction known as dependency may come about. However, addiction and recovery go together at each of these stages. In other words, it is never too late on the road down an addictive route to seek help and to look for ways to recover. Most addiction specialists refer to these as recovery pathways which often involve bringing addictions and control and only slowly working towards total recovery. In some cases, this will take a lifelong commitment, but the results often speak for themselves.
In psychotherapy, anger management is a means of helping people to recognise the warning signs of anger and to find ways of preventing them from developing any further. At its simplest, an example might be counting slowly to ten when we begin to become frustrated with a situation so that we don't lash out unnecessarily quickly. However, such homespun ideas have been developed by therapists into much more tailored programmes designed to help people who become angry. Essentially, contemporary anger management therapy boils down to helping people to identify why they may feel powerless, frustrated or thwarted and to take action regarding the root cause rather than simply giving in to feelings of anger. As such, it tends to be tailored to the individual or group receiving the therapy.