I now look at everything I do in a more thought out way, thinking of my decisions consciously and working out what is appropriate to do in different contexts. I can learn a lot from listening to other interpreter's experiences - positive or negative(!) - to understand their dilemmas and how they overcame them, and it's such a supportive environment. It's good to receive feedback from your own experiences, and give feedback to others - we all work together as one big team. This is an opportunity to get together and remember we have a team that supports us and goes through the same things we do.

I really value our sessions and look forward to them. I think it has been very beneficial talking about our assignments and dilemma's. I personally have learnt a lot from your experience. Thank you. 

I found them to be really useful platform for voicing our dilemmas, particularly as it was rare for us to all come together to share our experiences. I definitely learnt a lot from these times.

It has been very beneficial to meet together as a group and discuss/analyse assignments. It gives us an opportunity to realise things we may not have picked up and advise one another. It also helps with planning for future assignments

For me the group has been a major source of support, getting my registration and being the "baby" of the team. I think there's always a feeling of "Am I doing the right thing?" when you start to do more bookings in different situations, and it's nice to draw on the experience of other interpreters that have been through that and hear their views/advice. It also helps me to understand why I did certain things, why I made the decisions I made and what alternative decisions could have been made and the associated impacts.

X had obviously been carrying that job with her, for the past two years (!) because there was no opportunity for her to work through the experience..... she said she felt much better afterwards.  And I think it’s useful for the others to see even she has dilemmas and issues to work through.