The Bus: Getting to Know Your Passengers

Getting to Know Your Passengers

Getting to Know Your Passengers is a reflective companion to the free The Bus resource, offering space to become curious about what may have shaped your passengers and when they become more present.

Some thoughts, feelings and responses can feel as though they have travelled with us for a very long time. Others may have become more familiar through particular relationships, experiences or periods of our lives. Rather than looking for a single explanation, the questions invite you to notice the different experiences and influences that may have contributed to the ways you experience and respond to the world.

You might find this helpful if…

You have already explored The Bus and would like to understand some of your passengers more deeply, or you are curious about how family, relationships, school, values and other life experiences may have influenced familiar thoughts, feelings and responses.

This resource can be used for your own reflection, alongside therapy, or by practitioners to support reflective conversations with clients.

This resource won't tell you what to do

There is no single explanation to uncover and no particular conclusion to reach.

Some passengers may have a story that feels quite clear. Others may have developed gradually through many different experiences and influences. You may notice connections, uncertainties, or things you had not considered before.

The invitation is to become curious about what is already there.

What's included

• Six-page reflective companion
• Print and Fillable PDF versions
• Eight reflective prompts exploring some of the experiences and influences that may have shaped your passengers
• Space to consider family, relationships, school, values and other life experiences
• A closing reflection bringing together what you have noticed

This resource is designed to follow the free The Bus worksheet, which is available separately in the Place to Talk Therapies Resource Library.

Getting to Know Your Passengers may be helpful if you're experiencing…

A sense of internal conflict, recurring emotional responses, difficulty understanding why particular reactions become stronger in certain situations, or curiosity about how your experiences may have shaped the ways you respond today.

You do not need prior knowledge of therapy models to use this resource.

This resource is not…

A diagnostic or assessment tool, a way of identifying which thoughts, feelings or responses need to change, or an exercise in finding one explanation for why you are the way you are.

It does not ask you to silence, remove or get rid of any of your passengers.

Licence

This resource is for personal use, or use within your own practice if you are a practitioner. It may not be resold, redistributed or shared outside of your own client work without written permission.

Disclaimer

This resource is intended for reflective and educational purposes. It is not a substitute for professional mental health support.

If you are in crisis, please contact your GP, call 999, go to A&E, or call Samaritans on 116 123.

Price and Fees

This resource is £3. Any applicable transaction or processing fees will be shown at checkout.

Refunds

Due to the digital nature of this resource, refunds are not normally available once the files have been accessed or downloaded, except where required by law.

If you would like to keep noticing

A Space to Notice is a five-week reflective journal offering space to continue noticing what becomes more or less present over time, including identity, familiar responses, capacity and what you may be carrying.

Find A Space to Notice in the Place to Talk Therapies Resource Library.