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My business name “Symetry” is missing "something": 

Yes, symetry is missing one "m". It is slightly disconcerting to type in a deliberately misspelled word, but you clearly know what the word is. Something is missing but it's still a coherent entity.


Symmetry represents perfect balance: 

One half perfectly reflects the other half. A mirror image. Symmetrical and balanced. 


SyMetry is not perfect: 

But then, people are not perfect. I think of the dual aspect of nature (yin and yang) which flow perfectly in to each other (but are not perfect reflections of each other).

 

SY-ME-TRY has three syllables: 

The symbolism of three is found everywhere. It is in the new testament: Father, Son, Holy Spirit.  In genetics: father (sperm), mother (egg), child (embryo)In transactional analysis, there are three states of self: parent, adult, child. And so too are there three elements to human nature: thought, feeling, behaviour.


Symetry embodies the journey toward self-efficacy: 

Symetry can be read as "see  me  try"    or in other cases,  "<sigh> me  try." 

All I can ever ask of myself or others is that we do actually TRY.


My special clients embody the symbolism of the word symetry.


Additional note: Back in the days before the Internet (well actually in the days of the "dirt track" Fidonet) I wanted to use the name "symmetry". I had to use a seven-digit login starting with "P" for my server, so I used name of Psymetry (incorporating psychology). Moving from my Fidonet account to an Internet account, I dropped the P. Sometimes I wonder if that was a mistake?



My old logo:

It showed two hands circling a sphere (the world within). It symbolised that Psychology is a helping profession. The two hands represented embracing and scaffolding clients. The symbol highlighted that fact that supporting children with autism is a collaborative process - hand in hand. 


The space between those hands is an S: 

That's where I (Sharon) fit in. I am passionate in my belief that I am doing what I was meant to do. I am passionate in my belief that what I do makes a difference.


The logo is a modified Yin-Yang symbol: 

The hands are white and blue, representing the dual aspects of human nature (masculine and feminine, success and failure, good and bad). I choose not to use black. Black is the absence of colour; and the absence of life.


The white "hand" is also a symbol of the "dove": 

This represents "setting my clients free." It didn’t have a specific (Christian) religious meaning. But I am happy for others to take that on board if it has meaning for them.