Resources for Courses
Using films in counselling/training: Bagdad Café
Film Title: Bagdad Café Therapeutic theme: Change through relationship Rating: 5* Length: 95 minutes Date: 1987 Genre: Comedy drama Availability: DVD Film Summary: This film is about the transformative power of genuine, empathic, caring relationship. Jasmin, a stout mid-life German housewife has a fight with her husband who leaves her in the middle of the [...]
Video review: Person to Person – COSCA’s video guide to counselling
You can watch ‘Person to Person’, COSCA’s video guide to counselling, on their website at: http://www.cosca.org.uk/ Introduction My name is Jacinta and I’m 26. I studied digital film and video production at University and have helped film various counselling training videos, some of which I also acted in. I have also experienced two years of counselling [...]
Example referral to Service Level C (with revised commentary):
Counsellor: “Sanjay, we’re coming to the end of our assessment session. At the start of our meeting today I explained that I’m trained to work with people who need help and support in relation to both the challenges they’re facing in their life and the short-term psychological difficulties that they may also be facing within themselves. [...]