Posts also tagged with ‘counselling’
Research that therapists feel aligned to, or research that influences policy?
In the BACP journal “Therapy Today” there is an article focused on the question: “How can we bridge the chasm between the kind of research that most therapists feel aligned to, and the kind of research that influences policy?” The article is called “In conversation with … Colin Feltham in conversation with Mick Cooper”. You [...]
Introduction to the contemporary research that informs the CPCAB model of practitioner development and proficiency
Abstract The paper begins by examining the question “which research for what purpose?” and suggests that, although the diversity of research methods is useful to the field, research resources focussed on policy questions have often been wasted in that they have led to little useful policy or clinical outcomes. The paper continues with an examination of the question [...]
The agony and the ecstasy!
Well firstly let me apologise for not having written for nearly a month, there has just been so much going on what with all these holidays and course work that time has slipped away. I thought about what to write this time and firstly I would like to share with you all that I passed [...]
A vocation for transcendence
Unfortunately the above title isn’t uniquely mine - I took it from the book ‘Dark nights of the soul’ (Thomas Moore). I haven’t been able to write my blog for a while, for two reasons. The first was purely practical: with the workload the diploma is generating at the moment I simply haven’t had the time. Secondly, I [...]
Roundabouts and Merry-go-rounds
I feel a little displaced at the moment, as the blog title hints at: it’s like being on a fairground ride for me right now. My studies can rapidly go from being a feeling of pleasure, enjoyment and satisfaction to, ‘I wanna get off I feel sick’. Everything is going round and round, and I am feeling [...]
Cherished memories and lessons learnt
Having been asked to bring in five items from home, I was really looking forward to this week’s class. I was intrigued and thought it would be a way of sharing a bit more about ourselves through our objects. We were separated into groups of four and asked to set our objects out on the [...]
Unconditional positive regard
We were set a task this week where we were asked to research someone who had been in the news recently due to her controversially based therapy work. She is a Christian counsellor and she believes homosexuality is a sin and a mental illness. She believes she can reverse sexual orientation. This belief has raised a lot [...]
The journey home
It’s been a difficult fortnight for me as I have been under a lot of pressure, whilst also having a lot of processing to do. I had the first part of my external assessment last week, the recording of a counselling session with one of my peers. I had opted to go first which had [...]
How many trainee counsellors does it take to change a light bulb?
We were asked this week to jot down either a recent dream or a dream that we could recall easily. I wrote mine down quickly as it was a dream I’d had frequently as a child. It’s not a particularly pleasant dream and after I’d written it I wondered if I was a bit loopy! [...]
Reading between the lines……
After a check in we were split up into groups of four. Within the groups there would be a helper, helpee and two observers. The helper and helpee were then asked to leave the room. Myself and my remaining group member were then told that we would be observing, with a twist. I was asked [...]