Posts also tagged with ‘training’
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 [...]
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 Mojave [...]
Clay time!
So the Christmas holiday came and went… all too quickly for me. I was unwell for a lot of it so the well earned rest I had anticipated didn’t go quite as planned! I am fully recovered now though and have had my first week back at college. It was a struggle to get myself [...]
Mocks!
Well, I said on my last blog that I had my mock exam approaching and that I would tell you all about it. As it turned out it turned out to be quite a comical event, for me anyway! A few weeks before the written paper we all went off in pairs to record a half [...]