Two cohorts of psychology graduates with Graduate Basis for Registration (GBR) with the British Psychological Society (BPS), and a range of relevant work experience (teaching, youth and social work) were employed by the Kent Educational Psychology Service (EPS) over a two-year period as assistant educational psychologists (Assistant EPs). This…

Despite the continuing expansion of psychotherapeutic training programmes within universities in the UK, very little has been written about the psychological strains which may be experienced by teams working within the context of higher education. This theoretical paper offers a psychoanalytic perspective on the location of such teams, drawing on…

In response to a survey of counseling supervisors, 70 practitioners provided information about their practice as supervisors of counselors and supervisors of supervisors. All but six of the respondents claimed to have supervision for supervision. Results show issues in four categories: boundaries, competence of supervisees, training, and ethics.…

This study seeks to provide current survey data from qualified psychologists about effective supervision, in view of increased fieldwork supervision demands, due to restructured initial professional training. A model of effective fieldwork supervision emerges in which a well-managed and communicative partnership between trainee psychologist and…

Presents an account of some of the learning experiences of mature students in a Level 2 Diploma course in Person-Centered Counseling. Research stemmed from a desire to understand the student experience of becoming professional. Article discusses students' perceptions of training and the ways in which they evaluate their status as professionals.…

Traces the history of psychological therapies, including behavior therapy and humanistic therapies that challenged the initially dominant psychoanalytic model. Examines the development of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy and the British Confederation of Psychotherapists, as well as other developments, such as psychotherapeutic studies…

Relate, a British relationship counseling service, relies on volunteer counselors. They receive extensive initial training and continuous assessment, passing through stages from incompetence to the point at which competence becomes unconscious. (SK)

Discusses a number of dilemmas in relation to the ethical practice of counseling, counselor training, and research and evaluation of counseling. A number of relevant issues are explored, including: use of training videos of therapists with real clients; informed consent; how research and evaluation changes the therapeutic process; and publication…

Despite its widely acknowledged importance to effective therapeutic practice across theoretical orientations, it has been suggested that counsellor "personal development" remains a poorly defined area of training, and that the concept is itself endowed with numerous implicit meanings. In an attempt to move towards a more explicit and…

This digest focuses on international perspectives related to counseling supervision. It describes two strands in the history and understanding of supervision, one emerging from the United States and the other from Britain. The factor that distinguishes them is the location of counseling training. In the United States counselor training has largely…

Describes the development of rehabilitation counseling and its introduction to the U.K. in 1990. Presents evidence of the need for rehabilitation counseling in the U.K. and describes the current course with reference to its integrative counseling approach and specialist areas of inquiry. (JPS)

The paper describes a project in a London (United Kingdom) community with many Bangladeshi families to provide regular support and counseling for families of children with severe developmental delays and intellectual or physical impairments. Twenty-four professional parent advisors including one Bangladeshi advisor have received special training…

Participants earning a Diploma in Post-Traumatic Stress Counseling in Britain are being evaluated on the evidence of their ability to work safely, ethically, and effectively with real trauma clients. Reflective and ethical qualities are an important part of the assessment. (JOW)

Proposes that a discipline of "counseling studies" be considered as an extension of counseling and a contribution to social guidance. Suggests features of such a discipline, including: a focus on the individual person; interdisciplinarity; humanistic values; applied and theoretical dialectic; critical attitude; and dynamic nature.…

The Employment Department's invitation to bid for pilot programs for work-based competency training represents a contrast to off-the-job academic training. Informed debate and empirical findings would contribute to the constructive management of these changes. However, Kidd et al.'s research on careers officers' use of theory in guidance…