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Roddy, Jeannette K.; Gabriel, Lynne – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2019
Domestic violence (DV) affects around 20% of the population globally and is linked with complex mental health conditions and difficulties in client therapeutic engagement. Developing therapeutic competency to meet the standards for independent, professional practice is a significant part of counsellor training. A competency framework for DV is a…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Standards, Mental Disorders, Counselor Client Relationship
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Grove, Jan; Peel, Elizabeth; Owen-Pugh, Valerie – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2013
How same-sex couples manage the process of seeking help for their relationships is an under-researched area. Twelve semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 people who had engaged in same-sex couple counselling, and were analysed using discourse analysis. The ways in which the couples positioned themselves as part of a "minority…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Homosexuality, Semi Structured Interviews, Psychotherapy
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Smith, Martin – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2003
Ten counselors were interviewed concerning their fears encountered in their therapeutic work. Participants were also asked what they had found to be helpful when attempting to deal with these fears. Fears reported are categorized into fears of losing control, fears of being separated from a group by way of disapproval or rejection, and fears of…
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Characteristics, Counselors, Fear
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Donati, Mark; Watts, Mary – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2005
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…
Descriptors: Counselors, Individual Development, Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Training
McIvor, Brian; Hawkins, Peter – 2003
The central theme of this paper is that, as practitioners, career counselors must both watch things and make things happen in their own lives, and really practice what they preach in order to truly inspire and energize their clients. This paper explores three things: the elements of Working, Learning, Playing, and Giving and the way they fit…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Characteristics
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Hossack, Alex; Robinson, Julie – Journal of Sexual Aggression, 2005
This paper will briefly review the utilization of the paraprofessional in a community-based sex offender treatment programme in Merseyside, UK. The paraprofessionals are treated paedophiles in the role of treatment co-facilitators. Further thoughts on the role dynamic, training issues and supervision are discussed. This is an example of…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Foreign Countries, Criminals, Counseling Techniques