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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Counselling Practice"”.
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The social construction of professional counselling practice in UK embedded higher education counselling services: a Foucauldian discourse analysis of practitioner perspectives
… universities provide Embedded Higher Education Counselling Services (EHECS) as part of their student support offer. However, a wealth of theory based clinical literature belies a long-standing deficiency of empirical research within the UK student counselling sector. Recent research attention …
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Pākehā counsellors consider their positioning: Towards postcolonial praxis
… on this history and challenge to consider the practice possibilities for Pākehā counsellors when they work with clients and colleagues of other cultures. It is strongly influenced by the Treaty of Waitangi but seeks not to be limited to a Māori/Pākehā binary. It has been undertaken in the hopes …
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Early maladaptive schemas and parental bonding in skin disease: investigating the role of schemas and early attachment in Greek patients with psoriasis and eczema
… obstacles are discussed and an evaluation of the counselling process is provided. Although extensive analysis of dynamics in the alliance go beyond the remit of this case study, efforts have been made to provide a review of therapist and client development on a content and process level in …
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Counselling in the context of suicidal ideation in Malaysia
Counselling is particularly challenging in the context of potential harm through suicide. This is a time when it is clear that responsibilities for and influences on practice go beyond the client in the room. Socio-cultural and political influences range across the legislative, medical, religious, …
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Schemas and psychological distress in skin disease: a preliminary investigation into the role of schemas in UK patients with psoriasis and eczema
… of psychological impact in skin disorders and to counselling practice. Implications for the psychological management of skin disorders are discussed. Further studies are needed to investigate the implicating role of schemas in dermatological conditions.
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Perceptions of Mother-Daughter Relationships in the Art of Adult Incest Survivors
… general beliefs would influence their counselling practice.
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From pastoral care to professional counselling: the development of higher education counselling training underpinned by a Christian worldview and in dialogue with Christian faith/religion/spirituality
… Works is the development of Higher Education counselling training which is underpinned by a Christian worldview and facilitates a dialogue between Christian faith/religion/spirituality and psychological/psychotherapeutic theories in the context of counselling practice. As I reflect on the …
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Spirituality in psychodynamic counselling: An exploration of counsellors' understandings of and engagement with spirituality in practice
… interest and research in spirituality in counselling, there is little specifically concerned with psychodynamic counselling. This thesis argues that incorporating spirituality into psychodynamic practice, in response to client demand, may be harder than for many other counselling …
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Transforming School-Based Mental Health to Heal the Collective Soul Wound
… mental health practitioner allocations or practice standards are often left to individuals and generally follow historical practice. This Organizational Improvement Plan (OIP) problematizes PPSD’s lack of system-wide approaches to mental health interventions that can provide assurance of …
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Young women's narrative accounts of experiencing social aggression in adolescence
… adulthood. Implications for school and community counselling practice and suggestions for future research are examined.
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ICT: Collaboration, innovation and integration - an action research study of the development of a new ICT career learning tool.
… planning. This study is based on my real-world practice and is action research in action. Central is the importance of the adult guidance relationship in supporting individuals with their career decisions, and how ICT career tools can inform a collaborative meaning-making process. This blended …
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Hamlet's transformation: An application of Stanislav Grof's holotropic theory to adolescents who are experiencing grief and loss
… and a close analysis of Hamlet‟s soliloquies. As counselling verbatim, the soliloquies provide an important opportunity to discuss how significant experiences of loss have the potential for developmental transformation in adolescence. The possible incidence of SE in adolescence raises questions …
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Experiences of narcissistic abuse : an exploration of the effects on women who have had a long term, intimate, relationship with a suspected narcissistic male partner
… with a view to improving my therapeutic counselling practice. Six women, whose ex-partners (from long-term relationships) were judged to have met specific criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder, were interviewed using a semi-structured interview method. The enquiry focused on …
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Paraprofessional counselling: the effectiveness and development o f a group of volunteer mental health counsellors
… on 118 clients referred to a voluntary sector counselling agency. The CORE-OM was used to measure clients' levels of distress on a sessionby-session basis. Clients and counsellors also completed a range of additional selfreport measures before and after counselling. A benchmarking strategy was …
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Counselling within a hospice setting. A mixed-methods exploration of pre-loss and post-loss counselling in a palliative setting
… bereavement by investigating whether pre-loss counselling could improve outcomes for individuals who have recently lost a close family member. The research examined how pre-loss counselling could help individuals cope with a loss and why this approach may reduce the client's time in post-loss …
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The meaning and experience of receiving HIV post-test psychological counselling by African childbearing migrant women from a culturally appropriate counselling model in comparison to classical western models: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
… reluctant in accessing available psychotherapy/counselling services (Malanda, Meadows & Catalan, 2001). Apart from the perception that such services are threatening, little is known about this reluctance. This is worrying, as Africans continue to be the most underrepresented HIV service users. …