February 2006

editorial

engaging political gear
Should we allow psychotherapy and politics to meet in the consulting room? Does our profession qualify us to make political statements out in the world? The answers involve both risk and reality. By Clare Pointon

transgendered identities
Are you a man or a woman and how do you know? Has our socially constructed system of gender positioning prevented us from acknowledging the fluidity of human erotic desire? by Angie Fee

tight ropes & safety nets
Shame, incompetence and inadequacy are universal feelings reported after a client's suicide. Here Andrew Reeves and Sue Nelson argue for better support systems and training to help counsellors dealing with the emotional trauma of a client's suicide

only child – a unique inheritance
No one to snatch your toys… No one to witness what it's like being a teen in your home… No one to share carer duties when you yourself have arthritis. A child with no siblings has a different take on life. by Ann Richardson

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