Contents:

• Features
  • Pebble on my wing

    • Qualitative research that explores the grief experience of bereaved mothers after the death of a child has revealed continuing bonds and the possibility of post-traumatic growth

  • Dying to talk

    • The specialist using counselling skills in palliative care will be faced with a situation that both resembles the traditional counselling role and differs from it in important ways

  • Neimeyer and the construction of loss

    • Articulating and renegotiating meaning are the central goals of bereavement therapy – which should balance both the individual and collective dimensions of grief

  • Cancerland

    • In the outer hemisphere where death and life meet, and other professions expect their members to work
      autonomously, therapists find supervision not only invaluable but essential to wellbeing

  • BACP and NICE

    • Staff at BACP carry out important work behind the scenes on behalf of counsellors and psychotherapists. Recently BACP made a submission to a House of Commons Select Committee inquiry into NICE (the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence)

  • The internal and external group

    • Internal presences or introjects populate our inner world. Some of them will readily relate to members of a real-world group

  • My time

    • An unusual practice in the West Midlands offers a model for culturally sensitive counselling

  • Who cares for the carers?

    • A counselling service in South Devon confirms that counselling in an organisational setting can offer choice, simplicity and effectiveness

  • Making progress?

    • Students expect professional counsellor training to continue smoothly from foundation training – but this is often not the case

  • CORE – a flexible tool

    • A group of university counsellors experimented with the active use of CORE outcome measures as a therapeutic aid to the counselling process

  • Cover feature

    • Who comes for help after a loss – and what are the real needs? Does the boundaried nature of this specific form of support hinder client mental health?

• Regulars
  • News
    • News

      • News

    • News Extra

      • News

  • Editorial

    • In this issue we hear from a doctor who worked in palliative care and retrained as a counsellor because of his interest in the psychological support of his dying patients we hear about research carried out into the grief experience of mothers who have lost a child. And we ask, is bereavement counselling viable?

  • Letters
    • So it’s come to this?

      • I have before me the May 2007 issue and I would like to offer you my overview: 1) Quotes from article one: ‘competitive environment’, ‘limited liability company’, ‘size an advantage in a competitive environment’, ‘bearing the cost and tendering for contracts’.

    • Biblical stories

      • As a church minister and student counsellor, I found Michael Forster’s article in the March edition of therapy today very interesting and helpful.

    • A different way

      • I just wanted to congratulate you on the article ‘Daring to be different’ (therapy today May 2007).

    • Adoption agencies: freedom to choose

      • I write in support of Susanna Harrison’s thoughts (therapy today, April 2007) in response to Grainne Griffin’s article about the new legislation for working with clients who have adoption issues (Feb 2007).

    • Adoption agency considerations

      • I was interested to read the letters from Susan Dronyk and Susanna Harrison in the April edition of therapy today, concerning the legislation regarding counselling clients affected by adoption

    • LGBQ and trans students, please stand up!

      • I would like to thank Cloud Taylor and Dominic Davies for their articles in therapy today (February 2007) highlighting the lack of sexual identity awareness in training courses.

    • Personal therapy a given on courses?

      • Having recently stepped out of the relatively safe world of working within an organisation where the necessity of personal therapy is an undisputed given, into the cooler climes of private practice, I have experienced enormous diversity in standards and expectations.

    • A paradoxical profession

      • Your editorial (April therapy today) certainly surfaced many raw feelings and much discussion around the current lack of paid opportunities for experienced practitioners

    • Telephone clients

      • Having read the BACP Guidelines for Telephone Counselling and Psychotherapy, I wondered if your readers would be interested in my experience.

  • Reviews
    • Reviews

      • Feedback and suggestions for titles for review welcome. Email reviews@bacp.co.uk

  • Noticeboard
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    • Research

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• BACP
  • BACP News
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  • BACP Professional Conduct
    • Professional conduct
  • BACP Research
    • Research

      • Your feedback is welcome. Do you have questions or issues that you would like us to cover in therapy today? Please email your comments or contributions for the research pages to Kaye Richards, Research Facilitator kaye.richards@bacp.co.uk