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Volume 16
Issue 9
November 2005

 

Contents:

  • Features
    • Bereavement talk

      • Drawing on such disparate sources as Shakespeare, Donne and Queen Victoria, Gertrud Mander takes an informative and ideosyncratic stroll through melancholia, mourning, denial and the pitfalls of counselling of the bereaved

    • Impressions of Kenya and its counselling scene

      • Invited to be guest speakers at the 6th International Counselling Conference hosted by the Kenya Association of Professional Counsellors (KAPC) in Nairobi 6-8 September 2005, Colin Feltham and William West stayed on after the conference to see the launch of a new Masters in Counselling Studies programme, originally developed by trainers from CESCO at the University of Durham, delivered by KAPC trainers and validated by the University of Manchester. Their individual experiences are followed by shared comments.

    • Infant observation

      • The detail of the primary bond – carefully noted and reflectively discussed – offers insight into the relational element of therapeutic change, as Maggie Turp explains

    • Insurance for legal advice

      • The professional conduct committee has responded to members’ concerns when courts request the disclosure of client records – leading to changes in SMG’s professional indemnity cover

    • Lesbians and therapists: a critique

      • An article earlier this year about research into what lesbians want from their therapists – namely, explicitness – brought a response from the Albany Trust highlighting areas of disagreement

    • Re-weaving the self: approaches to chronic pain

      • Pain is as much a psychological as a physical phenomenon, though it has not always been recognised as such. Current pain management approaches focus primarily on patient distress and dysfunction – psychotherapeutic input is central

    • Somatisation: a growing concern

      • There is a vast and significant overlap between mental and physical health issues. Yet our health service is not set up to deal with it. How might counsellors help to unravel the knots?

    • When the other half is missing

      • When only half of the couple appears for counselling, not only is the other person missing, but also the ‘relationship’ itself. Left with one third of the whole, how can counselling be effective?

    • Cover feature

      • Noticing your thought patterns and relating to them in a different way is the route to healing within Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy – but can this meditation practice be integrated in our work?

  • Regulars
    • Editorial

      • I can still remember the sense of astonishment I felt 20 years ago when I first realised that my mind and body might be joined together in some way! The penny dropped when someone suggested to me that the chronic back pain I was suffering might be a reflection of the sudden loss of support that I’d experienced at the time.

  • BACP
    • BACP News

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