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Volume 16
Issue 7
September 2005

 

Contents:

  • Features
    • Homeless and hope less?

      • Lin Robson describes her counselling work at Next Generation, a charity that works with vulnerable young people in the East Midlands, and at two local colleges, where she meets youngsters desperate to leave home. Early intervention, increased resources and less media spin, she says, would go a long way to help

    • The ‘supporter’ type: is this you?

      • Nick Halpin discusses analytical typology and the counselling personality, as shown in the detail of the typical female counsellor – but the male profile was a near match. It could be you!

    • Horses for courses

      • As equine assisted therapy grows in popularity, it would seem that the old proverb ‘there’s nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse’ is true, with regard to their intuitive understanding of humans. Clare Pointon reports ‘Rick and Joan had been having difficulties in their relationship and, despite a number of sessions of traditional therapy, felt they weren’t moving forward.

    • Gender and authority in groups

      • Chris Rose concludes her exploration of authority by rowing out to sea to observe how social and cultural waters have forced men and women to swim in different styles in their home pools

    • Is grief counselling a waste of time?

      • Grief counselling cannot help everyone who has suffered bereavement. But that doesn’t mean it’s not valuable for some. We need research to identify which interventions are helpful for whom, according to Henk Schut. Penny Gray reports

    • Therapists in court

      • In an excerpt from their forthcoming book, Therapists in court, Tim Bond  and Amanpreet Sandhu discuss two kinds of reports that therapists may be required to write for the legal system

    • Cover feature

      • How damaging is it to be sent away to school at a young age? David Mair critically inspects the psychological implications of a form of education intended to produce ‘the best years of one’s life’

  • Regulars
    • Columns
      • Regulation: Quo vadis?

        • The regulatory landscape of counselling and psychotherapy is constantly shifting and changing. Chief Executive Laurie Clarke reports on 12 months of BACP’s activity in this complex arena

    • Editorial

      • Well, Therapy Today won the vote! And many thanks to everyone who sent in suggestions for the new title. With the huge growth of counselling and psychotherapy in this country, it feels like an exciting time to be relaunching this magazine.

    • Letters
      • Diversity matters

        • I am picking up on Colin Feltham’s comments in the July 2005 issue of CPJ because I am also concerned that our profession appears to remain a bastion of the middle classes

      • Socio-political dimension?

        • Congratulations on the CPJ summer issue. A socio-political and historical dimension runs through several of the contributions.

      • Precious, remote, fluffy?

        • I read with interest the Challenge feature entitled ‘Therapy: self-centred or socio-political?’ (CPJ ?July 05), in which Craig McDevitt suggests that ‘Current negative media comment tends to insinuate that the talking therapies encourage inadequate people in self-indulgent narcissistic ruminations

      • Social responsibility

        • Thank you CPJ for overtly talking about therapy and socio-political issues. Whether we like it or not, we all live in a society and each of us plays a role

      • BACP guidance for NHS counsellors

        • My thanks to John Eatock, Alan Jamieson and particularly to Suzanne McCall for their responses (CPJ March and April) to my letter of concern (CPJ February) regarding the intended BACP guidance for counsellors working in the NHS

      • Freud misunderstood

        • As someone involved in the training of counsellors for almost 15 years, I would like to applaud Juliet Higdon for her article in July's CPJ.

      • Against polarisation

        • Exploring the role in society ?of professional talking therapy is a welcome challenge (CPJ July 05). My first reaction was to wonder if there are no female Fellows of BACP or women in its Strategic Direction Committee who could have ?been asked to give their views

  • BACP
    • BACP News
      • Membership development update

        • Following articles published in CPJ (October 04 and March 05) to advise members of the category and advertising policy changes, we’d like to update you on progress

      • Therapy websites

        • Whatever your level of expertise, BACP can help you with your web presence!

    • BACP Research
      • Research

        • Key information and research updates from the BACP Research department

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