Contents:

• Features
  • Personal consultancy

    • Where do the practices of counselling and psychotherapy end and coaching begin? Debra Jinks and Dr Nash Popovic believe there is a place for a one-to-one talking practice that integrates the two

  • Let’s you and I talk

    • As therapists, we are often advised to encourage our clients to ‘own their experience’ and talk in the first person. But, given the link between first person pronoun usage and depression, might such a focus on self actually be unhelpful for them?

  • Lessons from Wales

    • The Welsh Government is in the process of making the provision of counselling to all secondary school children a statutory responsibility for local authorities, assuring significant benefits for young people in Wales

  • Think group

    • Linda Watkinson and Samantha Tarren introduce themselves as the new groupwork co-editors for Therapy Today, and talk about their shared vision for the future of these pages

  • Cover feature

    • David Richards explores the challenges of working therapeutically with older LGBT men and women, for gay, lesbian and heterosexual practitioners

• Regulars
  • Columns
    • Practitioner column

      • I was at a training day recently where we revisited the main theories of object relations. Freud remains familiar enough, and kindly Winnicott too, but his old supervisor Klein I admit to struggling with still

    • In the client's chair – Lonely or alone?

      • I read somewhere that there is a misunderstanding about the difference between loneliness and aloneness. Ever since the breakdown of my last relationship, I have been wondering what that misunderstanding might be

    • Student column

      • The student column will resume again shortly, with a new columnist. In the meantime, student members of BACP may find the BACP student web pages of interest

  • News
    • Psychological therapies for those who self-harm

      • Psychological interventions should be offered to people who self-harm to help them overcome their behavioural problems, latest NICE guidance suggests

    • The media and mental health

      • The media are failing to give mental health the attention it needs, according to the results of a survey released by mental health charity Mind

    • Retail Trust raises £120k

      • Key retail brands have shown their dedication to Retail Trust by donating £120,000

    • iPhone app helps treat phobias

      • Help via a mobile phone is available for those suffering from common phobias including the fear of spiders

    • First UK standards for psychological support for adults living with HIV

      • The British Psychological Society, British HIV Association, and Medical Foundation for AIDS & Sexual Health have published the first ever UK Standards for psychological support for adults living with HIV

    • New website for those with mental illness

      • She has spoken about her own bouts of depression and now comedienne Ruby Wax is hoping to help others, with a ground-breaking social networking website for adults with mental illnesses

    • Recovering patients describe their battles with an ‘anorexia voice’

      • People with anorexia find comfort in their illness at first, but then it becomes overpowering and they end up battling for control of their own minds

    • New operating framework for the NHS in England

      • The new NHS operating framework setting out the business and planning arrangements for the NHS in England for the next year has been published

    • Project for deaf survivors of domestic abuse gets go ahead

      • A new project for deaf women experiencing domestic abuse called DeafHope can now go ahead thanks to three grants worth £320,000

    • Phone for psychological help ‘while waiting for a bus’

      • A phone line for anxious and depressed people in a deprived area of Glasgow is helping overcome the stigma of mental health illness

  • Editorial

    • We have a range of interesting subjects in this issue – all contributed by BACP members. David Richards highlights the therapeutic needs and sensitivities of a largely forgotten group in his article on working with older LGBT people...

  • Letters
    • Facebook & location tagging

      • I thought readers would benefit from awareness of the following potential risk to client confidentiality

    • Surviving as a counsellor in the NHS

      • After many years working in the NHS as a counsellor, the psychological therapies service for my area has now been taken on by an independent IAPT provider

    • Retaining anonymity

      • The September issue of Therapy Today published an article in which I shared my personal reflections on the many issues surrounding the retirement of counsellors – why, when and how we decide it is time for us to cease working

    • Obituary: Chris Jenkins (1960-2011)

      • It was with great sadness that we learnt of the death of Chris Jenkins

  • Questionnaire
    • Questionnaire – Laurie Clarke

      • Laurie Clarke, CEO of BACP, has a lifelong interest in mental capital and wellbeing and is motivated by a desire to make people aware of the benefits of therapy

  • Day in the Life

    • Dot com entrepreneur-turned-counsellor, John Witney has created a national network of counsellors who work via Skype

  • Reviews
    • Reflecting on work with gay male clients

      • The initial psychotherapy interview: a gay man seeks treatment, Charles Silverstein (ed), Elsevier 2011, £39.99, ISBN 978-0123851468

    • Episodes from a life

      • Dark shadow, bright sun: a memoir, Phoebe Lambert, Authorhouse 2010, £11.92, ISBN 978-1452097145

    • Lacan theory and practice

      • Lacanian psychotherapy: theory and practical applications, Michael J Miller, Routledge 2011, £21.99, ISBN 978-0415893053

    • Therapeutic qualities of writing

      • Write yourself: creative writing and personal development, Gillie Bolton, Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2011, £18.99, ISBN 978-1849051101

    • Insight into Winnicott

      • Reading Winnicott, Lesley Caldwell and Angela Joyce (eds), Routledge 2011, £21.95, ISBN 978-0415415958

    • Guide to clinical assessment

      • Understanding assessment in counselling and psychotherapy, Sofie Bager-Charleson and Biljana van Rijn, Learning Matters 2011, £16.99, ISBN 978-0857254733

    • Innovative approach

      • A community-based approach to the reduction of sexual reoffending: circles of support and accountability, Stephen Hanvey, Terry Philpot and Chris Wilson, Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2011, £19.99, ISBN 978-1849051989

    • Research in practice

      • Phenomenology for therapists: researching the lived world, Linda Finlay, Wiley-Blackwell 2011, £32.99, ISBN 978-0470666456

  • Noticeboard
    • Supervision

      • Find a supervisor in your area

    • Placements

      • Find a placement in your area

    • Research

      • Participate in research

    • Networking

      • Find a group in your area

  • Dilemmas
    • Parents paying for therapy

      • A reluctant client fails to attend or respond to letters while owing money – is this a reason to break confidentiality?

  • From the Chair
    • Opportunities and challenges

      • With exciting initiatives in Northern Ireland and Wales, four new Vice Presidents, our first ever Patron, and a workforce of 36,000 practitioners who are proving they are as effective as any other in the psychological field, BACP currently has many reasons to feel proud

  • Fiction
    • The Wednesday Group (online only)

      • Continuing our new online series – Will has further cause to question his views on women

    • The Wednesday Group

      • Episode ten: The women’s group

• BACP
  • BACP News
    • BACP News

      • News from your Association

  • BACP Professional Conduct
    • BACP Professional Conduct Hearing
    • BACP Professional Conduct Hearing
    • Withdrawal of membership
  • BACP Professional Standards
    • BACP Professional Standards

      • Details about BACP accredited members, supervisors and services

  • BACP Research
    • BACP Research

      • News and information from the BACP research department

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• Insights
  • Behind the pictures

    • Lara Harwood describes her approach to illustrating the December issue

  • In conversation with...

    • Clients with emotional difficulties they want to address, may also want to explore their aspirations and goals. Would it not make sense for them to work through all of this with one practitioner? Suggest Debra Jinks and Nash Popovic

  • Talking point Colin Feltham

    • Film is an emotive, artistic media yet is little used in therapy

• Relationships
  • Online supervision

    • Barry has been supervising Annette for two years online. Annette works at a GP surgery and describes her theoretical model as integrative

  • Couples work

    • An extract from BACP information sheet ‘Working with issues of spirituality, faith or religion’ (G13)

• Hindsights
  • Why I became a counsellor Heather Dale

    • Long periods of solitute and an ability to be self-motivated are prerequisites for becoming a counsellor, says Heather Dale

• From the archive
  • Reel feelings

    • For some people, watching a film can be a deeply emotional experience, which can have a profound psychological impact on them