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This month's dilemma: Cameron gets on well with his therapist. They have developed a quasi-supervisory relationship during his counselling training and now he thinks she might be an ideal supervisor
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We’ve always been told throughout the counselling course that the journey each of us will follow during training will change us
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Why I became a counsellor
What makes a good therapist? What values do you hold dear? Former nurse Els van Ooijen wanted to be able to help her patients emotionally, but also to understand and heal herself
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An ‘age of paranoia’ is dawning
Dawning of the age of paranoia
An ‘age of paranoia’ is dawning, according to Dr Daniel Freeman of the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London. Paranoia is far more common among the general public than had previously been suspected, and on the increase, he claims. Dr Freeman, who recently developed a ‘virtual reality’ method of diagnosing paranoia, believes a combination of factors has helped to create an ‘era of suspiciousness’. One is the increasing number of people living in cities. For the first time, 2008 has seen urban populations in the world outnumber rural. Rates of paranoia are known to be twice as high in cities as in rural communities, said Dr Freeman.
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