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Dilemmas
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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The problem of funding for counselling services has been highlighted by the need for NHS Tayside to make a one-off payment of £32,000 to National Counselling Service Tayside
Funding crisis
The problem of funding for counselling services has been highlighted by the need for NHS Tayside to make a one-off payment of £32,000 to National Counselling Service Tayside – part of CrossReach which has counsellors across Scotland – to clear its 150-long waiting list. But there is no plan for the NHS to pay for the service despite 75 per cent of clients being referred by GPs. Nick Gray, CrossReach’s head of counselling services, said: ‘The Government is promoting the use of more talking therapies yet they are not putting money in to them.’
Dundee Courier
