Adverse Childhood Experiences are things that can happen in children’s lives that may impact upon their future experiences. Within this lecture, you will explore: Adverse Childhood Experiences and the life long consequences of trauma. Interventions that may be used to support those with ACEs. How Adverse Childhood Experiences and counselling fit together. ACE scoring. Underpinning […]
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How to Engage Difficult Clients as a Counsellor Every counsellor is likely to find themselves counselling difficult clients at sometime or other. Engaging a resistant client means understanding what the barriers are for the client before looking for a solution. Counselling difficult clients effectively takes a carful balance of theory, self care and understanding the
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Child and Adolescent Counselling Training – CPD Importance of Personal Therapy Working with young people is very different from working with adults. While having your own therapy is important regardless of client group, it’s even more so if you’re thinking of working with children. Think about why you are drawn to work with children –
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Sexual Abuse Preparing Yourself Sexual abuse is a very heavy and difficult topic to hear about from a client. To cope with this, we need to be resilient, and to protect ourselves from being damaged by what we hear. In its Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions, the BACP (2018: 11) defines resilience as ‘the capacity
Meeting Course Criteria What Criteria Are The Oxford Dictionary defines ‘criterion’ (the singular form of ‘criteria’) as ‘a principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided’. This is accurate in the context of counselling courses, as your work is judged (marked), and a decision made about whether you’ve passed. What Tutors Are
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Codependency Nature of Codependency When people are codependent, they need approval from others in order to feel safe and worthy; this results in displaying compulsive behaviours in order to gain other people’s approval. For example, a codependent person might feel they have to arrive absolutely on time, to be in a certain place or to
119 – Counselling Children of Narcissistic Parents Feeling Frightened by a Client – Humanistic Love in the Therapy Room In episode 119 of the Counselling Tutor Podcast – the last of this season – Ken Kelly and Rory Lees-Oakes talk about counselling children of narcissistic parents. In ‘Practice Matters’, Rory explores what to do when
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118 – Being the Adult in the Therapy Room Different Forms of Family – Helicopter Skills in Counselling In episode 118 of the Counselling Tutor Podcast, Ken Kelly and Rory Lees-Oakes describe the importance of the counsellor ensuring that they are being the adult in the therapy room. In ‘Practice Matters’, Rory talks about different
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113 – Therapeutic Use of Self in Counselling The Neuroscience of Empathy – Rory’s New Book In episode 113 of the Counselling Tutor Podcast, Ken Kelly and Rory Lees-Oakes start by talking about the neuroscience underlying empathy in humans and animals. In ‘Practice Matters’, Rory explores the therapeutic use of self in counselling. Last but
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105 – Counselling Placement Interview What Defines the Therapeutic Relationship? – Distractions in the Therapy Room In episode 105 of the Counselling Tutor Podcast, Ken Kelly and Rory Lees-Oakes talk about important elements of the therapeutic relationship. In ‘Practice Matters’, Rory then covers possible distractions in the therapy room, and how to deal with these. The
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