Training for Crisis Counselling

Crisis counselling, whilst closely related to long-term counselling, involves a variety of processes and procedures which make it a distinctive counselling form. The implications of this distinctiveness for counsellor training and education are examined. These implications are highlighted in a case-study of the training of Samaritans.     

Some uses of simulation in an in-service counselling training programme

In an in-service, pre-professional training programme offered in Gwent, a variety of simulation techniques are used to promote an understanding of the core facilitative conditions of counselling and to enable participants to experience their importance in counselling situations. In this paper, eight specific simulation techniques are described in terms of their objectives and procedures. The advantages and disadvantages of each technique are explored. Teaching and ethical issues raised through the use of such simulations in training programmes at this level are also discussed.     

'Care': The case of paulette

School counsellors are often presented with information about pupils from a third party - a parent, another pupil, a member of the canteen staff a social worker, or a member of the teaching staff - with the expectation that the counsellor is in a position to take 'necessary' or 'appropriate' action. One particular case is used to illustrate some of the difficulties involved in acting upon third-party information.     

The professionalisation of counselling in education and its legal implications

The questions posed in this paper concern the relationship between the counsellors' claim to be professional and the acceptance of this claim - and its implications - by the courts who act within the terms of existing legal codes. In addition, the paper seeks to clarify the importance of legal recognition in the process of professional legitimation, and examines the position of counsellors in educational institutions (especially secondary schools) in terms of their current legal status and their acceptance as professional counsellors.     

Humour as a tool in counselling and psychotherapy: A reversal-theory perspective

Humour has occasionally been regarded as a valuable tool in counselling and psychotherapy. The specific uses of humour and its potential as a coping tactic are rarely described. The therapeutic use of humour is accordingly examined in the light of reversal theory (Apter, 1982a). It is suggested that the use of humour needs to be related to the motivational task implicit in the therapeutic interaction.     

Counselling and the Organisation: An Introduction

The links between counselling and organisation development are discussed, drawing from personal consulting experience. The structure and aims of the symposium are outlined.     

Counselling and health: An introduction

The special issue on 'Counselling and Health' is introduced, and the context in which counsellors are concerned with both well-being and ill-health is explored.     

Reversal theory and psychotherapy: A review

The present paper aims to review the emerging practice of structural phenomenological psychotherapy derived from the theory of psychological reversals and to provide some extensions of this practice. The paper does not provide a full account of reversal theory, which is available elsewhere (Apter, 1982; Apter et al., 1985). It does, however, provide an account of the way in which this theory can be applied to the practice of therapy. Throughout this paper, counselling and psychotherapy are regarded as synonymous.     

Relationship between intrinsic-extrinsic religious orientation and depressive symptoms in Korean Americans

This study investigates the relationship between intrinsic-extrinsic relgious orientation and depressive symptoms of 95 Korean Americans who are members of four Korean churches in a southeastern state. The subjects are Korean immigrants between the ages of 30 and 53 who have resided in the United States for 29 years or less. They completed the Korean version of the Allport-Ross Religious Orientation Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory. The results of the correlational analysis showed that depressive symptoms were negatively related to intrinsic religious orientation and positively related to extrinsic religious orientation. A hierachiacal strategy in the multiple regression showed that education, marital status and employments status were also significant indicators of depressive symptoms. Based on the findings, suggestions for multicultural counselling and future research are offered.