Blog Category: Mental Health
Rules For A Happy Household When Living With The In-laws
Nicholas Mark's contribution to the article In the Daily Telegraph, 'How to Live With The In-laws and Keep Your Sanity,' is titled, 'Rules for a Happy Household.'
Concerns for Working in a Solution-Focused Way In Counselling
Therapy has always been about helping clients achieve insight into reasons for their problems, and hopefully provide them with a way forward. Solution Focused Therapy (SFT), on the other hand, discourages speculating about why symptoms arise, avoids discussion of the ‘problem’ (Brown & Brown, 2002: 64) and encourages solution talk. It is in this area that…
3 Common Myths about Diversity & Multiculturalism in Counselling, Debunked
People from many different cultures live in Australia and present to therapy with various issues. Part of the process of becoming an effective counsellor involves learning how to recognise and value diversity, and shaping counselling practice to respect clients’ worldviews. You may be surprised by these three common myths about this aspect of the work,…
