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Protect Your Mental Health With A Healthy Diet
Eating fresh fruits and vegetables daily can benefit our mental health as recent evidence suggests. Studies have shown that increased depression and anxiety can be linked to high calorie foods that are usually processed, high in fat that offer low or no nutritional value. According to The Mental Health Foundation (UK) a number of mental health conditions could…
Enhance Your Pastoral Care Skills
I’m Peter, I’m a full time Public Servant and I’m studying with aifc. What inspires me most about counselling is that I get to help other people. I’d like to see healthy individuals, healthy families and ultimately,a healthy community. What I love most about studying with aifc is the support we receive from the tutors…
Spiritual Bad Hair Day – By Steve Poisat
According to Gospel Brew, “Not only are we SAVED by grace and through faith in Christ, but we also SERVE by grace and through faith in Christ! That means that there will be times (many) when you’re having a “bad spiritual hair day” and an opportunity presents itself to minister in some way or another…
Order Disorder Reorder New Order?
One of my responsibilities as a tutor with a Christian Counselling Training organisation is to assess my students written assignments, of which “Evaluate and Provide Therapy for Psychopathological Disorders” is what I am currently marking. It is interesting how in a clinical context such as the DSM-5 (the long-awaited, controversial new edition of the bible…
Fit Mum Healthy Mind
We can aspire to be the best we can be with the continuous & diligent pursuit of improving & maintaining our health & wellbeing with regular exercise. According to an article in Mum Daily “FIT MUM HEALTHY MIND” by Donna Davis, regular exercise can benefit our mental health. When you’re feeling low, exercise is often…
What is Stewardship? – Part 1
Perhaps now more than ever, there’s a compelling need for Godly stewardship to be understood and lived out in our lives individually, in families, organisations and communities. Stewardship is one of those words and concepts that we kind of know about and if mentioned at all, is in the context of finances. This limits the…
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…
Why NOT me? A Question Of Survivor Gratitude
“Why me?” “Why my child?” “Why did God let this happen?” “Why did God make this happen?” You don’t need to be in the helping professions for too long before you start to hear these questions. I have learned the hard way that even when people of faith are asking these deeply theological questions, they…
Become a Youth Leader
I’m Chrissy and I’m a Youth Leader on the Gold Coast… The reason I decided to study at aifc was so that ‘d be more equipped to talk to youth and young adults in situations that are difficult. While studying at aifc, I’ve experienced a lot of personal growth and transformation in my life, with…
My Graduation speech – By Debbie Arnold – Canberra
Debbie Arnold’s Graduation Speech Good Evening Special Guests, ladies, gentleman and fellow students. Thank you all for coming to celebrate with us tonight. We are here tonight to take part in our graduating ceremony after successfully completing 2 years of study; that rolls of the tongue VERY easily but for those of who have made…
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,…
Give Now Week – Generosity
According to Wikipedia, “Generosity (also called largess or largesse) is the habit of giving without expecting anything in return. It can involve offering time, assets or talents to aid someone in need. Often equated with charity as a virtue, generosity is widely accepted in society as a desirable trait.” Below is an excerpt from Christian…
