L3CiCS Learning Log – 29th May 2020

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Limits of proficiency are, as they sound, the limits to which a counsellor can work. Once again, boundaries are important. People come to counselling for an incredibly wide range of reasons, and not all counsellors are fully trained in all aspects of counselling. A counsellor’s initial training is the foundation which can be built upon as they gain professional experience…
L2CiCS: Learning Log – 2nd May 2018

L2CiCS: Learning Log – 2nd May 2018

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This week we were exploring the features of safe practise, using the BACP’s Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions. The BACP’s Ethical framework is necessary to maintain the integrity of the counselling and psychotherapy professions. Everything in the framework protects the entirety of both the client and practitioner, and allows the provision of a safe working environment in which the…
L2CiCS: Learning Log – 28th March 2018

L2CiCS: Learning Log – 28th March 2018

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This week we talked more about referrals in counselling. A referral is when a client exhibits problems or presents issues that are beyond the scope of a counsellor, and the counsellor informs them of another counsellor or service that would be more appropriate for their needs. Sometimes referrals are necessary. And they are always for the good of the client.…
L2CiCS: Homework – Counselling in the Media – 10th February 2018

L2CiCS: Homework – Counselling in the Media – 10th February 2018

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This week we were given a series of questions about how counselling is portrayed in the media, in particular magazine and newspaper problem pages and TV shows such as Oprah and Jeremy Kyle. Here are the two problems from “Agony Aunts” I have chosen to look at; One from a “lowbrow” newspaper and one from a “highbrow” newspaper. The first…