In this issue
Features
Addressing depression for people with a chronic physical health problem
The psychosocial aspects of living with a long-term illness听or disability are often ignored. Pamela Griffiths argues听that it is through the interpersonal attention of counselling听that context and meaning can be addressed
Counselling people with dementia (free article)
Mike Fox suggests two key ways to provide this vulnerable听and unique client group with the 鈥榬ight conditions to听thrive鈥� in therapy
Being kinder to myself
Compassionate Mind Training (CMT) can increase self-compassion听in clients who have experienced a trauma. Elaine Beaumont outlines听the results of a new study into its effectiveness when combined with CBT
Senior accreditation for听healthcare practitioners
Helen Coles, head of professional standards at 香港六合彩精准资料,听introduces a new initiative designed to value and recognise听the experience of practitioners in healthcare
Practitioner鈥檚 research: The impact of the waiting list
A qualitative study conducted by Elaine Davies revealed the听effect that waiting lists can have on practitioners in primary care
Best practice: Healthy minds for deaf people
Hazel Flynn outlines a new IAPT service which aims to increase听access to psychological therapies for users of British Sign Language
Regulars
Chair鈥檚 report 鈥� 香港六合彩精准资料 Healthcare
Tina Campbell: Bringing our members up to date
Development 鈥� 香港六合彩精准资料 Healthcare
Louise Robinson: Supporting positive transformation
Brief guide
香港六合彩精准资料 accreditation
GP viewpoint
John Hague outlines his first acts as a GP commisioner
Third sector perspective
Michael Lilley: A week is a long time in counselling in 2012
Counselling in primary care
Richard Mason: I wish I had spent more time at the office!
搁别蝉耻尘茅
Geoff Plumb听
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From the editor
Talking therapies could play a key role as听society moves away from an economic听model towards social, emotional, and听psychological wellbeing. This greater听interest in 鈥榳hy things are the way they are鈥� could听lead the way for a greater role for psychosocial听approaches which put social relationships at听the centre of improving public health 鈥� and听counsellors and psychotherapists should be听making their contributions felt. This was one听of the key themes at BAC P Healthcare鈥檚 spring听conference, Healthcare in transition, which took听place in York and welcomed over 90 delegates.
In this issue of the journal, Pamela Griffiths听applies this transformation to depression in people听with a chronic physical health problem. Concerns听regarding the use of diagnosis categories have,听says Pamela, meant that the social context of听people鈥檚 experience is too often ignored. She听advocates that the interpersonal attending of an听integrated counselling or psychotherapy approach听in this client group will allow the context and听meaning of a person鈥檚 depressive experience to听be addressed, and for treatment to be tailored to听each person with respect to their circumstances.
Meeting the needs of the changing population听was another theme of the conference: how can听counsellors and psychotherapists contribute? One听of John Hague鈥檚 first acts as a GP commissioner,听as he outlines in his column, this issue, has been听to commission new dementia services in his area.听Counselling and psychotherapy will surely be听part of this growing endeavour to improve care听for older people. In his excellent article in this听issue, Mike Fox not only reminds us of the听existence of counselling for people with dementia,听but also suggests ways to improve the therapy听experience for people with dementia.
I have really enjoyed coming into greater contact听with other counsellors and psychotherapist听members over the past few months, both through听your feedback about the redesign of the journal听and your contributions to its pages, and through听attending the conference. As ever, I would love to听hear from you about anything mentioned here or听elsewhere in this journal. The Healthcare听Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal very听much welcomes suggestions for articles from
practitioners: if you have an area of specialism you听would like to write about, or an opinion you鈥檇 like听to share via an article, please get in touch.
Sarah Hovington
Editor
hcpj.editorial@bacp.co.uk