In this issue
Healthcare professionals:听commission your own听self-care quality!
Linda Dubrow-Marshall outlines听some of the issues for healthcare听practitioners, and offers some听recommendations on developing听a 鈥榯oolbox鈥� for self-care
Self-care for Black and听Minority Ethnic听practitioners
Susan Cousins explores issues around听self-care for BME practitioners
The journey of growth听towards authenticity
For Gareth Jones, research which听involved rediscovering the past听has led to 鈥榩ersonal treasure鈥� and听greatly benefited self-care and his听therapeutic relationships
Maintaining integrity in听chronically challenged听therapeutic relationships
Anthony Hickey discusses issues听around self-care highlighted through听his research into how therapists听respond to dissociative clients
Counselling with a vision
Diana Savage charts the growth of听an inspirational service in Milton听Keynes where team spirit is a听significant feature
Ageing, growth, time and听change: working with听older LGBT people
David Richards describes some of听the themes central to working with听this client group
Reproduced in Therapy Today, December 2011
Thoughts on supervision:听necessary support or听monthly chore?
John McCourt offers suggestions听for including self-care as part of听supervision
GP viewpoint
John Hague shares his experience听of clinically-led commissioning 鈥撎齛nd what it might mean for mental听health services
The 香港六合彩精准资料 Annual听Research Conference:听submitting a paper
John McLeod describes the review听process and how decisions are made听about which papers are accepted听for inclusion in the conference听programme
Electronic patient records听and client confidentiality
Peter Jenkins, associate editor of听HCPJ, responds to some of the key听issues raised in the recent article听by Brian Rock and Helen Brindley听on EPRs and their impact on the听therapeutic relationship
A guide to鈥μ齏orking with dissociative identity听disorder
By Carolyn Spring
On the receiving end
Behaviour therapy put Steve Gee听more in control of his obsessive-compulsive听disorder
Web resources:听older LGBT clients
Key websites for further information
香港六合彩精准资料 Healthcare update
Chair Tina Campbell and 香港六合彩精准资料听healthcare development manager听Louise Robinson on the latest听initiatives from the healthcare division
Articles from this issue are not yet available online. Divisional members and subscribers can download the pdf from the听Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal听archive.
Editorial
When I asked authors to write on self-care for this special issue, I did听so thinking of the challenges to self-care that often arise from working听in psychological healthcare.
I wasn鈥檛 expecting to be moved, but moved I have been 鈥� by both the themes听and content of the articles, and particularly by the authors鈥� preparedness to听share their experiences to illuminate this important subject.
What strikes me about the richness of the articles in this issue is that the听authors write not only with strength of knowledge, they also write from the听heart. In our lead article, Linda Dubrow-Marshall鈥檚 enthusiasm for self-care is听evident as she urges us 鈥榯o be accountable to yourselves and your profession听for keeping yourselves mentally fit, and strengthen your resolve to dedicate听time and energy to quality self-care.鈥� Linda goes on to offer valuable suggestions听for doing just that. In addition, her awareness of her own need to stay vigilant听about self-care is deftly illustrated in her experiences of volunteering to offer听therapy following 9/11.
Susan Cousins also draws on her own personal experiences, and those听of other black workers, to highlight issues surrounding isolation in the听workplace for BME practitioners, and to urge healthcare services to set up听black practitioner support groups to foster a sense of belonging. In detailing听research which involved rediscovering his own past, Gareth Jones explains听how his willingness to explore and integrate his own pain led to benefits for听both his clients and himself; Gareth鈥檚 open approach may encourage us all听to delve deep into our wellbeing for the benefit of therapeutic relationships.听In another research-based article, Anthony Hickey comments on one aspect听of self-care identified through his recent study of trauma therapists 鈥� that听of internal self-care. Further findings from Anthony鈥檚 research, related to听other types of self-care, will be the subject of future articles.
Some of the authors who have written for this issue were approached after听presenting their research at 香港六合彩精准资料鈥檚 Annual Research Conference, held in Liverpool听last May. Submissions are now being sought for next year鈥檚 conference, and in听a welcoming and informative article, John McLeod describes how decisions are听made about submissions, and provides advice on how to offer a paper, workshop听or poster. If you have been conducting research and would like to submit, all听details are included. The submission deadline is November 2011.
I hope you enjoy the articles in this issue as much as I enjoyed editing them听and working with the authors. As ever, we welcome your feedback and听comments in the form of articles or letters, so please get in touch.
Sarah Hovington
Editor
hcpj.editorial@bacp.co.uk