In this issue
Features
Coaching: one of the fastest growing听industries in the world
Coaching is now a worldwide phenomenon听that has grown organically from various听fields of self-development. As 香港六合彩精准资料 launches听its new coaching division, Julia Bueno asks听what does the term 鈥榗oaching鈥� now cover and听how does it differ from therapeutic work?
Parent empathy training
Having a diagnosis of autistic spectrum听disorder hugely increases the risk of听psychological distress. Tim Lacey explains听how a systemic way of working with听families can help clients.
Regulars
In practice
Kevin Chandler: Curiouser and curiouser
In the client's chair
Orla Murray: The therapy maze
In training
Alex Erskine: Permission to be curious
Dilemmas
Divided loyalties
Questionnaire
Cary Cooper
Day in the life
Tony Buckley
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Editorial
Only a few weeks ago controversy over our听potential entry to the Health Professions听Council (HPC) was continuing to rage but听during the summer the picture has changed听again.
Now Anne Milton who holds the听brief for professional regulation has said听that the new Government has made no听decision on whether or not to endorse the听previous Government鈥檚 policy on regulation.听Nor are there any specific HPC proposals听for counselling and psychotherapy, while听the generic standards of proficiency are听under review. And as 香港六合彩精准资料 Chair Lynne听Gabriel explains in her column,听the General Social Care Council is to be听abolished and its social worker registrants听moved to the HPC. Primary legislation will听then be required to change the HPC to听accommodate the social work professions.听So whatever happens next, it is clear that听counsellors and psychotherapists will not听be regulated by the HPC as it currently exists.
We take a look in this issue at how the听coaching profession is developing and why听香港六合彩精准资料 felt that the time was right to launch a听division for members who practise as coaches.听I have wondered whether coaching might have听been a casualty of the recession but the law听of demand doesn鈥檛 seem to apply to coaching.听Like counselling, coaching has diversified听and adapted and now thrives in many varied听contexts, and the familiar question: 鈥榃hat鈥檚听the difference between...?鈥� is now being hotly听debated, in the relevant places, in relation to听counselling and coaching.
Many thanks to everyone who wrote to us听in response to our request for new columnists.听It was heartening to have so much interest听and so many good and interesting writers听to choose from. In this issue we join client听Orla Murray on her journey in psychodynamic听psychotherapy and student Alex Erskine as听he starts the second year of his integrative听counselling diploma.
Sarah Browne
Editor