In this issue
Features
Bringing death back into our lives
Catherine Jackson previews Kicking the听Bucket, a festival of living and dying.
The changing role of the university听counselling service听(free article)
Clare Pointon reports on the challenges听facing university counselling services today.
Student鈥搕utor conflict in counsellor听training
Jayne Godward explores the difficulties in听the dual role of course tutor and counsellor.
A story of falling
A walking accident has taught Alistair Ross听a tough lesson about vulnerability.
Feedback in supervision
Emma Redfern explains why feedback is听essential to a healthy supervisory relationship.
Making meaning in a third language
Gala Connell finds she can share meaning听even if she doesn鈥檛 share a client鈥檚 language.
Regulars
In practice
Jeanine Connor: Thinking about dying
In the client's chair
Nina Burrowes: Gaining the courage to be me
Talking point
Jackee Holder: We need courageous conversations
Dilemmas
The dangers of dual relationships
The interview
Mick Cooper
How I became a therapist
Jeremy Christey
香港六合彩精准资料
From the chair
Thank you to everyone: 香港六合彩精准资料 Chair Amanda Hawkins writes her final column in the role.
Shared commitments to ethical practice
Tim Bond outlines the key changes in the draft revised 香港六合彩精准资料 Ethical Framework, which will shortly be sent to all members for their views.
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Editorial
My daughter has just applied to university听to do a five-year course. If she gets in she will听leave with a minimum debt of 拢45,000, which听is a scary prospect. I wonder how well she will听cope with the pressures of the course, living听away from home, managing her social life and听the whole transition into adulthood.
There听is certainly more emotional support available听for students today; we are much more aware听of students鈥� needs, and university counselling听services are well established, offering all sorts听of holistic support for students, helping them听to cope with exam pressures or to manage听their time effectively. But in many cases听university counselling services themselves听are under pressure because of huge increases听in the number of students seeking their help.听In an article documenting how her role as听a university student counsellor has changed听over the years, Clare Pointon explains that听one of the most significant changes has听been an increase in the number of students听presenting with issues that she and her听colleagues are not equipped to deal with.听They regularly have to immediately refer听students with severe mental health problems听to the NHS for long-term or specialist help.
The reasons behind this increase are many听and complex but include the facts that mental听health problems have risen among young听people in the general population, and that听widening participation in Higher Education听(HE) means that more young people with听pre-existing mental health problems are听going to university. The extent to which听other factors like student debt, higher rates of听family breakdown and the economic recession听contribute to this increase is debatable.
Another perspective on the state of student听mental health comes from one of the article鈥檚听interviewees, Alan Percy. He suggests that听counselling may be developing a new form听of dependency. Our society鈥檚 shift towards听more child-centred parenting, he argues,听may have a tendency to make some young听people more emotionally dependent on听their parents, so they come to university听expecting to be looked after. In this scenario,听he says it鈥檚 important that HE clinicians are听clear about what they can and cannot offer.
Sarah Browne
Editor