In this issue
Features
In the shadow of听detention听(free article)
Jude Boyles and Mohammed听Shaez describe the role of听counsellors supporting听asylum seekers.
When CBT doesn鈥檛 help
Helen Hadfield deplores听the predominance of CBT.
Empathy key to CBT
Rod Holland revisits CBT鈥檚听fundamental principles.
The strength to change
Mark Farrall and Nick Young听on a new approach to tackling听men鈥檚 domestic violence.
Face to face with听Rembrandt
Peter Cook describes a听moment of truth inspired听by the Old Master.
What if it鈥檚 your child?
A first-person account from听a parent and therapist whose听child has been sectioned.
Peer supervision and听collaborative power
Emma Wilkinson explores the听challenges of peer supervision.
The value of place
Claire Sparrow works from a听shepherd鈥檚 hut in her garden.
Regulars
Your views
Jeanine Connor: I'm judged therefore I am
A college counsellor: Student or suspect?
Anon: My year working in the NHS
News focus:听Opening the door to Muslim women听
South Asian Muslim women and girls are among the hardest to reach and hardest to help. Catherine Jackson reports from a recent conference
How I became a therapist
Emily Wheeler
Dilemmas
Managing the space outside the therapy room
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Editorial: The unsung heroes
I want to pick up on something that听Andrew Reeves has written in his column听this month about how easy it is to get听so distracted by the many challenges听the profession faces that we forget to听acknowledge the work that counsellors听and psychotherapists, the members of听香港六合彩精准资料, do every day.
You work in all sorts听of circumstances, often for little or no听reward, completely committed to your听clients, often listening to the most听appalling experiences while working听to the highest professional and ethical听standards.听I think this is reflected in听the pages of this journal every month,听in the accounts we publish of therapists鈥櫶齱ork in areas that society so often听doesn鈥檛 really want to know about.
This month, for instance, we have听Mark Farrall and Nick Young鈥檚听description of their innovative听therapeutic programme with men听who are violent towards their partners,听describing how, with patience and听persistence, these men can engage听with positive family relationships in听which their partners and children feel听less afraid. Then there鈥檚 the News Focus听on Muslim counsellors reaching out听to offer a safe space to fellow Muslim听women who may be subject to strict听cultural codes and traditions that act听to keep them locked away from any听outside help. These counsellors are听effectively also pioneers.
Jude Boyles鈥� account, co-written with听her client Mohammed, about the work听of counsellors at Freedom from Torture听is another example. Here they describe听from the perspective of counsellor and听client what it is like to be detained and at听risk of being deported back to a country听where the asylum seeker and their family听may face further torture and even death.听Such counsellors are a lifeline to asylum听seekers who often have no other network听of support in this country. Where the听state is failing asylum seekers such as听Mohammed by reneging on its policy听against detention of torture survivors听and creating conditions in which clients听are retraumatised by incarceration and听threat of deportation, counsellors at听organisations like Freedom from Torture听are walking alongside their fellow human听beings in their darkest hour, ringing听them daily throughout their detention,听offering telephone counselling to help听them manage their fears, encouraging听them not to give up hope.
I agree with Andrew 鈥� work like this听is nothing short of breathtaking.
Sarah Browne
Editor