In this issue
Features
The (dis)organising effects of听working in traumatised听organisations: nowhere to run,听nowhere to hide
Christopher Scanlon and John Adlam explain that听organisations working with distressed people can听themselves unwittingly become traumatised
Making people appy
Phil Topham reflects on issues arising from developing a听self-help mobile phone application for students
The impact of hypnotherapy on听the student experience
How the use of hypnotherapy helped ease the pressure听on a counselling service
Speed supervision
At a time when cutbacks and organisational听uncertainties are all around us, the need for high quality听and efficient supervision may have much to commend it
Introduction to CBT
Mike Owens proposes that cognitive behaviour therapy听can be integrated with interpersonal and experiential听counselling to benefit clients and counsellors alike
Ruby Wax 鈥� off the couch听and onto the web
Dawn Hastings reports on Ruby Wax who went back to听college as a mature student
Regulars
Notes from the chair
Articles from this issue are not yet available online. Divisional members and subscribers can download the pdf from the听University and College Counselling听archive.
From the editor
Welcome to the new-look journal听鈥� we hope you like it!
In this issue we look at the impact that organisations which have听become 鈥榯raumatised鈥� from the strain of, for example, greater听competition, financial restraint and rising costs, can have on us听as professionals 鈥� and how hard it can be to maintain the capacity to听think creatively in the face of our own super-ego-ridden anxieties听with fears of cutbacks and restructuring, as well as the inevitable听impact on 鈥榦ur鈥� students.
Interestingly, when I popped down to 鈥楾ent City University鈥� to听listen to some 鈥榩sychopolitical鈥� talks, the concerns seemed much听the same, although the tone and language differed: perhaps the听difference between improvisation with its uncertain outcomes,听and musicians鈥� necessary sensitivity to each other鈥檚 melodies听and rhythms in contrast to 鈥榗lassical鈥� scores where individuals听are pulled into a collective by a dominant leader who demands听perfect performance and obedience to authority. In the film Shame,听a young girl struggling in a harsh grey world of dominance and听submission, sings a beautiful jazz standard in her own way, in her听own time. Learning to sing in our own way, in our own time, may听not be popular in these days of regulated outcomes and preplanned听therapies. But it is human, pleasing, pleasurable, aesthetically听beautiful and possibly healing...
On a practical note, we take what I hope you will agree is a panoramic sweep covering speed supervision (not dating!),听integrating CBT into short-term work, the use of 鈥榓pps鈥� for social听anxiety in learning situations (here I own to still being in the dark听ages although now a bit more enlightened). The latter appears to be听part of a growing trend, judging by some of the correspondence on听the mailbase: we include information on how to join, if you are not听already party to this invaluable resource.
As ever, we value your input, in the form听of letters, contributions, suggestions,听interviews, book/film reviews (anyone听seen Dangerous Method?) and opinion听pieces. We know you have so much听of value to contribute 鈥� please do!
Dani Singer
Editor