In this issue
Features
Mental Health聽Week... getting the聽message out!
Bea Gavin describes how聽the university counselling聽service where she works聽is continually seeking聽innovative ways to raise聽its profile in the student聽and academic community
At ease with聽presentations
Anne-Marie Bradley聽outlines a workshop聽designed to help students聽accept their fears about聽making presentations and聽develop a more playful聽approach
Emotions and聽learning: in praise聽of a forum
Phil Topham shows how a聽forum on emotions and聽learning can promote聽inter-professional聽conversations about聽student support and聽development
厂耻辫别谤惫颈蝉辞谤听蝉别濒蹿-诲颈蝉肠濒辞蝉耻谤别
Mike Owens considers the聽potential impact of what聽supervisors reveal to聽counsellor supervisees聽during supervision, and聽how to use supervisor聽self-disclosure well
The place where聽I touch base
Hania Porucznik describes聽a psychodynamic聽therapeutic group that she聽developed within her聽university counselling
service
Research
Visible silence: the聽actor鈥檚 body
Roanna Mitchell invites聽input to her research into聽how counselling services聽and teaching staff can work聽more effectively together on聽body image problems聽among student actors
Mentoring
HUCS consultation聽and mentoring聽scheme
G茅raldine Dufour outlines聽a new consultation and聽mentoring service for聽senior managers
香港六合彩精准资料 Universities and聽Colleges聽updates
HUCS update
Regulars
Notes from the chair
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From the editor
'Tourists don鈥檛 know where聽they鈥檝e been, travellers don鈥檛聽know where they鈥檙e going.' Paul Theroux
Which of these are we?聽Is there a third option?聽Mmm 鈥� hopefully a large聽number of you are,聽despite these hard聽times, in a position to plan your trip to聽Sheffield a month from now with a view聽to lifting your spirits, inspiring others and聽being inspired by them. In short, welcome聽to the pre-conference edition of the journal.聽The theme this year is 鈥楢 world of difference聽鈥� embrace and respond鈥�. For those unable聽to attend or able to attend only part of it, we聽hope to bring you a flavour of the conference聽in the next issue.
But, staying in the present, this issue聽covers a broad range of topics, all or some聽of which will hopefully pique your interest.聽Bea Gavin describes how the university聽counselling service in Northern Ireland has聽found an innovative way to raise its profile聽in the wider student and academic聽community. Anne-Marie Bradley outlines a聽workshop designed to help students accept聽their fears about making presentations and,聽in doing so, develop a more playful聽approach. Phil Topham shows how a forum聽centered on emotions and learning can聽promote inter-professional conversations聽about student support and development聽(this complements Bea鈥檚 approach in some聽ways). Mike Owens considers how to use聽supervisor self-disclosure effectively and聽acknowledges its potential impact on聽supervisees. Hania Porucznik, a workshop聽presenter at last year鈥檚 conference,聽describes a psychodynamic therapeutic聽group that she developed at Oxford Brookes聽and its significance for students as 鈥榯he聽place where I touch base鈥�.聽And last but not聽least, Roanna Mitchell invites your input聽to her research into how counselling聽services and teaching staff can work more聽effectively together on body image problems聽among student actors.
We also have news聽from HUCS of their new mentoring scheme聽for those of you who may be newly in post聽as head of a counselling service, and a聽report on their activities over the past聽academic year.
As ever, we at the journal actively聽welcome and seek your input for ideas,聽contributions, reviews and opinions 鈥撀爌lease keep them coming in!
Dani Singer
Editor