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Editorial.
Get PDFAn introduction to the journal is presented in which the editors discuss articles about the experience of Sarah Penwarden on using poetry in working with a young Pasifika woman whose father had recently died, counselling with teenage boys diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome by Dave McMillan, and another on an Internet survey of school counsellors in New Zealand about their backgrounds, the schools they work in and their practice by Wendy Payne and Steve Lang
National Survey of School Guidance Counsellors and Their Professional Supervision.
Get PDFSchool guidance counsellors were surveyed in order to explore their unique and complex role and the professional supervision they access. Two hundred and thirteen school guidance counsellors responded to an online survey sent to all secondary and area schools in Aotearoa New Zealand. The focus of the survey was twofold: first, to gather information about school guidance counsellors, the schools in which they work, and their participation in counselling supervision; and second, to examine the delivery, functions, and primary goals of their professional supervision. The results indicate that two-thirds of school guidance counsellors who responded are women, 90% are over 40 years of age, and 94% take part in professional supervision; while the latter figure is encouraging, the 6% who do not take part in supervision are a matter of concern. It is hoped that this report will stimulate further discussion and research into the professional status of school guidance counsellors so that the demanding work they do can be better understood and supported. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of New Zealand Journal of Counselling is the property of New Zealand Association of Counsellors and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.
The New Zealand Journal of Counselling.
Get PDFThe article discusses various reports published within the issue including one about the integrative solutions for therapists whose clients are experiencing a dilemma on how to reconcile their same-sex attraction with conflicting values and beliefs and another on the experiences of children and young people who have witnessed domestic violence
Interpreting "Partnership" as a Core Value.
Get PDFThe New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC) Code of Ethics sits within the context of the Treaty-centred politics of contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand. In the Introduction to the Code there are specific references to the Treaty, and the Core Values include "partnership." This article explores and particularises specific meanings of partnership associated with the Treaty of Waitangi, drawing on the Royal Commission on Social Policy (1988). From this exploration it goes on to suggest that there are multiple sites where counsellors might respond to the Treaty partnership responsibilities that the Code invokes. In particular, the argument is made that responsibility to engage in partnership activities stretches beyond direct client practice into workplace, professional affiliation, and national political life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of New Zealand Journal of Counselling is the property of New Zealand Association of Counsellors and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.
Survey of Practitioners Providing Therapy for Survivors of Sexual Abuse/Assault in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Get PDFProviding therapy for survivors of sexual abuse is a complex area of therapeutic practice. In order to identify the processes that mental health practitioners in Aotearoa/New Zealand use to identify mental injury due to sexual abuse, and their approaches to treatment, a nationwide survey was undertaken. Six hundred and ninety-five surveys were mailed to practitioners. One hundred and sixty-six questionnaires were returned, a response rate of 24%. Both qualitative and quantitative questions were included, seeking information on practitioner demographic characteristics, as well as their practice modalities as sexual abuse/assault counsellors. Emerging themes are presented and discussed briefly. Information generated via the survey has provided a strong local contribution to the development of best-practice guidelines for counselling survivors of sexual abuse in Aotearoa/New Zealand. These were released in June 2008. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of New Zealand Journal of Counselling is the property of New Zealand Association of Counsellors and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.
A Response to Philip Culbertson's Presentation.
Get PDFThe author comments on a presentation on Christian counselling by Philip Culbertson delivered in New Zealand on July 18, 2008. She notes that being a pastoral counsellor in a church that observes the discipleship movement made her experience a dilemma between offering freedom to people and being a standard of behaviour in her parish. She agrees with the practice of Culbertson of not running the word Christian and counsellor together. In the author's opinion, most people of faith hold both the espoused theology and the embodied theology
Gay-affirmative Therapy and Emerging Integrative Solutions.
Get PDFA dichotomy exists in the literature in relation to treating ego-dissonant gay clients who struggle to reconcile their same-sex attraction with opposing values and beliefs. Historically, conversion therapy was the treatment of choice, which aimed to treat the "condition" (homosexuality) by changing an individual's homosexual orientation to heterosexual. In recent years, as public opinion has shifted toward increased tolerance and acceptance of homosexuality, gay affirmative therapy has gained popularity and advanced as the modality most likely to benefit the majority of ego-dissonant gay clients. However, each position has tended to respond with a limited, exclusionary choice: to either reject or accept one's sexual orientation. This dichotomised treatment option may not serve all clients who seek help in dealing with conflicts regarding sexual orientation. The first instalment of this two-part discussion appeared in the New Zealand Journal of Counselling, vol. 28(2), and reviewed gay-affirmative therapy: its history, the developing relationship between the mental health profession and homosexuality, and key concepts of practice from different theoretical perspectives. In this second instalment, emerging integrative solutions appearing in the literature are examined, including a sexual identity management model, and a Kleinian perspective is offered as a way of working with individuals who are unable to accept, change or integrate competing aspects of their identity. This study recognises that each approach caters, to some degree, to the uniquely different needs of individuals. This article, the second in a two-part series, continues to explore the issue of working with ego-dissonant gaymale clients. In the first part of this series, the author examined gay-affirmative therapy, recognising that this relatively new approach, which values and endorses individuals' sexual orientation, has advanced to become the modality of choice for most clinicians working with individuals who struggle to accept their sexuality. Whereas historically, conversion therapy attempted to change one's sexual orientation, many contemporary gay-affirmative therapists assert that the target of change is not the individual, but rather, culture. Current research suggests that gay-affirmative therapy helps most of those who experience their homosexuality as ego-dissonant to achieve an increased sense of identity, integration and wellbeing. Yet there are others who value all aspects of their identity equally, and do not wish or are not ready to choose a conventional gay-affirmative approach for fear that their sexuality might be validated at the expense of competing values or beliefs, such as holding on to traditional values regarding marriage and family, or religious doctrines that view homosexuality as unnatural and immoral. The ongoing debate about whether one should accept or reject one's sexuality has rendered dichotomous explanations insufficient for such clients, for whom neither conversion therapy nor gay-affirmative therapy seems appropriate. In this article, emerging integrative solutions which cater to the needs of this minority of ego-dissonant gay clients are examined. Following this review, a Kleinian model is proposed as a way to think about and work with clients who are unable to resolve perceived irreconcilable differences between sexual feelings and opposing personal values and beliefs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of New Zealand Journal of Counselling is the property of New Zealand Association of Counsellors and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.
Activities Influencing the Professional Development of New Zealand Counsellors Across Their Careers.
Get PDFNew Zealand counsellors (n = 123) were surveyed as an extension of a multinational study of therapist development. Comparisons were made with samples of Canadian and US counsellors. New Zealand counsellors perceived themselves to have developed in skill and knowledge across their careers, and reported high levels of ongoing development at all stages of their careers. Involvement in supervision and training were notably high, exceeding that of the Canadian and US samples, and did not diminish with increasing time in practice. Involvement in personal therapy was also high, though slightly lower than the comparison samples. New Zealand counsellors regarded supervision, training, and personal therapy as having had a strong, positive influence on their professional development. Ratings of the influence of these activities exceeded the ratings of comparison samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of New Zealand Journal of Counselling is the property of New Zealand Association of Counsellors and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.
A Response to Philip Culbertson's Presentation.
Get PDFThe author comments on a presentation concerning Christian counseling delivered by counselor Philip Culbertson in New Zealand on July 18, 2008. He expresses his accord on how Culbertson responds to a question of whether he is a Christian counsellor. He notes that he tends not to be receptive about the admission by Culbertson that he disciplines and disciples his clients. The author adds that as a counsellor/psychotherapist/priest, he is influenced by three stories in the Bible, one of which is the Exodus
Visionary Words.
Get PDFIn this article I discuss the counselling work I did as a palagi school counsellor with a young Pasifika woman who had recently lost her father. The counselling involved re-membering practices and poetry writing. After briefly presenting the client's story, I reflect critically on three dimensions of the counselling process: how I worked with her spirituality; how I chose to use poetry in counselling, and how I made sense of power and privilege in the room. The purpose of this article is to contribute to discussion about how best to support clients' spiritual experiences when they are disclosed in counselling, particularly around the afterlife, and about how to gauge the ways in which power and privilege are operating in a session, particularly when there are cross-cultural dimensions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of New Zealand Journal of Counselling is the property of New Zealand Association of Counsellors and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.