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A Response to Philip Culbertson's Presentation.
Get PDFThe author responds to a paper by Philip Culbertson which focuses on the topics of sex, gender and sexuality presented at a seminar held in the University of Auckland in New Zealand on July 18, 2008. The author believes that sexuality, like gender, is not about the discovery of an innate or essential identity, existing independently of language. The author contends that counselling and psychotherapy are called to be counter-cultural
How Can a "Southern Theory" Perspective Contribute to New Zealand Counselling?
Get PDFRaewyn Connell's new text, Southern Theory, is described here as a background perspective for counselling teaching and practice. The first half of the article explores the idea of southern theory and New Zealand culture, seeing parallels to it in the relation between Māori and non-Māori New Zealanders. Several points are then raised about perspective in general, suggesting that a southern perspective helps inspect truth claims of counselling concepts and practices. The second half of the discussion is framed around what Connell sees as four key assumptions that northern theorymakes about the world which adversely affect southern societies like New Zealand. The southern challenge to these assumptions is linked to counselling in this country. [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.
Tikanga and Ethics: A Dialogical Encounter of Two Cultures.
Get PDFThis discourse resulted from two counselling practitioners, one Māori and one Pākehā, working together to establish a union of two cultural codes. Their conversations are transcribed, analysed and presented, along with the processes they used to attempt a dialogical synthesis of two cultural traditions and positions. The resulting article explores the coming together of two cultural codes of best practice, and argues that what is created is a third code -- a bicultural code, which is not so much written as one that is typified by doing. One code may be referred to as 'tikanga', the other 'ethics'. The former originates from the indigenous peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand, the latter has its roots in the European traditions, and both have been updated and made modern by a series of revisions and refinements. A glossary of Māori terms is provided in Appendix 1. [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.
Online Text-based Counselling: Reflections of a Technophobe.
Get PDFOnline counselling services are developing steadily in many parts of the world, including New Zealand. This is a new area of practice and inquiry in New Zealand, and research is needed to identify whether findings from other countries are applicable to a New Zealand context. In this article, an online practitioner's UKbased experience is linked to some recent empirical studies. The growth of Internet usage in New Zealand and the call for more innovative and proactive approaches to counselling are suggested to be prompts for considering online services as a way of widening access to support for those who cannot or do not seek traditional face-to-face services. [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 Silencing of Māori Men.
Get PDFThis article theorises Mãori masculinities in terms of the notion of "space". I suggest that through colonial social construction, the notion of Mãori masculinity has been afforded a narrow space that, in part, has led to the extremely dysfunctional Mãori masculine archetype often performed in contemporary society. Historical and sociological analyses are provided, which deconstruct this limited space through the notions of "silence" and "communication". Throughout these analyses, I pay particular attention to two constraining discourses surrounding Mãori masculinity: the "humble Mãoriman" and the "violent Mãori man". I suggest that these two imaginary pillars have been central to the construction of the narrow space from which the diversity of Mãori masculinities has struggled to be liberated. In doing so, I provide the groundings for an understanding of a space where Mãori masculinities can "breathe" and find voices that lay beyond limited colonial constructions. [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.
Counselling Māori: Marae Encounters as a Basis for Understanding and Building Relationships.
Get PDFThis paper is based on an oral address given at the 'Couple Relationships: Research and Practice Conference' organised by Relationship Services and the New Zealand Families Commission, November 2006. [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.
Introduction.
Get PDFThe article discusses various reports published within the issue including one by Matthew Bannister on the effect of gender issues on the lives of both men and women and another by Sarah Penwarden on gangsta discourse among adolescent males in a South Auckland school in New Zealand
Getting Connected.
Get PDFThis paper addresses how the experience of emigrating from the UK and settling in New Zealand stimulated my interest in masculinity, and how the comparative study of masculinities in different social and cultural contexts can enrich and broaden understanding of Pakeha masculinities and their complex association with national identity. [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.
Shaping Supervision Practice Through Research: Effects of Supervision for Counselling Practice.
Get PDFThat there are links between effective supervision and effective counselling practice tends to be taken for granted. As a contribution to documenting the professional knowledges and experiences that might stand behind the profession's claims for the benefits of supervision, this study interviewed experienced supervisors, seeking their perspectives on the links between effective supervision and effective counselling practice. Taking a social constructionist approach and showing the processes of knowledge production, researchers then engaged with these supervisors' perspectives, in a series of reflections. These reflections show how the research interviews contribute to shaping the researchers' ongoing supervision practice. Areas of interest include the power relation between supervisor and practitioner; responsibilities for monitoring practice; taping; supervisor responsibility for evaluating the effectiveness of supervision, and generativity of practice through storying a practitioner's values and principles. Questions are offered for readers, too, to engage in a shaping of practice through their own responses to the article. [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.
Gender Discourse, Awareness, and Alternative Responses for Men in Everyday Living.
Get PDFIn this paper, the authors use examples from their experiences to explore the nuances and complexities of contemporary gender practices. They draw on discourse and positioning theories to identify the ways in which culturally dominant, and difficult to notice, gender constructions help shape everyday experiences. In addition, the authors share their view that there are benefits in developing skills in noticing contemporary practices made available by dominant gender constructions. Such noticing expands possibilities for ways of responding and relating that might produce outcomes for men and women that fit with their hopes for living. [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.