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Counselling Services for Adults with an Intellectual Disability: Implications for Counseling.
Get PDFThe counselling needs of adults with an intellectual disability are similar to those of other counselling clients. These adults, however, face a number of barriers that restrict their access to effective counselling. In this paper, we use an exploratory study to discover how counsellors, counsellor educators and support workers perceive these barriers. The findings are discussed in relation to existing literature and the implications they hold for counselling practice. [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.
Training for Bicultural Intervention with Families.
Get PDFAs a Maori and a Pakeha we came together as lecturers and practitioners in this project to set up a context for training that could best reflect genuine commitment to an understanding of the term "bicultural". Our starting point was our recognition of the Treaty being about partnership and the active protection of taonga (treasure). In this context we defined taonga as the health and welfare of individuals and families in the bicultural community and in the classroom. Over the years many students, Maori and Pakeha, had disclosed that their voices in the classroom were subdued by their fear of saying the "wrong" thing in relation to bicultural politics in social practice. We believed that the most effective way to actualise the bicultural in the training context was, as Maori and Pakeha, to model our own dialogue, which had led to a collaboration we described as "work in progress". We wanted to avoid a teaching style that replicated oppressive adherence to orthodoxy, and thereby intended to maximise the significance for the learning outcomes of the lived experiences of the students in "dialogical action" (Freire, 1970). After the eight-week course, the students were surveyed as to their experience of this type of participation in the classroom. Primary in the focus of this research was both the effectiveness of the course and congruency with the process agreed on with the students at the outset. Responses strongly suggested that this style of training was effective and relevant with regard to both process and outcomes. The modelling we used as a key method in this project was cited in the survey results as the significant catalyst to inclusive and productive dialogue. "Waiho I te toipoto, kaua toiroa." "Let us keep close together, not wide apart." [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 and Counselling Psychology in New Zealand: Similarities and Differences.
Get PDFWhat is meant by the terms counselling and counselling psychology? How are they similar to and different from one another? How did each field grow and develop in New Zealand and what are the pressures and challenges facing each discipline? In this paper, the histories, definitions, and professional identities of each are described. Current legislation (the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act) is discussed, and its possible effects on the future prospects of the two fields are outlined. [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.
Responsibility in Counselling Supervision in New Zealand: An Exploratory Study of Supervisor Perspectives.
Get PDFThis study investigated how experienced supervisors understand the matter of supervisor responsibility, and the effects of that understanding for supervision practice. The study was developed as part of the curriculum content of a graduate paper in supervision: one purpose was the professional education of the researchers, while the second was to promote discussion within the local profession about supervision practices, in the absence of a New Zealand literature. Nine experienced supervisors, located throughout New Zealand, were interviewed for the study. Results suggest that while participants were prepared to be accountable and responsible for their own work as supervisors, they differed in respect of their views on supervisors' responsibility for counsellors' practice and for clients. Clear, negotiated agreements were seen to be central to the exercise of responsibility. Ideas about locating responsibility within networks of practice were reflected in supervisors' willingness to supervise new counsellors. [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.
Where Have They Gone? What Are They Doing?
Get PDFThis paper presents the findings of a survey designed to examine the employment outcomes, perceptions of training and future career/life plans of counsellors who graduated between 1997 and 2002 from a range of counselling programmes in an Aotearoa/New Zealand polytechnic. Their responses describe an enterprising population of new counsellors who find and create employment as well as demonstrating an ongoing commitment to further education. In line with overseas trends, many counsellors appear to be employed in health contexts and in private practice. The survey, however, raises many questions for further investigation. [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.
Building a Solution-focused Strategy into Career Counselling.
Get PDFThis article describes, in practical terms, a three-stage, solution-focused strategy for career counselling. The strategy enables career counsellors to work effectively with the strengths and resources of clients who seek help in adjusting to or selecting a satisfying, productive career or job. It is based on constructivist principles, is future-oriented and time-efficient, and is most relevant for use with career clients. [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 Mirror? A Rainbow? A Check? A Map?
Get PDFThis paper discusses the context of supervision for career practitioners in New Zealand. It examines different ways in which supervision in careers work can be viewed and explores some current frameworks and approaches. The concept of multiple metaphors as a way of describing career supervision is used as an integrating theme for viewing approaches to supervision for career practitioners. [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 Pastoral Needs of International Students in New Zealand Secondary Schools.
Get PDFA study of some 400 international students reveals that they are, on average, modestly successful in coping with the challenges of settling into the local school and peer community. While they receive support from other overseas-born students, many teachers, and some local peers, their integration into the peer community remains thwarted by the perceived attitude of local peers. These findings form a background of current research evidence against which the potential of specific pastoral care provisions can be explored and developed. [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.
