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Lecture Notes Counselling Psychology 2015
10/03/2015

What's happening for Steve?

Pre-Professional Psychology 1
Counselling Psychology:
A rich & diverse field
Di Kirby
Student Counsellor
Dianne.Kirby@newcastle.edu.au

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Welcome

“Community cannot feed on itself, it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown brothers and sisters.”
Howard Thurman
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Depth & nature of intervention System level
1. The whole organisation

ORGANISATIONAL

2. Inter-group

3. Group

THERAPEUTIC

4. Inter- personal

5. Individual

Adapted from Huffington, Cole & Brunning (1997)

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Transition out Transition through Transition in Chickering & Schlossberg (1995)

Senses of success

(Lizzio, 2006)
Counselling Service
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Health and Wellbeing

Health is a complete state of physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely absence of disease or infirmity (World Health Organisation,1948). http://www.who.int/about/definition/en/print.html 6

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Self awareness
“We do not just think about things we are also aware that we are thinking”
(Williams & Penman, 2011, p.11).

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Learning objectives








Overview
Historical roots of counselling psychology (CP)
Underpinning philosophy
Differences between counselling and clinical psychology
Training and career paths
Future challenges
Benefits of mindfulness and practice

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Human Rights
The right to reach your human potential

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Overview


CP is a broad ranging speciality.



Clients across the developmental lifespan and range of functioning
(Grant, Mullings, Denham, 2008).

• Interest in the processes within and between people
“Counselling as an activity is based in understanding psychological processes.”(Orlans & Van Scoyoc, 2009, p.2).


Expertise in counselling, couple, family, group therapy.



Integrates evidence - based practice (from theory and research) and therapeutic practice based on experiential ways of knowing.
(Orlans & Van Scoyoc, 2009)
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Historical Roots of CP in USA








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