Counselling Connection

Social skills include the ways in which the child relates to others in order to make friends, get their needs met, be assertive, employ boundaries and cooperate. In order to develop social skills effectively, it is important that the child understands and experiences different behaviours and their consequences. To achieve ... Read More

It's crucial that professionals continue to learn and develop. Yet when dollars are tight it can be a financial strain to invest in professional development.   We believe there is a solution that makes continuous professional development available for staff, in an extremely diverse scope of areas, at a very affordable rate.   Mental ... Read More

Over time, the distinction between the three terms, stress, traumatic stress, and crisis, have become blurred, thus numerous professionals started using these terms synonymously. Some authors specifically indicate that they deal with both stress and developmental crisis, but do not make distinctions between these terms/concepts. Others define their work as ... Read More

Sue and Tom lost their child Jill to leukaemia approximately one year ago. Tom suggested that Sue attend Professional Counselling because she still doesn't seem to be able to cope with everyday living. For ease of writing the Professional Counsellor is abbreviated to C. A precis of the session is as ... Read More

Eifert, Georg H. Ph. D., and Forsyth, John P. Ph. D. 2005. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications Inc. There are literally hundreds of publications available, both to the counselling practitioner and lay person regarding the understanding and treatment of anxiety. Many focus on behavioural and cognitive behavioural approaches to assist in dealing ... Read More