Counselling Connection

If you are interested in setting up your own counselling practice, the Institute InBrief is a hot source for content. In a previous edition, we released our marketing guidelines for counsellors – a bundle of tips which aimed to boost your client’s list and create unprecedented business exposure for your practice. In this fortnight’s feature article (Edition 44) we’ve incremented our marketing tips with basic rules of engagement in business: how to effectively start and maintain a counselling practice from legal, ethical and managerial perspectives. The article provides a comprehensive overview of the major aspects which are part of your core ... Read More

Category: Counselling Micro Skills Author: Jane Barry Michelle has come to counselling due to increasing feelings of hopelessness about the direction of her life. She is complaining that she is too "bogged down" in her problems to see where she should be going. This is Michelle's second session with the Counsellor. She has spent her previous session discussing the areas of her life that she is unhappy with. Within this session, the Counsellor decides to trial a solution-focussed approach with Michelle. The Counsellor hopes to move Michelle onto discussing ways she can overcome the problems that she has described by focussing more on ... Read More

Do you know what happens to your body in a stressful situation? Although the incidence of stress in people’s lives is vastly dictated by automated body responses, there is no doubt that part of it is a result of our interpretation and other ‘conscious’ mechanisms. Thus, there is a factor of decision-making and learning involved. By understanding the underpinnings of stress, you can appropriately interpret the changes in your body and improve the behavioural responses associated to it. Sounds complicated? Sometimes it can be… Find out what stress is all about. Read the article ‘Dealing with Stress’ ... Read More

There's no better way to learn or fine tune your skills than watching a professional perform the skills in front of your eyes. Now you can see first hand how counselling professionals apply 5 leading counselling therapies in a live environment! Presented in an authentic and flowing style, each Counselling Therapy Video is an innovative and informative educational resource, useful for students and practicing professionals in any helping profession. Each therapy is demonstrated by a highly qualified, practicing professional. The 5 Counselling Therapies include:   Person Centred Therapy; Gestalt Therapy; Behaviour Therapy; Cognitive Behaviour Therapy; & Solution Focused Therapy. Click PLAY to preview the Counselling Therapies Video... We strongly ... Read More

"I can’t cope anymore!" "This is too much – I’ve had it!"

Is this what you are feeling right now? Comments such as these are common every day occurrences in our busy lives – and we call it STRESS. Not that long ago, the terms 'worry', 'anxiety', 'fear', 'impatience', and 'anger' gave way to what has been formally termed ‘stress’ and its offshoots, 'stressful', 'stress-related', and 'stressed-out'. The popularity and acknowledgement of this concept became increasingly related to everyday life in our fast-paced society. Future posts in this section will contain pertinent information about stress, including the relationship between stress and health. You will ... Read More