It is not just clients who fall for promising advertisements. Psychotherapists, counsellors, and psychologists, even those with post graduate degrees seem to buy into the new, or very old but sounding new and improved, therapy approaches. Even professional organizations fail to distinguish between solid evidence and the active ingredients and the so-called serving suggestions, the […]
In the first place…people need to be informed Regarding seeking services for health issues, I cannot stress enough the importance for people to feel respected. I believe that we can all relate to that. When seeking help, regardless of what these services are, we want to feel treated respectfully and equally. Nothing angers people more […]
The facts are friendly The facts will be my friends The following is a long quote from Carl Rogers. Rogers refers to these insights as “learnings” “It has interested me a great deal that most psychotherapists, especially the psychoanalysts, have steadily refused to make any scientific investigation of their therapy or to permit others to […]
One of my roles is being a clinical supervisor. I have supervision meetings with colleagues who work in private practice or in some cases in other settings. I offer small group and one-on-one supervision. According to John Barletta, clinical supervision is considered a process whereby colleagues of a similar profession schedule meetings with the intention […]
Going back in time, I remember when I was slowly starting to become aware of how some groups of people are treated versus others in our world, it puzzled me, but it also intrigued me. I wanted to know more and to learn more. I had respect for those who I thought had all our […]
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