Therapy Today October 2014
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Jeffrey Kottler will also be leading a half-day workshop on 22 November on ‘The Power of Storytelling in Psychotherapy – and Everyday Life’. This workshop is open only to delegates attending the Summit. Tickets for the Summit are £120 for BACP members, £190 for non-members and £60 for student and reduced fee members. The morning workshop costs another £15. To book, please visit www.bacp.co.uk/events/conferences.php 2014 Annual General Meeting BACP’s 38th Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday 21 November 2014, at The Lowry Centre, Salford Quay, Greater Manchester M50 3AZ, commencing at 4.30pm. The AGM will follow on immediately after the close of the BACP Summit, and we hope that members attending the Summit will stay on to join in. It will also be available this year as a webinar and we hope that this will enable many more members to participate. We will be sending all members more information on how to access and participate in the AGM webinar in a separate AGM update email. The meeting Agenda, Financial Statements 2013–14, postal/proxy voting form and Minutes of the 2013 AGM will be sent to all members in a dedicated mailing towards the end of October. In the meantime, if you have any queries at all about the AGM, please contact Jan Watson, Assistant to the Chief Executive, at jan.watson@bacp.co.uk or call her on 01455 883383. BACP seeks professional conduct adjudicators BACP is looking for members willing to serve as adjudicators with the BACP Professional Conduct department. The department is responsible for processing complaints made against members/registrants. To do this, it relies on a bank of adjudicators who are ready and available to serve on the panels of lay people and professionals who consider conduct matters. Adjudicators need to be passionately committed to the issues of fairness and equality and be able to make what are often difficult decisions. The role requires analytical skills and the ability to identify what information may be required to reach a decision. As making a judgment may seem counter-intuitive for a practitioner trained to be non-judgmental, it is important that potential applicants give some thought as to whether this would pose any difficulty before applying. The Professional Conduct department will be recruiting up to 10 adjudicators. Panel members are likely to be needed for no more than a few days a year. For more information about the role, what is required, the application process, details of remuneration and the contracting process, please go to www.bacp.co.uk/vacancies Good practice resources BACP is looking for writers to help produce a new, web-based bank of good practice resources linked to the revised Ethical Framework. BACP is gradually archiving and replacing the existing information sheets. Members interested in helping write the new resources should contact Susan Dale, BACP Good Practice Guidance Manager, at gpgfocusgroup@bacp.co.uk 2015 Student Event confirmed Bookings are now open for the sixth BACP Student Event, on 28 March 2015 at Imperial College London. The aim of the event is to bridge the gap between student and practitioner. Counselling and psychotherapy students say they would welcome more help post-qualification in progressing their career. The event includes a comprehensive programme of workshops on topics such as developing a career path, what it’s like to work in the various specialist sectors, how to do well in job interviews, and the practicalities of setting up in private practice. Delegates can also book one-to-one sessions with some of the exhibitors and attend taster talks in the main exhibition area. You can view a short promotional video at http://youtu.be/91ZjizryZ4A For more information, visit www.bacp.co.uk/studentevent/ or call the BACP Customer Services team on 01455 883300. BACP has created a new post of Lead Advisor, Private Practice, reflecting increased activity in the sector. BACP has over 11,000 members working at least part time in private practice. At over 2,900 members, BACP Private Practice is the second largest and fastest growing of the seven BACP divisions. Patti Wallace has taken on the part-time post initially for a year, alongside her existing role as BACP Lead Advisor for University & College Counselling. Her priority tasks will be raising the profile of private practice counselling and working with the BACP Private Practice Executive to develop online resources to support BACP members in private practice. BACP Private Practice Chair James Rye said: ‘The new post demonstrates BACP’s commitment to and recognition of the sector’s growing importance within the profession as a whole.’ New Coaching website BACP Coaching’s new website is now live at www.bacpcoaching.co.uk. The Executive is inviting members to write about their work as a counsellor/therapist who coaches for the website’s ‘Who Are Our Members?’ page. It would also welcome feedback on the website – is it more intuitive and user friendly? If you have any comments or suggestions, please email eve@feelbettereveryday.co.uk Why I joined... BACP CYP Rebecca Cupples is a school counsellor employed by Familyworks, based in Newtownards in Northern Ireland. She currently works part time in two different schools. She joined BACP in 2008 when she enrolled to train as a counsellor but didn’t join BACP Children & Young People (BACP CYP) until several years later. ‘I have always enjoyed working alongside children and young people. Growing up in Northern Ireland, I was often away helping on summer camps or drop-ins for young people. Following my degree at Queen’s University I worked for six years full time with young people in two different charities, and it was a real privilege to share in these young people’s lives. However, I felt I wanted to be better equipped to support children and young people struggling with difficult circumstances and so I went back to university in 2008 to take a certificate in person-centred counselling. That was when I first joined BACP.’ She joined BACP CYP in November 2013 when she was studying for a post-qualifying diploma in counselling children and young people. ‘Becoming a member was encouraged within the course. I’d heard about the division through BACP but to be honest I wondered if I really needed another subscription. But when I read some of the free articles from the journal that were online, I couldn’t believe I hadn’t signed up a long time ago,’ she says. ‘Every time a journal appears through my letterbox I can’t wait to rip off the plastic and get stuck into reading it – although as a mum of two little boys I don’t usually have time to do that straight away. The journal is a great resource for me to update my toolkit, learn from the experiences of others and discover new resources that could help me in my work. The articles can range from reflections on working with particular issues such as anxiety or self-esteem to practical skills such as using clay or sand. The book reviews are a favourite of mine as they help me find books that I might read or use in my work. ‘I’m very thankful to have a supportive agency and supervisor but the role of a school counsellor can be isolating at times. I see the journal a bit like a colleague who shares their experiences and difficulties and I find that very supportive.’ She would urge any CYP counsellor to join. ‘The more members we have, the more experiences we can share and the more we can learn from each other and hopefully that will allow us to offer an even better service to children and young people.’ To join BACP Children & Young People, or any of the BACP divisions, please email divisional@bacp.co.uk or visit www.bacp.co.uk/expert_areas/ +++
BACP Professional Standards Newly accredited counsellors/psychotherapists Sarah Aldridge Christine Barrell Susanna Borner Sue Crown Carol Dalton Jane Dixey Jeraline George William Hanmer-Lloyd Samantha Horrocks Linda Hug Martin Johnstone Denise Kilgannon Penny Marr Colin McKee Paul Mollitt Wayne O’Sullivan Corinna Tebbutt Debera Torpey Jonathan Trubshaw Alison Walker June Whitehead Kelly Williams Organisations with renewed service accreditation terms
Insight Healthcare Ltd Members not renewing accreditation
Kimberly Fitzgerald Dana Lockhart Sarah Osborne Joanna Satula-McGirr Martha Stigler Members whose accreditation has been reinstated
Indu Khurana Denise Kilgannon Jane Matheson Alison Turner All details listed are correct at the time of going to print. +++ BACP Professional Conduct Withdrawal of membership Milton Keynes City Counselling Centre (MKCCC) Reference No: 112660 Milton Keynes MK9 2ES The complaint against the above organisational member was heard under the BACP Professional Conduct Procedure and the Panel considered the alleged breaches of the BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy. The Panel made a number of findings and the Panel was unanimous in its decision that these findings amounted to Serious Professional Malpractice in that the service for which MKCCC was responsible fell below the standard that would reasonably be expected of an organisation exercising reasonable care and skill. The Panel agreed that, in view of the findings, MKCCC was incompetent, negligent, reckless and provided inadequate professional services. The Panel did not find any evidence of mitigation. In view of the serious nature of the findings, BACP’s remit of public protection and the impact of MKCCC’s actions on both clients and counsellors within the centre, the Panel was unanimous in its decision to withdraw membership from MKCCC. The Panel also had regard to the fact that MKCCC as an organisation was now dissolved and therefore no longer existed as a legal entity. Full details of the decision can be found at http://www.bacp.co.uk/prof_conduct/notices/termination.php Withdrawal of membership Joanne Louise Blackledge Reference No: 679904 Wigan WN3 5JA
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BACP Research Mental health research call The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Professor Dame Sally Davies has called for more research into mental health in her latest Annual Report. The report takes public mental health as its focus, and emphasises throughout the need for more and better data and more funding for mental health research. The report points out that just 5.5 per cent of the total UK health research spending in 2009/10 went into mental health, significantly less than the proportion spent on cancer, infections or cardiovascular disease. This is disproportionate to the burden of mental health on the UK economy and its known toll on the national economy, the CMO argues. The report acknowledges that mental illness is the leading cause of sickness absence in the UK, accounting for 70 million days off work in 2013 and costing the UK economy £70–£100 billion per year. Despite this high burden of mental ill health in the UK, there is a significant treatment gap in access to mental health services. In England approximately 75 per cent of people with mental health problems receive no treatment. The CMO says it is essential to gather more research data to make a strong economic case for more investment in mental health, although much more data are available now than 10 years ago to inform strategic decision makers and commissioners on the economic impact of the decisions they make. Professor Davies specifically highlights the lack of robust evidence on ‘wellbeing’, largely due to the lack of clarity about what is meant by the term. The report recognises that wellbeing in mental health could be a very useful issue to explore but says there is currently insufficient evidence of their effectiveness to justify commissioners investing in interventions aimed at ‘improving wellbeing’. The full report can be downloaded from https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/351629/Annual_report_2013_1.pdf Research volunteers Have you ever thought about getting involved in research as a volunteer research participant? Each week, new opportunities to get involved in research are posted on our online Research Noticeboard. The topics are varied and participation usually requires either the completion of an online survey or an interview. Being a research participant is very rewarding as it gives you the opportunity to contribute towards the evidence base for counselling/psychotherapy, which in turn may lead to increased funding for and further recognition of the services you provide. You can find out more at www.bacp.co.uk/research/Research_Notice_Board/ First PhD scholarship awarded BACP has awarded its first PhD studentship, in partnership with the University of Sheffield, for a feasibility trial of the effectiveness and impact of counselling in universities and/or colleges of further education. There is evidence that the demand for counselling services has increased among students in the last two decades. There is currently a lack of research evidence on the impact of counselling on academic outcomes. The studentship presents the opportunity to design and implement a feasibility trial of counselling in this context, exploring the impact of different kinds of counselling intervention. Final call for conference papers If you would like to submit a paper to present at the 2015 BACP Research Conference, the deadline for submissions is 7 November 2014. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Understanding professional practice: the role of research’. The conference is co-hosted by the University of Nottingham and will take place on 15–16 May 2015 at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham. Find out more at www.bacp.co.uk/research/events/index.php Enquiry of the month This month’s research enquiry asked: ‘What research has looked at counselling for the trauma caused by infidelity?’ To answer this question we searched our internal abstract database and Google scholar (http://scholar.google.co.uk), using the search terms ‘counselling’, ‘trauma’ and ‘infidelity’. Much of the literature has focused on couples therapy. Snyder and colleagues1 describe a three-stage model based on cognitive behavioural and insight-oriented approaches. The stages are: 1) dealing with the initial impact of the infidelity; 2) exploring contributory factors and finding meaning, and 3) reaching an informed decision about how to move on. Preliminary work using this model suggests it is an effective affair-specific intervention. Hall and Fincham2 explore attribution and forgiveness in relation to infidelity. They conclude that forgiveness fully mediates the association between attribution and termination of relationship. In terms of implications for practice, the authors recommend addressing attributions in therapy before attempting to facilitate forgiveness or reconciliation. If you would like help with a research query, please email research@bacp.co.uk References 1. Snyder DK et al. An integrative approach to treating infidelity. The Family Journal 2008; 16(4): 300–307. 2 Hall JH, Fincham FD. Relationship dissolution following infidelity: The roles of attributions and forgiveness. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 2006; 25(5): 508–522. +++ Behind the pictures Eva Bee describes the inspirations behind her illustrations for the October issue Do you consider yourself to have a trademark style? If so, how would you describe it? I’d like to think that my style is distinctive. I would say it’s defined by blocks of colour and line work detail, with strong use of texture to create a ‘retro’ feel. I would like to be known as much for strong ideas as the illustrative style – I like to give each image a twist, changing the familiar by one notch to make it something that catches the eye. How would you describe the creative process you go through when working on your illustrations? Does it vary? I always start with the article, reading a piece several times and often referring to other reference material to get a firm grasp of the subject. I then jot down ideas and either produce a series of sketches in pencil on paper or work straight onto the computer using a pen and graphics tablet to produce roughs, which I then send to the client. When the client and I are happy with the concepts, I then work over the original sketch in more detail before using a variety of ink pens to create the final line work. This is scanned into the computer and forms the detail, around which I place blocks of colour. I also use hand-drawn and found textures to bring warmth to the image. Generally speaking, how do you come up with your ideas? What inspires you? The copy is always my first source of inspiration, unless the client has an idea of what they would like me to produce already, in which case I will work around those suggestions. Otherwise, the ideas are informed by the key themes in the article. From there, I often research the subject further to get a feel for the kind of imagery associated with the subject I’m illustrating and note down anything that comes to mind. I like to spend a while either writing or doing quick thumbnail sketches of all the thoughts that occur to me and then I whittle these down, keeping the strongest to develop further. While working on your Therapy Today illustrations, did the ideas develop gradually, or did you know from the outset the direction you were going in? For some of the articles the ideas developed over a period of time after thinking around the subject. The cover image and the Ross article ideas both came to me fairly quickly but I still spent some time coming up with a number of ideas to be sure that I’d got the strongest solution. Can you describe what informed/influenced/inspired your Therapy Today illustrations? Very much the articles themselves and research around the subjects in the copy. As these articles contained quite emotive ideas I also tried to empathise with the thoughts and feelings of the authors to try to ensure that these feelings came across in my solutions. Did illustrating these particular subjects throw up any challenges? If so, what were they? Yes, any discussion around therapy and counselling is bound to throw up sensitive issues and I was aware of the need to tread carefully when coming up with ideas. Can you describe in a nutshell what you were trying to convey with each image? With the cover image I wanted to convey the sense of distress Jake feels in his personal account in the article about university counselling. The inside illustration for the same article was more about getting across the general themes from the whole piece, the pressure and stress felt by both students and their counsellors in a Higher Education environment. The ‘A story of falling’ illustration was about conveying the brokenness of the author and his client but how this vulnerability was also positive, a source of strength that helped each ‘mend’ the other. The student–tutor conflict illustration was a twist on the jungle analogy given in the copy. How do you feel about your finished work? What do you like most about your images? Do you have a favourite image? I’m pleased with how the illustrations have turned out. I loved the freedom the brief gave me to really push the ideas in interesting directions. I’m particularly happy with the cover image – I think the directness of the concept and simplicity of the final image work well for a cover. Apart from Therapy Today, where else might we see your work? I’m just about to start illustrating a regular comment piece in the pages of the Guardian, so you’ll be able to pick up the paper on a weekday and find me in there. I’ve also worked with other newspapers and magazines, including Nature, Reader’s Digest, Director and Nursing Standard. Eva Bee lives and works from a home studio in the beautiful peak district of Derbyshire. Clients she has worked with include Nature, Reader’s Digest, The Guardian and The Royal College of Nursing. You can see Eva’s portfolio of work at www.evabee.co.uk. Contact Eva by email at eva@evabee.co.uk or call +44 (0)7761 607151. Follow her latest work and news on Twitter @evabee_draws +++ TherapyToday.net Noticeboard Supervision Bosham/Fareham/Skype Member MBACP (Accred) counsellor and qualified supervisor. Experienced and trained to work with adults, couples and children. Humanistic/integrative approach, but can work with different models; also offer support with accreditation. Face-to-face work; also via Skype. Contact 07716 124328 Essex/Hertfordshire border Supervision for individuals and groups. Extensive experience in statutory, voluntary and private sectors working with children, adults and couples. Contact Caroline Powell-Allen, MA, Registered Member MBACP (Snr Accred), 01371 873270 London Supervision offered by a qualified counsellor/psychotherapist about to start the second part of a supervision training at Re-Vision leading to a diploma (currently hold a certificate in supervision). Free supervision from an integrative perspective offered from November 2014–June 2015 (inclusive) while completing supervision training. Experience working with adults and young people on a range of issues, including sexual minority clients – completed Pink Therapy’s ‘Essentials Certificate’ in working with sexual and gender minorities. Contact rasha.therapy@ntlworld.com; visit www.rashahammami.org London, EC2/Skype/phone Experienced, integrative counsellor offers supervision in the City as well as by phone and Skype. Contact 07948 353125; nick@counselling-and-hypnotherapy.net; www.counselling-and-hypnotherapy.net London, N Qualified and experienced, integrative/psychodynamic supervisor and counsellor. Student rates negotiable. Contact Lindy Medway 020 8361 5111; lindy@counsellingtime.com; www.counsellingtime.com London, NW Experienced, Member MABCP (Accred) counsellor/psychotherapist offers psychodynamic supervision. Reduced fees while on supervision training course. Contact Reitzy Rosalinda Diamant 07977 451131; reitzyd@aol.com London, NW10/NW6 Supervision/network group – open to all modalities – seeks new members. 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