NZAC Counselling Today June 2010
Contents Editorial Executive and National Office President's Report Partnership Portfolio National Office Notice Board Letter to the Editor Membership Information and News
Cilla Heymer
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Anita Bocchino.................................................3 Vi Woolf...........................................................4 Antony McFelin................................................5 Bob Manthei ....................................................6 Pauline Marshall & Robyn McGill................8
Regular Columns Future Directions & Registration Column ACC News Health Column Careers Corner Farewell from the Convenor of the Ethics Committee Aunt Ethica’s Agony Column Supervision Accreditation The Scam Machine A Cognitive-Behavioural Approach to Dreaming
Antony McFelin...............................................13 E.Johnston, A.Nation, R.August ....................14 Sandy Ross......................................................16 Rosemary Barrett...........................................17 Eric Medcalf ...................................................18 ‘Aunt Ethica’.....................................................19 Judy McCormack ...........................................22 Lee Chisholm ...................................................24 Margaret Bowater ........................................25
Articles Supervision Course Review Finding a forum for counsellor educators D-Day for Psychotherapy Registration
Suzie Morrell....................................................28 Alistair Crocket ...............................................30 Jonathan Fay...................................................32
Poetry
Greg Bartlett ...................................................35
New Zealand Journal of Counselling
Margaret Agee & Philip Culbertson ...........36
Book Reviews Speakers Bar Counselling Suicidal Clients Integration in Counselling & Psychotherapy
Jo-Ann Vivian ..................................................37 Clare Hamilton................................................38 Beth Webster...................................................39
The Mindfulness Solution Passionate Supervision You Shut Up! Learnings New and Notable Books from the Women’s Bookshop
Wendy Spragg ......................................................40 Cilla Heymer ...........................................................41 Amanda Jack..........................................................42 Winnie Duggan ......................................................43 ..................................................................................44
Conferences Pacific Research Symposium ACA & NZAC Pacific Counselling Hui NZAC National Conference 2011
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Training Johnella Bird CBT
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Personal Services Counselling through Interpreters
Andrew Duirs ..........................................................49
Contacts: National Executive Contact List Executive Portfolio Responsibilities Branch Directory
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Editorial
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Editorial
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He that loves a book will never want a faithful
Cilla Heymer MNZAC Two people commented on the number of Book Reviews in the last issue of Counselling Today and I immediately apologised! However, within 24 hours of asking for reviewers of four new books, all the books had gone with many more requests having to be turned down. So what does this say about books? One reviewer wrote this in an email to me: And do accept warmest congrats on your admirable choices of topical books for our relevant interests and needs. There are many quotes on the value of books which are now so easily accessed on the computer for example, http://www.richmond.k12.va.us/readamillion/readin gquotes.htm. And we can now even read books from our computer screens but
A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you. ~ Daniel J. Boorstin ~
friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently divert and pleasantly entertain himself, as in all weathers, as in all fortunes. ~ Barrow ~ So I hope you will enjoy reading the reviews of the new and exciting books available for our edification. If I had been limited to include just one Book Review in this issue, I know it would have been George Sweet's Learnings. George has always been a role model for me and this book encourages and inspires me to be who I am when counselling and that is good enough. I open it to read one saying before I see a client; it fulfills this, my last, quote -
A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counsellor, a multitude of counsellors. ~ Henry Ward Beecher ~
Or do you go to bed with your laptop?
Book available free for review in next issue: Counselling and Helping - 2nd Edition Richard Vellemam & Sarajane Aris Email editor@nzac.org.nz
The NZAC Newsletter is produced by the New Zealand Association of Counsellors and distributed free of charge to members of the Association. While it contains information and news items about the Association and related issues, opinions expressed in the Newsletter are not necessarily those of the Association. The inclusion of courses or advertising in the Newsletter does not necessarily indicate NZAC support for the content. The Newsletter is published quarterly, March, June, September and December. Deadlines for items to the Editor are the first day of the previous month. Signed letters to the Editor are welcome; please keep to no more than half a page (maximum 500 words).
Advertising Rates are as follows and exclude GST: MNZAC Non- Member Non-profit org. Profit org. Full Page (A4) $300 $400 Half Page $150 $200 Quarter Page $75 $100 Please send advertisements in MS Word or jpeg format to the Editor, Cilla Heymer PO Box 32035 Maungaraki, Lower Hutt 5050 or email to editor@nzac.org.nz phone 04 586 1100 fax. 04 586 1109. The printer is Taieri Print, Dunedin ISSN 1178-7147
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President’s Report
President’s Report By Anita Bocchino President president@nzac.org.nz Tena Kotou Future Directions for NZAC The National Executive has been actively consulting the membership regarding our future. In September 2009 we published a preliminary paper inviting members and provisional members to contribute ideas on the shape of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors / Te Roopu Kaiwhiriwhiri o Aotearoa (NZAC) in the future. The paper had been discussed at a forum during the National Conference in Hamilton and by a number of Branches. Thank you to those Branches who responded, we very much appreciated your input.
The role of President now requires an additional skill. Knowledge of business or a business background will be an important attribute to lead the successful transition to a viable NZAC post registration. Anyone considering this role is welcome to speak with me regarding my experiences and the skills necessary to manage this role effectively. 2010 Conference Pacific Counselling Hui, Nations coming together as whanau / family in the great ANZAC tradition Vi Woolf and I are both very excited about this conference and we invite you to mark the date on your calendar, September 30-October 3rd. A proposal from the Auckland Committee for a preconference on September 30th has been enthusiastically accepted by the organising committee. This will be the PACIFIC RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM: Pasifika Research Symposium / Workshop Cross-cultural Conversations about Pacific Identities, Mental Health and Wellbeing. There is a group of Australian Aboriginal who would like to attend and we hope they will be successful in their efforts to gather funding.
The National Executive at the February 2010 meeting considered the feedback and concluded the task may have been too big for Members and Provisional Members to look at NZAC as a whole. Some feedback suggested that this task be considered in different parts by different Branches (or groups or individuals) so the task of seeking ideas on the future direction of NZAC has been broken down into smaller areas of activity. These discussion papers are now available to comment on the future activities of the Association. Your local Branch will choose a paper to discuss and you can join them in these discussions. Or you, or a group of members might like to chose a paper and make comments. The feed-back will be collated by the Registration and Future Directions Portfolio into a paper. Read more about this in the Portfolio Report on Page 13 in this Newsletter.
NZAC National Conference 2011 Next year’s conference is definitely on in Te Tai Tokerau. The venue is likely to be at Northtec at Whangarei/Matariki, 14 - 17 July with a theme of Dialogue.
In addition all members have now received with the Annual Declaration and Invoice for subscription a survey asking what the members would like NZAC to provide post-registration. This information supports our work toward a recreated NZAC post registration. Succession Planning In October this year the President, Te Ahi Kaa, the Treasurer, and the Auckland Representatives’ time on Exec will come to an end. Members are asked to seriously consider contributing to their Association by serving on the National Executive. 3
NZAP Conference Te Ahi Kaa, Vi Woolf and I, as NZAC President, were once again fortunate to attend NZAP conference in Nelson in March this year with Michael Leunig as guest speaker and conference participant. We have been guests at their conferences the past three years and reciprocate inviting the President of NZAP to our conferences. This has been a very fruitful and valuable exchange and I have enjoyed this immensely. This is my last year as President of NZAC so next year the future President and Te Ahi Kaa will attend NZAP conferences. A very heartfelt thank you to NZAP members and conference attendees for welcoming Vi and I into your midst. It has been both a pleasure and privilege to be part of this exchange.
Partnership
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Partnership Portfolio Vi Woolf Te Ahi Kaa Tena koutou katoa Nga mihi nui kia koutou katoa In the December 2009 Newsletter I talked about some of the concerns expressed by tauiwi and maori at the AGM (Waikato conference 2009) around the Membership cultural safety /supervison. These concerns did go back to the membership committee and were duly discussed. It was also noted that from time to time all cultural policy would be subject to change upon the advice of Maori roopu and Te Ahi Kaa.
attend the AGM meet and caucus with the Maori membership and establish a relationship with someone who would be on the organizing committee for the 2011NZAC National Conference. All three goals were realized although I can't claim the credit -that lies with the great organizing abilities of Te Tai Tokerau Branch committee -- Rosie Guild (Chair) Pat Gray (Sec) Bev (Regional rep) Andrea Black (conference organizing committee) -each of these marvellous people helped me so I say thank you for inviting me, ensuring that I was looked after and for the ample provisions supplied for Maori caucus and being available for an update re conference next year.
In February 2010 the membership committee moved to have “the non acceptance of group supervision” struck down and replaced with “Cultural group supervision is accepted providing the group is small in number” ( 6 -12 members).
At the end of March I attended the NZAP National Conference in Nelson with our President Anita Bocchino - a reciprocal arrangement that has been established between the two Associations - and I met with members of Te Waka Oranga, Maori psychotherapist s of NZAP.
In other areas of concern i.e. Maori caucus needs to happen at all NZAC conferences. National Executive has agreed that it will now be the responsibility of all organizing committees to ensure that Maori caucus be structured into the conference programme.
In April I went to Wellington to caucus with maori members and hold a meeting with Matua Raki cultural advisor, Terry Hukiwai to look at the possibility of holding a workshop at our first regional hui for the year in June in Wellington on the Takarangi Competency Framework.
Maori caucus wanted funding made available to hold regional and national hui. National Executive had already approved funding for the maori membership to hold hui. The responsibility to see that hui does happen is with Te Ahi Kaa, National Executive partnership committee and Nga Tumutumu.
At the end of April Meriti Taipana, a committee member of the Manawatu Branch, sent an invitation to visit the Manawatu and meet with Maori who were wanting to join the Association and needing to understand the membership process. As it happens that Branch was also having its AGM and so I attended with their Regional rep Elayne Johnston.
Among other matters that were discussed at Waikato there are two in particular and I want to flag here. The website that NZAC has currently established - not all of the discussion forums are online but a Maori members discussion page is certainly one that is in the mix. The other is the inaugural establishment of a Maori News Sheet where the Maori membership can have the opportunity to korero about matters of interest or concern . The first one will have gone out by the time this Newsletter is printed.
I was also invited to speak about the changes to the interview process. It must've been alright as I noted several members indicating that they would like to have training around the new interview process and promptly put their names forward.To Meriti, Elayne and members of the Branch committee thank you so much although my time was brief with you all, every minute was fulsome in enjoyment and making new relationships.
In March I received an invitation to journey north to attend the AGM of the Te Tai Tokerau Branch I welcomed the opportunity because it afforded me to accomplish three goals in my capacity as Te Ahi Kaa 4
Noticeboard
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Notice Board Subscription and Annual Declarations
Invoices and Annual Declarations, where appropriate, were sent out at the beginning of April. A huge thank you to all those who have been able to get both their payment and Annual Declaration to National Office. You should have received your Annual Certificate of Practice by now if both of these things have been received. If you have not received the invoice and Annual Declaration form please let us know. Special extra thanks for completing the data check sheet (that was the green form). This has helped immensely to ensure the data we have is up-to-date. If you do change any details in the future you can use the form on the website: www.nzac.org.nz. It is at the bottom of the home page where it says: “make changes to your details here�. The payment and Annual Declaration was due at the end of May. If we have not received your payment we will now be charging you the late fee of $35. A further invoice will be coming in June. If we do not receive either the payment or Annual Declaration by the end of June action will be taken to cease your membership status.
Emails
Annual General Meeting
We wrote in the March Notice Board page that we were planning to have the possibility of the option to receive email notification of events. This has now been done and all notices and information about events will be sent to you if we have your email address.
The AGM will be held on Sunday 3 October 2010 at the Langham Hotel in Auckland. The day will begin at 10.00am with a forum to discuss the remits and the future directions of NZAC. This will be followed by lunch and the AGM will begin at 1.00pm. If there are any remits that will amend the constitution these need to be with the Secretary 90 days before the AGM. That date is Monday 5 July 2010. Any other general remits for discussion need to be at National Office by Monday 30 August 2010 so that the formal notices can be with members 21 days before the AGM.
Nominations for National Executive Vacancies Nomination for vacancies on the National Executive must be received by the Secretary 42 days before the AGM. That date is 22 August 2010. So, if you are standing for President, Treasurer or Auckland Regional Representative please submit your nomination with brief biographical notes by that date. If you want a job description or nomination form, please contact National Office.
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Letters to the Editor
March 10, 2010 Dear Editor (Cilla), As I read my Counselling Today I'm usually stimulated to think about what is happening to counselling and counsellors and your March issue was no exception. First, in answer to your question about 'what is a successful Newsletter', Counselling Today is just that in every respect. I read it, I think about what is in it, I learn from it, I am always impressed by its high quality. So, thank you for the work you do and the excellent result! Second, I have been thinking that NZAC needs to publish in Counselling Today a clear and succinct summary of the current supervision requirements so that all members (full and provisional) and employing organisations are clear about what is required. I spent considerable time recently trying to piece together what they were (including searching the Code of Ethics, the Constitution, the Supervision Guidelines, the Membership Criteria and corresponding with the Membership Manager), and even now I am not sure I have it right. Third, while I understand the need for all counsellors to be culturally aware/sensitive/competent, I am concerned that the Cultural Safety Practice requirements for Provisional Members will be hugely expensive for them, perhaps prohibitively so. (I have already heard that one counsellor-intraining has decided not to seek membership because she would not be able to afford the cultural supervision sessions.) Provisional members are required to complete a minimum of 30 [individual] external supervision sessions (internal sessions will not count) “with a person of Maori descent who has ancestral/whakapapa knowledge and who has a clear understanding of working with Maori in culturally safe ways. This person must be a Member of NZAC or a similar professional body, and/or needs to hold a position of responsibility in iwi, hapu, and/or a responsibility in the wider community.” (from an Oct 21, 2009 letter from Robyn McGill, Convenor of the Membership Committee). This requirement could cost Provisional Members up to $3000, almost the equivalent of an additional year's tuition. My questions are: Why 30 sessions? Why not incorporate the acquisition of most of/some of this knowledge and understanding into the student's training course and reduce the number of post-course supervision sessions required to match what is required of full members? I am concerned that NZAC will lose potential members simply because the Cultural Practice requirement will be too expensive for some. (See update in Partnership Portfolio p.4 which states this requirement has been modified to allow for cultural group supervision of no more than 6 members in the group. Editor) Fourth, President Anita Bocchino says that “We do not yet know the cost of registration but it is hoped the amount will be affordable for most members” (“Future Directions and Registration Column”, p.10, March 2010 issue). I think it is possible to give a useful estimate of the costs by looking at what registered psychologists, social workers and psychotherapists pay now. Here is what I think the cost to registered counsellors will be if NZAC's registration application is successful (all figures below are available on each profession's Registration Board website). At present 1897 registered psychologists pay $432 for registration (a one-off cost, not an annual fee) and then an annual Certificate of Practice (ACP) fee of $400. For the 518 registered psychotherapists, the initial registration fee is $281.25 and an annual Certificate of Practice fee of either $956.25 or $1068.75 for those earning <$25,000 and >$25,000, respectively. The 2159 registered Social Workers pay an initial registration fee of $360 and a Certificate of Practice fee of $360 plus a Disciplinary Levy of $90 per annum ($450 in total). 6
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It should be noted that the Psychotherapists' Board has recently had to raise fees and the Psychologists' Board is currently circulating a discussion document about a raise in fees. In other words, fees are never static and (inevitably) rise over time as administrative costs go up. All costs are borne by the registered members alone. There is no government or professional association subsidy. From this it is clear that while initial registration fees for the three groups are roughly similar (a spread of $151), counsellors should expect to pay about $300-$450. ACP costs vary considerably (from $400 to $1068.74, a spread of $668) and are clearly related to the number of registered members. If eligible counsellors (eligibility criteria will be set by the Registration Board) registered in large numbers (say 1500 to 2000 or more), they could expect to pay an annual ACP fee roughly equivalent to what psychologists or social workers pay now, ie, $400 or $450, respectively. If registered counsellors were to join forces with registered psychotherapists and function under one board and their numbers reached 2000-2600, the ACP cost might come down, but not significantly. I doubt that the ACP fee would ever drop below $400 as administrative costs trend ever upward. Fifth, President Bocchino also reported in her March article that NZAC's registration application was on hold due to the Ministry of Health's review of the criteria used to assess if a profession needs to be regulated. No new professions will be registered until that review is completed (which may take up to six months, or longer?). In my opinion, under the 'new' criteria being considered for registration it is not at all certain that NZAC's current application (or even an amended one taking account of any new criteria) for registration of counsellors would be successful. In addition, I don't think that arguing that just because Psychotherapists are now registered, counsellors deserve to be registered too, is particularly convincing. The possible new criteria include the statement that “[counselling] must pose a significant risk of harm to the health and safety of the public…to be considered under this criterion the members of the profession must be involved in at least two of the following activities”: i invasive procedures (such as cutting under the skin) My comment: Counsellors don't do this, nor do they prescribe medication or dietary supplements. Any who do are acting beyond their level of competence. ii
clinical intervention with the potential for harm My comment: Any 'talking cure' has the 'potential for harm', usually upset and/or dissatisfaction. If counsellors are acting within their areas of competence, counselling as a collaborative, non-directing, developmental intervention should have minimal seriously harmful effects. Dissatisfaction? Yes. Long term harm? Unlikely, it is hoped.
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making decisions or exercising judgement which can substantially impact on patient health or welfare, including situations where individuals work autonomously, ie, unsupervised by other health professionals”. My comment: Counsellors can make such decisions, but these decisions should be negotiated with and agreed to by the client. Furthermore, even if working alone NZAC counsellors are required to be supervised.
So, that's what I have been thinking about after reading the latest Counselling Today. Counselling is at a cross-road and it is difficult to know which direction it should go. In the end, external decisions/circumstances (such as the Ministry of Health's review of the registration criteria) will probably impact on the profession more than NZAC's internal efforts to self-regulate, which is a pity because I think NZAC has done a commendable job of contributing to the development of a responsible and competent profession over many years. Regards, Professor Bob Manthei Life Member
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Membership
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Membership News membership@nzac.org.nz Pauline Marshall Membership Manager
Congratulations to the following people who have been granted PROVISIONAL MEMBERSHIP
FULL MEMBERSHIP
Te Tai Tokerau Sharon Kew
Auckland Coralie Curtin Fleur Piper Sheryl Stacey Chris Stark Sunday Tsoi Karen Whatuira Waikato Glenn Walker
Manawatu Christine Rowe
Auckland Val Leveson
Debbie Staite
Robert Rogers
Taranaki
Corey Walden
Shanti Rajan
Heather McKinley
Karen Anderson
Flora Nazari
Annemarie Molloy
Santino Deng Tauranga Moana Deirdre Redmayne Jan Williams
Linda Davidson
Wellington
Kevin Amanaki
Sophie Boeke
Paula Crisinel
Mary Beachen
Taranaki Francey Langman
Jane Harris
Sunita Nadj
Steven Peach
Anne Kemp
Carl Chapman
Eleanor Harper
Richard Lewis
Peter Healy
Elizabeth Lewis
Stephanie Carr
Wellington Lena Cromartie Clare Hamilton Ruta Tanielu - Etuale
Gayanne Frater Moveena Rasheed
Canterbury Cathy Chapple Janet Hellyer Jan Jeans Mike Jillings Avrael Semple Carolyn Thomas
Roz Arbuckle Suzanne Carville
Marlborough Veronica May
Tina Jones
Nelson Marga Oosterhoff
Lyn Meyer
Malinda Shepherd-Harris
Laura Ashton
Sim Berger Louise Trevathan
Otago Andrea Moore Graeme Pringle
Waikato Erica Weerekoon Polly Thomson
Canterbury Kim Lingley
Dennis Beazley
Lara Grocott
Deborah Maree Flay
Honalee Hunter Leanne White
Tauranga Moana
Neil Rodgers
Christelle High
Pania Green-Heron
Fay Renata Angela Jones Mandy Fisher
Otago Nicola Maguire Lesley Pritchard
Hawkes Bay Darren Hawea
Southland Jenny Corlet
Tom Banister
Fiona Humphries
Kym Young
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Membership
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Robyn McGill Membership Committee Portfolio Manager
The Membership Committee met in Hamilton 22 - 23 April. All candidates in the first Membership Interview round in March were successful. Again we are noticing the benefits of the Assessment Committee using a much more robust process so ensuring that when a candidate reaches the interview stage they are well and truly ready for this last step in the membership process. The March interviews were the first using the new interview questions, focusing on the Constitution, Code of Ethics and Partnership with candidates talking about their practice within these frameworks. Feedback from the Interview Panel Members and new Members has been positive regarding the new process. Provisional Members are required to have an NZAC Supervisor for the length of time when they prepare for full Membership. The committee is frequently asked for exceptions, to approve supervisors from other professional Associations, particularly when the training programme requires a supervisor of a certain modality who is not an NZAC Member. Unfortunately this is not possible as the supervisor from another professional Association does not have knowledge of the NZAC Constitution or Code of Ethics. The Provisional Member is also at risk of losing their Annual Practicing Certificate, as without a supervision contract with an NZAC supervisor, the APC (Annual Certificate of Practice)cannot be renewed. The focus on the NZAC Constitution and Code of Ethics in the membership interview process highlights the importance of the NZAC supervisor in mentoring the candidate. There is interest from supervisors to consult and network with others and think about how they might ensure candidates are well prepared for interviews. Hamilton is trialling a consultation process for supervisors soon and then this will be available for other centres.
Written Assessment Dates for 2010 Provisional Member NZ Counselling Programme Applications for those completing can now be sent in at anytime up until Friday 26th November Overseas Provisional Member Request: Particular Circumstances Provisional Member Request: Current Provisional Member wishing to upgrade to Member status: Written Assessment Deadline dates for material to be into National Office by Monday 13th September Friday 10th December
(Interviews in November 2010) (Interviews February 2011)
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Membership Changes The following are lists of changes in membership status that National Office has been notified of. We invite you to review this list and advise us of any errors. Some of these people will not see their names because they are no longer receiving the Newsletter and they are no longer entitled to have MNZAC or Provisional Member after their name. If you think they should be active members please speak with them or let the Executive Officer know. Retired
Resignation List
This list contains the names of those who have chosen to retire from active counselling but are still involved with NZAC. Some of these changes are recent but others have held this status for some time. National Office thought it was timely to publish all these names to recognise them and ensure our list is accurate.
The following people have advised us that they have resigned from NZAC. We thank them for their contribution to counselling with NZAC and wish them well.
Te Tai Tokerau Marie Flavell
Retired
Auckland Caroline
Beazley
Member
Ela
Langford
Member
Andrew
Kirby
Provisional
Waikato Catherine
O'Kelly
Member
Bain
Member
Auckland Janet Irwin
Life Member Retired
Beth Webster
Retired
Maxine Lloyd
Retired
Margaret Parr
Retired
Gisborne Pam
Waikato Tuti Aranui
Life Member Retired
Kapiti Sara
Reeve
Member
Kevin Ladbrook
Retired
Wellington Jean
Martel
Member
Tauranga Moana Nan Kingston-Smith
Life Member Retired
Ted Wadsworth
Life Member Retired
Membership Reinstatement List
Phoebe Heather
Retired
Valerie Taylor
Retired
Gillian Moir Kapiti Jennette Newport
Retired
In previous Newsletters the names of a number of members and provisional members who had been ceased under Section 5B of the Constitution were published. Some of these people have made contact and their membership status has been reinstated.
Petelo Mauga
Retired
Wellington Nola Borrell
Retired
Christine Jones
Retired
Auckland
Barbara Marshall
Retired
Alison Morgan
Provisional Member
Canterbury Enid Hardie
Life Member Retired
Megan Phillips Tereena Smith
Prof Bob Manthei
Life Member Retired
Member Provisional Member (non-active)
George Sweet
Life Member Retired
Wellington
Dr John Small
Life Member Retired
Otago Elizabeth Brooke-Carr
Christine Frewing Catherine Lawson
Retired
Carol Adler-Morgan
Retired
Joy St George
Retired
Overseas Alison Houghton
Retired
Carol O'Connor
Retired
Life Member Retired
Thank you to these people for making contact. Also, thank you to the members who alerted these people to this situation.
Member Member (nonâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;active)
Canterbury Allanah Church
Member
For your interest Active Life members Carol White Jane Henson
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Non-active List The following people have indicated that they will not be in active practice this financial year. The Code of Ethics defines professional practice (see below) '… This Code applies to all NZAC Members and Provisional Members in the full range of their professional practices. Professionalpractice may include work in roles of: counsellor, supervisor, therapist, trainer, educator, researcher, advocate, mediator, consultant, manager, coach, community worker, group facilitator, mentor, psychotherapist and spiritual advisor. The generic terms “counsellor” and “counselling” apply to all professional roles undertaken by members…' Te Tai Tokerau Michael
Calder
Member
Manawatu Trish
Keiller
Member
Tina
Marshall
Provisional
Judy
Matthew
Member
Auckland Marian
Denise
Ramsay
Member
Axtell
Member
Nerida
Rich
Provisional
John
Berryman
Member
Karen
Walker
Member
Mary
Bogan
Member
Elzbieta
Budnik
Provisional
Kapiti Judith
Ellis
Member
Des
Casey
Member
Eileen
Wood
Member
Sylvia
Eastland
Member
Ireni
Esler
Member
Wellington Diana
Benson
Member
Alfred
Hassencamp
Member
Lily
HeiHei
Member
Matt
Collier
Provisional
Edna
Heled
Provisional
Emma
Francis
Member
Gaylene
Holmes
Member
Catherine
Gilberd
Member
Maria
Hunt
Member
Lisa
Gully
Provisional
Ann
Lake
Member
Rhonda
Pritchard
Member
Jenny
Lloyd
Member
Su
Sewell
Member
Nicole
Macquet
Member
Joanne
Witko
Member
Alison
Marshall
Member
Jude
McCarthy
Member
Nelson Amy
Benge
Member
Coleman
Member
Jennifer
McGarry
Member
Jane
Susan
Murray
Member
Ali
du Fresne
Member
Smith
Member
Ann
Richardson
Member
Bernard
Lori
Saunders
Provisional
Bridget
Thompson
Provisional
Katrina
Schoone
Provisional
Brigitte
Sistig
Member
Canterbury Janet
Allan
Member
Tereena
Smith
Provisional
Adele
Bull
Member
Elvira
van Lierde
Provisional
Duncan
Dunbar
Provisional
Wayne
Verkerk
Member
Geraldine
Jellyman
Member
Waikato Kate
Kev
O'Halloran
Provisional
Bower
Member
Wendy
Spragg
Member
Margaret
Henshaw
Member
Jillian
Wilson
Member
Anastasia
Hildred
Provisional
Glenda
Jamieson
Member
Otago Patience
Armitage
Provisional
Val
Liddle
Member
Nick
Bates
Provisional
Marni
Macdonald
Member
Sally
Gable
Provisional
Jo-Anne
Reid
Member
Claire
Horwell
Provisional
Mary C
Wilson
Member
Bronwen
Strang
Member
Selene
Wise
Member
Tauranga Moana Ann-Marie
Dandy
Provisional
Overseas Marion
Gossman
Member
Carol
Lane-Sunde
Member
Deidre
Grala
Member
Karen
Neame
Member
Catherine
Lawson
Member
Marisha
Reynolds
Member
Marie
McMillan
Member
Julie
Sach
Member
Linda
White
Member
Louise
von Maltitz
Member
Faye
York
Member
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Section 5B Cessations
Over 5 years as Provisional Members
At the February 2010 meeting of the National Executive and also through an email ratification in early March the following people had their Membership or Provisional Membership ceased under Section 5B of the NZAC Constitution. Some of these people had neither paid their annual subscription nor completed their Annual Declaration and some had paid their subscription but not completed their Annual Declaration (See Sec 5C(b) of the Constitution).
The National Executive at the February meeting ceased the Provisional Members status for the following people. These people had held this status for over 5 years and had been unable to upgrade during this time period as is required under the constitution.
Te Tai Tokerau Christine MacFarlane Auckland Provisional
Marilyn Masemann
Member
Irka Omoboni-Soulat
Provisional
Sharon Summers
Member
Lois White
Member
Waikato
Member
Selina Paerata
Provisional
Christine McDonald
Member
Chris Ravenswood
Member
Member
Olivia Fogg
Member
Ashworth
Weggery
Breayley
Otago Ruth
Davis
Elaine
Gough
Southland Sonia
Bragg
Deceased List Our thoughts are with the family, friends and colleagues of those who have died recently. Auckland Sally
Stapleton-Jones
Member
Hawkes Bay Anihana
Daly
Member
Miller
Member
Bradfield
Member
Kerpen
Provisional
Auckland
Canterbury Bruce Brown
Member
Sally
Sarah-Alice Miles
Provisional
Waikato Halina
Otago David Knox
Dickie
Joy
Wellington Bruce Robinson
Tai-Luamanuvae
Nelson
Manawatu Member
Susan
Jane
Provisional
Rosemary Koot
Lam
Wellington
Provisional
Member
Meggan
Derek
Member
Kitt Coomber
Graham
Kapiti
Taranaki George Smallman
Kathleen
Judy
Hawkes Bay Faye Petersen
Pomare
Manawatu
Tauranga Moana Bronnie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dea
Alva Auckland
Member
Kate Bukowski
Te Tai Tokerau
Nelson
Provisional
Birgit
Overseas Amy Delahunty
Provisional
Lynette Neil
Member
Mayada Sharef
Member
This list can be difficult to keep up-to-date. If you learn that a member/provisional member has died please do let National Office know. As Editor, I welcome obituaries from colleagues of deceased members for the Newsletter.
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Registration
NZAC Counselling Today June 2010
Future Directions and Registration Column Antony McFelin for the Registration Portfolio: Vi Woolf, Dianne Begg, Roby McGill and Antony McFelin Registration Update A submission was made to the Ministry of Health on their discussion paper â&#x20AC;&#x153;How do we determine if statutory regulation is the most appropriate way to regulate health professions?â&#x20AC;? The submission deadline date was 5 March 2010. So, we are now waiting to hear what the decision of the Minister will be in regard to the proposals contained in this paper. The key proposal in the paper was that a health profession should be regulated if the work of that health profession poses a significant risk of harm to members of the public. The previous standard had been a risk of harm. The discussion paper did not outline how a significant risk would be determined. Our submission indicated that the current criteria are sufficient and no amendment is necessary. If you want to see the submission let the Executive Officer know and it can be forwarded to you. If the Minister decides the criteria are to change it is unclear if we will need to resubmit our application. We did indicate in our submission that if the criteria do change it should not affect our application. That is, we believe the application should be assessed using the current criteria. If we do need to resubmit our application this will extend the time out further for the regulation of counselling. Future Directions We want to thank all the Branches that were able to make comments on the discussion paper about the future direction of NZAC. It was a big task to work through this one paper. So, we have taken on the feedback, and divided the paper into five smaller papers. These papers are divided into Purpose of NZAC, Membership, Ethics, Supervision and Training/Education and Professional Development. We invite you to consider one of these papers (or more if you have time) and give feedback. Each Branch Committee has been invited to choose one and you might like to discuss the topic with your colleagues at your Branch. Each of our committees has been invited to comment on their particular area. The feedback will then used to form a paper with some firmer proposals about how NZAC might be structured in the future if counselling is regulated. We propose that feedback come in by 30 June so that the firm proposals can be circulated before the AGM where there will be a forum arranged to have discussion on the proposals. We look forward to your feedback. At the February Executive meeting a discussion was held about collating information from members about their plans for registration and belonging to NZAC. The aim is to give us a better picture for planning in the future. So, a survey was developed and distributed with the annual invoice. At this stage we want to say thank you to all those who have responded. It appears there will be an extremely high response rate! Every morning when the mail is opened it seems that just about everyone is returning this survey (the yellow forms) with the other material. This is an anonymous survey and the forms are separated so that when data entry is done we do not know how you have responded (unless you put your name on the pages). We will collate this information before the next step of making proposals. We wanted this response in by 28 May but there is still time If you haven't yet responded. We can extend the date to the end of June as the data entry does take some time.
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ACC
ACC News NZAC SCAG representatives
Elayne Johnston
Ann Nation
At the April Sensitive Claims Advisory Group (SCAG) meeting we were told that ACC has no intention of changing the new Pathway process. Members of SCAG informed ACC of the many gaps in the system which were having huge effects on individual claimants, counsellor providers and other service providers. To this end SCAG members have agreed to attend a workshop to highlight the gaps and to work with representatives of various ministries, NGOs and community organisations which have been invited by ACC to attend. NZAC and other counselling associations are already out of the loop in some ACC committees as we are not registered, so we see this as an opportunity to have a voice. Purpose of the Workshop (as defined by ACC): To identify the gaps created in service provided to survivors of sexual abuse or sexual assault as a direct result of the introduction of the ACC pathway process and to create an awareness of those gaps in the sector. The workshop will be held on May 7th. We have heard some 70 people will be in attendance. A further SCAG meeting is scheduled for June 18th. We see this workshop as an opportunity to put our experiences of the new Pathway to ACC and to a wider sector group in the hope that our clients might receive better treatment than what they are currently receiving. The gaps, as we see them, in no particular rank order are: 1. Lack of clinical knowledge in the treatment of victims of sexual abuse in the SCU and in those contracted to carry out assessments. 2. Lack of experience in the treatment of victims of sexual abuse in the SCU and in those contracted to carry out assessments. 3. Lack of any appropriate arrangements, proper consultation with or cultural safety for Maori. 4. Lack of any appropriate arrangements or proper consultation with Pacific Islanders. 5. Lack of any appropriate arrangements or proper consultation with specialised trauma counsellors regarding children and young people.
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6. The Pathway being held up as "best practice" by ACC when their own research carried out by Massey University does not support this. 7. The length of time it is taking to make decision on claims. We know of many adults and under 16 year olds who have been raped or sexually abused, waiting months for an assessment with no ongoing support or counselling hours whilst the decision remains pending. 8. That ACC perceives client "relapses" as a problem with the counsellor and / or the client rather than a normal part of recovery. 9. Drastic reduction in numbers seeking help from ACC SCU because they do not wish to put themselves or their children through an unethical assessment process. 10. Significant reduction in numbers of ACC counsellors continuing to work for ACC under the new clinical pathway. 11. Having a Pathway that involves the use of numerous assessors around the country without having those personnel in place before the Pathway was introduced. 12. ACC flying claimants to Wellington to have their sensitive claim assessed by a psychiatrist in an airport room with no regard for the claimants' experiences. 13. Mental, psychological and physical safety of clients as they languish on the Pathway awaiting decisions, with no support from ACC. 14. No pay for ACC counsellors acting according to their Code of Ethics and continuing to support their clients who are waiting for decisions. Please continue to send Elayne current experiences of the Pathway and other "gaps" that you have noticed. Thanks to all who have contributed thus far. elayne@inspire.net.nz
NZAC Counselling Today June 2010
ACC
Ripeka August-Tampeau MNZAC Maori Representative Sensitive Claims Advisory Group Te Whariki Tautoko Incorporated Society Kaua e rangiruatia te haa o te hoe; e kore too tatou waka e uu ki uta Do not lift the paddle out of unison or our canoe will never reach the shore For almost a year the sense of paddling our many waka in the same direction seems to be a problem as we continue to battle with ACC and the National government. It is hoha, it is awangawanga, but it is.
SCAG also secured a follow up hui to look at the outcomes from the hui of the 7th May 2010 which will be held on the 18th of June 2010. I believe this will be a closed hui.
Maori Working Group ACC clinical pathway Just prior to Christmas 2009 ACC finally engaged in the promised hui with Maori. The outcome of this hui was the establishment of a working group to consult on Maori therapeutic interventions. At this time we have three ACC Maori Counsellors and one Maori researcher. The rest of the group is made up of ACC staff inclusive of the ACC Maori Cultural Advisor and Peter Jansen. A further two hui have been held. We are currently setting up the foundation stage and the terms of reference for this working group.
Independent Review Nick Smith has announced the team to review the Clinical Pathway. There are four members and of this group I believe one is of Maori descent. There are no survivor representatives or representatives from professional bodies.
SCAG (Sensitive Claims Advisory Group) At the last SCAG hui held in March, SCAG members managed to secure a hui with ACC to discuss the pathway. Many of you may be aware that the hui will th be held very shortly (7 May 2010). From the agenda it will be a workshop based on the report of the TASKFORCE on Sexual Violence. Requested as part of this hui was to look at an assessment and intervention for Maori and sufficient time allocated to ensure Maori concerns are discussed fully and openly. th
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HUI 7 May/18 June SCAG members were invited to bring one other person. As there is only one Maori representative on SCAG, a request for more Maori representation at the hui was sought. This has been accepted and invitations have gone out (some only in the last few days). This includes Maori representatives whom ACC has invited.
ACC Maori Counsellors Maori counsellors are hugely underrepresented in this area of work. There is only a handful throughout the country. Many of these kaimahi have made a stand and refuse to put clients through this culturally inappropriate, unsafe process. I am unsure at this time how many Maori counsellors/kaimahi are still engaged in this work. Ka whawhai tonu matou We continue to stand alongside our tauiwi colleagues to challenge the validity of this pathway. There are a number of professional bodies, organizations, agencies, and most importantly; taangata whaiora willing to go the distance. A number of submissions have been written to MPs and Ministers in the Maori Party and National government, and have been responded to. The letters we have received have been standard responses. Correspondence has also been sent to ACC regarding Maori be it staff, providers, and taangata whaiora. Again standard responses have been received. Ka mau te wehi
STOP PRESS ACC Pathways Workshop Report th Around 55 invited representatives attended the ACC workshop in Wellington on May 7 . Those attending included representatives from NZAC, NZAP, ANZASW, Psychological Society, Psychologists Assn, DSAC, College of GPs, counselling agencies from around the country, TOAH-NNEST, Police, National Council of Women and Office of the Children's Commissioner . Although a small gathering, Taangata whenua representation included Nga Kaitiaki Mauri (Treaty Partner) TOAH-NNEST, Te Whariki Tautoko Incorporated Society, Maori counsellors and a well respected Maori researcher. All were actively involved in detailing the gaps in the ACC Pathway. A strong request of ACC was made, to put in place an immediate interim solution, before the review. Some of us are now preparing submissions for the review panel. Taangata whenua will be going to speak to the review panel face to face.
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Health
Health Column compiled by Sandy Ross Portfolio Holder Sandy would like to bring the following resources to the attention to the membership.
E-newsletter from the Office for the Community & Voluntary Sector ~ Issue 32 ~ 20 April 2010
Office for Disability Issues
This regular e-newsletter features news about the community-government relationship, together with sector-related activities, events and publications – especially those that promote community engagement, participation and collaboration. Go to the OCVS website www.ocvs.govt.nz click on ‘OCVS newsletters’
For regular updates from the Office for Disability Issues on their work and recent disability-related news go to their website at: http://www.odi.govt.nz/resources/publications /e-mail-update.html
The Gambling and Public Health Alliance International (GAPHAI) This is the second year of the publication of a Newsletter, which is published four times a year. The April newsletter has been uploaded on to the website and examines some of the issues related to Internet gambling.
CARERS ALLIANCE UPDATE: National Non-Profits Working for Carers The NZ Carers Alliance is planning a national awareness campaign to call for better recognition and support for carers. The We Care! campaign will be launched soon. For updates, please go to our next issue of Family Care NZ. Family carers and others interested in carer issues can request their free copy by phoning 0800 777 797, or emailing sara@carers.net.nz All articles from past issues of the magazine can now be viewed at www.carers.net.nz
To view the Newsletter please visit the GAPHAI website http://www.gaphai.org click on the word Newsletter at the bottom of the page.
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Careers Corner
NZAC Counselling Today June 2010
Careers Corner Rosemary Barrett MNZAC, CDANZ (Career Development Association of NZ) rosemary. barrett@clear.net.nz Mary Kayes
Rosemary Barrett
Can a careers counsellor really be a counsellor? I asked Mary Kayes a NZ AC member since 1982 that question and this was her response: Mary Kayes is well known in Auckland among those working in secondary education or community education. A mother of six children, Mary returned to teaching English in 1976 at Nga Tapuwae College when her youngest child was four years old. Mary became increasingly interested in careers and counselling before moving into teaching 'transition' classes and teaching night classes. The challenges facing students of all ages became a real focus for her which led her to a two week Careers Advisers' induction programme run by Vocational Guidance. Supported by full teacher replacement, this induction programme raised the profile of Careers Advisors in schools. Mary remembers how students would use careers issues as a presenting problem when there were deeper issues that required a counsellor. Going to the Careers Advisor to discuss options was perfectly acceptable, but once there, the real issues were uncovered. Having someone to talk to and listen to them was often all the student required. But not so for Mary who visited the student's home and talked over issues with the family. These experiences heightened Mary's desire to become a qualified counsellor. In 1990 Mary enrolled in the Master of Education (Counselling) course at Auckland University with Hans Everts. She completed her Masters part time while working at Quest Rapuara (Career Services' former name). At that time Quest worked with community groups, families and schools. Career Consultants were acutely aware of the complexity of teenagers' and their family's needs for guidance and professional services. Mary's work in the community led to her being nominated to join NZAC to which she was accepted for full membership in 1982. The privilege and the accompanying responsibility of being involved in people's lives led Mary to maintain a high degree of professional practice in her work today. Between 2001and 2007, Mary was Manager of the Manukau Branch of Career Services - rapuara. At that time she had a large and diverse team of consultants which mirrored the backgrounds and needs of the Manukau community. Contracts with Work and Income
New Zealand (WINZ) involved working with long term unemployed, some of whom had been out of work for 12 years. The issues these clients brought were firstly counselling issues and once these were heard and acknowledged, progress could be made towards employment. Writing initial vocational assessments for ACC clients, working with ACC sensitive claims clients, the WINZ clients and Migrant and Refugee groups amongst others, required confidence building, values clarification and personal development as part of prevocational programmes. To work effectively with clients who had suffered low self esteem or various types of damage required a high degree of counselling skill alongside a knowledge of skills and their relationship to the workforce. With all clients, underlying issues and trauma are dominant. Working with clients being made redundant raises issues of grief and loss before most people are able to contemplate a new career direction. Providing appropriate career guidance and in some cases career counselling for Maori and Pasifika, the Justice System youth, all age groups, church and community groups was an ongoing professional challenge. Of all the groups Mary has worked with, the preemployment programmes she ran for solo mums stand out in her mind as being the most satisfying. 'Those women had never considered that they could have a career,' she said. When Mary became Manager of Career Services rapuara, Manukau she realised the value of her counselling skills, her access to professional supervision and the support of being a member of NZAC. Management required involved mediation and conflict resolution. Her counselling background gave her a mindset that enabled her to operate from a professional and conceptual base that supported people in the process of resolving conflicts, other personal issues and career and life issues. Is a career counsellor a 'real' counsellor? We'll leave that over to you to decide. Career Services has employed many counsellors like Mary who have made a difference to the lives of so many people we're keen to hear of others. Meantime, a big thank you for being you, Mary Kayes.
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Ethics
NZAC Counselling Today June 2010
Farewell from the Convenor of the Ethics Committee Eric Medcalf reflects on his time as Convenor At the time of this being published I will no longer be in the role of Convenor, having stood down after 4 years in the role and 6 years on the National Ethics Committee. Sue Webb has taken the role and I'm sure that the Committee will continue to thrive under her leadership. I thought I would take the opportunity here to say a little about some of the general trends and concerns I have had over my time as convenor. It seems to me that there are decision points in a Much of the role of convenor involves working with counsellor's relationship with a client, points that reflect a the Ethics Secretary in processing complaints that are difference between boundary variation and boundary made about members of the Association. As a professional violation. These are often around contact outside formal Association NZAC stands as the major body for settings, whether by phone/text, internet or actual Counsellors in Aotearoa/New Zealand, it serves to both meeting. It's not that any of these boundary variations are represent counselling as a profession and also to represent necessarily harmful in themselves but the counsellor must be aware of the potential meaning for the client, perhaps a the views and concerns of its members in the wider fantasy that the counsellor will become a friend, or even community. The range of complaints is quite wide, often lover. We must also be aware of our own motivations for the most difficult are those where counsellors have shifted these boundary variations, hence the importance of roles with their client and the change from a professional discussing them in supervision. I repeat here something I relationship to one that seems more like a friendship, or said in a previous article “Consult, and if you get the even a romance, becomes difficult for the client at some answer you want, consult with someone else”. point. Another concern I have is the difficulties that are inherent in counselling couples, especially in the fraught It's important that we like our clients to some extent. atmosphere of family court disputes. Often these might be “Unconditional positive regard” brings with it the where one partner feels unfairly treated by the counsellor. potential for strong attachment, especially where the This might be true or it may be that the complainant has positive regard is offered at a time of stress in the client's not achieved what they wanted in the family court process life. For some this might be the first time that a form of and feels aggrieved. Sometimes it is hard to know what love has been offered. This is a great responsibility for us, the counsellor might have done differently, other times it we hold love and we give it but do not require it to be given may be that the counsellor has become caught up in the back to us, “non-possessive warmth”. If it is offered back situation and perhaps judged one party's actions with the eyes of the other, rather than their own, or has taken an to us we cannot push it away, for to give and receive are ideological stance. It is human to judge, to have an important aspects of being a healthy human being. Yet opinion. In fact if we did not form a judgment then we there must be a boundary. To quote the NZAC Code of would be guilty of cold objectification, it is how we use ethics we must not: that judgement that is part of our identity as counsellors. “..... exploit the potential for intimacy made possible This is not that we just don't express the judgement, is also in the counselling relationship, even after the how we use our awareness of our reactions to inform our counselling has ended.” (NZAC Code 5.31) understanding of the situation at hand. Thus a matrimonial It is unfortunate that this sits in that part of the Code situation where one party appears aggressive can be entitled: “Sexual Relationships with Clients”. In so doing understood better when we analyse our own reactions to it continues that confusion between sexuality and the aggression that might be expressed in the room and intimacy in our society. It would be better placed outside don't just label the aggressor as dangerous, bad or nonthis section, for it is to do with much more than sexual deserving. On the other hand we must also be prepared to relationships, it is to do with the bonds that can support take a stand against violence. and help grow but which can, if not respected, lead to the So this is the end of my time writing as the Ethics kind of mess that harms clients, and potentially the Convenor. I can't remember how many of these articles I counsellor. have written. I hope that they have been useful, Some of the complaints received by the Ethics stimulating ethical thinking and perhaps offering Committee are concerned with situations where a client guidance. I have enjoyed and benefitted from the has made interpretations of behaviour by a counsellor that collegiality of the Ethics Committee and the Regional were expressions of positive regard but not acted on Ethics Teams; my special thanks go to Ann-Marie Stapp, outside the consulting room; others are situations where Ethics Secretary, who has carried the front line position the counselling relationship extended beyond the session for Ethics so well. I hope to see many of you at the and led eventually to meeting socially; others have been conference this year. Please take the opportunity to say where relationships became sexual. These latter are most hello and, if you like, to challenge me on ethical matters. concerning and usually result in a formal disciplinary hearing, following a complaint by the client, or another professional.
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Ethics
Aunt Ethica's Agony Column This column offers counsellors an opportunity to share ethical problems and get basic, and at times light-hearted, information and advice. Aunt Ethica's opinions are not necessarily the official NZAC view and she may provide one of a number of possible perspectives. She is therefore happy to receive and print other points of view. Write to Aunt Ethica, with requests or views, via the Newsletter Editor: email editor@nzac.org.nz, with 'Aunt Ethica' in the subject line, or post to PO Box 32035, Maungaraki, Lower Hutt, 5050 marked 'Aunt Ethica Column'. All correspondence is treated as anonymous and possible identifying features removed before printing.
Dear Aunt Ethica, I am a private practitioner wanting to clarify NZAC's stance to Provisional Members working in private practice and wondering if you can provide me with information or references. I've hunted the website, but found nothing. From memory I've come across some quite strong words against this practice. Warm regards, Responsible Practitioner Dear Responsible, Yes, I too can find nothing directly on this topic. Perhaps other members may be able to enlighten us? Irene Paton has however written extensively on private practice, see her website for details; http://www.perspectives.co.nz/publications.html. The key concern in your query is competence; clause 5.9c states that we must work within the limits of our knowledge, training and experience. Private practice has the potential to form a difficult work context, especially if setting up single-handed. There is little opportunity to discuss complex cases informally, deciding whether to take on particular clients is done largely alone, as does gaining access to local professional networks, the availability of resources such as books and journals may be limited, management of administrative and financial aspects are an added burden, there is no-one to be accountable to in a normal everyday way and there is no ready-made professional day-to-day culture to learn from and fit in to. Added to this is the risk that a new practitioner will take on work beyond their competence out of anxiety about income, and may be somewhat na誰ve about the extent of their experience and the limited opportunities to date to make use of many aspects of their training. All in all, establishing oneself as a private practitioner while relatively new to counselling seems a thoroughly bad idea! Training programmes, in my experience, do not normally allow trainees to use private practice hours for their training, for just the reasons cited above. Not all Provisional Members, however, are new to counselling. Some may have been working in other professions, providing counselling, as we would understand it, for some years. Regular supervision that works to monitor areas and issues that are new to the counsellor, focuses carefully on competency issues, identifies areas for professional development and keeps an eye on the emerging new professional identity may be sufficient. Some may have arrived from overseas with much professional experience from their country of origin. These may need additional education in the New Zealand cultural context, regular cultural consultation and an introduction to the profession here, as well as supervision that takes account of both their experience and their newness. A relatively new counsellor working in a large private practice, with good opportunities for professional interchange and development and easy access to experienced colleagues, may be less at risk than the lone operator. Regular frequent supervision, with an experienced supervisor who can make themselves available between sessions if necessary, may go someway to offset difficulties. Beyond ethical difficulties, there may be practical ones. It is hard to make an income in private practice without an existing professional reputation and established connections. Most funding organisations are unwilling to provide work to beginning counsellors and just at present the recession has put a real squeeze on private clients. So overall, I think it is unwise to set up in private practice as a newly qualified counsellor, although 'Provisional Member' does not necessarily mean this. Counsellor educators have an ethical responsibility (10.1) for informing potential students about the likelihood of their finding work after training, based upon the experience of previous graduates. They also need to discuss work options with graduating counsellors and be realistic about difficulties. Newly qualified counsellors can be fixed on making their qualification pay for itself quickly, when this may be unwise. By contrast, private practitioners themselves need to beware of antagonism and negative feedback to potential new colleagues, because of fears about what another counsellor in town will do to their own income! Yours responsibly, Aunt Ethica
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Dear Aunt Ethica I have been part of an email group discussing ACC changes to the sensitive claims process for several months. Although it has, in the main, been a great way to feel supported by other colleagues experiencing the same difficulties and, at times, distress, I have recently been aware of some potential ethical issues. Some have shared clients' stories through the emails. Although they have not been named and gave permission for their cases to be discussed, I am uncomfortable. I have also felt ill at ease about some of the more impassioned comments about ACC itself. We have limited control as to where this information could end up once out there in cyberspace. Although we do our best to keep computers secure and are careful with information we receive, I remain unconvinced that it is safe to share sensitive information and opinions via emails. What do you think, and what responsibility do I have, if my concerns are valid? Yours, Emailed Out Dear Emailed Out, I know a lawyer who likes to say we should think of emails as postcards. Mostly these aren't read as they pass through the mail system but the potential is there. Similarly when they reach their destination, it is easy for them to lie around for other people to see. As a result we don't write sensitive information on them. The equivalent is that sensitive electronic information can be accessed as it travels through the ether and that in the heat of the moment a writer may not be taking into account that the visibility and security of other people's computers may not match their own, or may indeed become so engrossed in what is happening on their own screen that they forget this is not being recorded in a private environment. Workmates, family members, IT personnel, even cleaners, may potentially access the same computer. I think you have hit on one of the present problems with Internet technology; we have not yet developed the required shared understandings and etiquette. Written Internet communication is neither spoken nor is it quite like anything we've traditionally written. It has some of the spontaneity of speech and the permanence of writing. Unlike conversation, it cannot be adjusted in response to the recipient's body language and tone, however many 'emoticons' are used. It therefore leads, I think, to people losing touch with the possible effects of comments, especially if the writer is caught up in their own feelings. Add to that, unlike writing on paper, the quick click of a button is all that is needed to forward received messages on to others, with little thought about possible consequences. I suspect we are all out of touch, to a certain extent, with the reality of what we are consenting to when we send a message electronically. The careless ease with which we press 'send' is in direct contrast to the message's potential to live for a long time in someone else's possession and be employed isolated from its original context without reference to the writer. 'Informed' consent would mean that we had really thought through who was going to receive this message and what could happen to it. The larger an email group is and the more distressing the issues, the more likely it is that at some point someone does something unwise with a message intended only for the group. In this sense both parties may be putting themselves at risk of unprofessional behaviour, for example by failing to uphold the values and integrity of the profession (7.3a) or not treating colleagues and other professionals with respect (4.9). If we aren't really grappling ourselves with these issues, then how much less satisfactory may be the 'informed consent' to include their stories provided by clients! Have they seen the full list of whom the message is going to? Can the counsellor vouch for the appropriate behaviour of everyone on it? Has the client been warned of the uncertainty of computer security? In the 'small villages' of New Zealand society little detail is required before someone is recognised and counsellors are prone to providing more information than needed when reporting cases. The young, the old and others with diminished capacity may be at particular risk of not really understanding what they are consenting to. Young people in particular have demonstrated great naivety on social network sites by sharing information that has then 'leaked' from one part of their lives into another. And how easy might it be for a client to say 'no' to the request to have their story shared? For whose benefit is the client's information provided? Ideally sharing their experiences of ACC would enable clients to access better services in the long run, but is that really an expected outcome from this email group's communication? Counsellors need to be careful not to exploit clients (5.12a) for personal, in this case emotional, gain. So my suggestions? Counsellors should avoid providing any detail about clients that might inadvertently lead to their identification. Just enough information to make the required point will do. Providing numbers rather than stories helps protect identity, for example the number of claimants who have not have their claims processed after a certain number of weeks or the number referred for additional assessments. It may be helpful, when feelings are running high, to compose an email but not send it for a couple of days; to consult about its content with a colleague or supervisor; to imagine how it might be viewed by your employer, an experienced counsellor whose ethics you admire, an ACC case manager you have had good contact with, a member of your community you respect, the writer of a textbook on ethics... Finally, while you could obviously just leave the group if you dislike its tenor, I think you have a responsibility under 7.2a to convey something of your discomfort to the others. Do whatever you need to feel comfortable about what you will say, maintain a position of support and encouragement for others, avoid seeming to target any one person's communication (this may involve some careful timing) and try not to sound like someone's prissy parent, all too easy when discussing ethics! Hopefully this letter will help. Yours in discomfort, Aunt Ethica
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Ethics
Dear Aunt Ethica, One of my supervisees has recently undergone her annual appraisal with her agency's new coordinator, an experienced local NZAC member. In the process she was told that she was probably ill equipped for the position she holds and that she should change her supervisor, as I was unsuitable. Yours, Justifiably Angry Dear J. Angry, I suspect that you may be feeling hurt and scared about this, as well as angry. My first suggestion is that you use your own supervision to unpack what all this means to you personally, before working on how to address it. If you are going to be of assistance to your supervisee and to yourself, you are going to need some good self-management skills. On the face of it, the coordinator seems to have acted without due respect for you and your supervisee as fellow counsellors (7.1a). She may also have failed to uphold the values of the profession (7.3a) by presuming to dictate a change of supervisor to a fellow counsellor, when she might have been expected to discuss and negotiate this. Your position however is difficult on three counts. The information reported to you is inevitably filtered through the lens of your supervisee's own understanding and experience. You need to treat with caution the opinions she is conveying, as she recalls what sounds like an unhelpful overall interaction. You might want to consider to what extent this construction might 'fit': with her existing view of the agency and/ or the co-ordinator; with a repeating pattern in her life of feeling underrated and criticised; or with difficulties in hearing feedback accurately. Secondly, whether or not your supervisee wishes to return to her coordinator to challenge what she thought took place, she is going to need you to be able to separate off your own distress. Your feelings must not intrude on your facilitating her exploring her options and deciding upon the process that will best work for her. The third difficulty is that if you are to take action yourself, you need her informed consent, freely given. She may not want you to address this issue, for fear it may damage her position further, but she may also be anxious about the hurt caused to you and eager to put your needs above her own. Be very careful that any action you take is based upon her having fully thought it through and given her permission freely. It must at least protect her from damage and ideally have some benefit for her too. 'Unsuitable' is not a useful word for you both. Potentially, either your supervisee or you, perhaps with a support person, could approach the co-ordinator/ counsellor from an 'I'm OK/ You're OK' perspective (this may take some preparatory work) and ask for clarification. She may think your supervision relationship has lasted too long and a change is needed. She could be concerned that your client-base is not sufficiently close to that of the agency (although this stance is more usual amongst non-counsellors, who do not understand the fundamental importance of relationship and personal processing and think it is of primary importance to match the supervisor with the clients' problem area.) She may want the counsellor to address some shortcomings in her practice through different supervision. There may be some historical interpersonal issues to resolve. At worst you may glean some helpful, if difficult, feedback that may assist you in examining your own practice. Were you to complain to NZAC, the most likely outcome would be to use a Regional Ethics Team, a comparable process to that I am suggesting you undertake yourself. Quite independent of the above, appraisal can be a valuable time to take stock of a supervision relationship too. What have you two covered over the last year and what neglected? What have been the key learnings? What feedback do you have for each other? What are the goals for the coming year and what is needed for these to be achieved? What changes might you each want to bring to the relationship? I notice that, in writing about approaching the problem above, maintaining good boundaries is a theme; what comments would you each make on these? For the future, undertake this conversation before an appraisal, so that your supervisee goes in prepared to speak fluently about both the year's supervisory experience and future intentions. This could make it more difficult for words like 'unsuitable' to appear in the conversation or go unchallenged! Yours in sympathy, Aunt Ethica
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Supervisor Accreditation Committee Judy McCormack Convenor
Results of Pilot Study of August 2009 In August 2009 a pilot study endorsed by the National Executive was conducted by the Supervisor Accreditation Committee. The purpose of the study was to ascertain the 'standing' of an Accredited Supervisor of NZAC among agencies that employ/contract supervisors to supervise their staff. A letter was sent out to 25 local and national agencies. The study first outlined the criteria for applying to become an NZAC accredited supervisor: ·
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The question we then asked the agency to comment upon was: “Given the above criteria, how important do you consider would it be to employ if available a supervisor who has been accredited?” Eleven agencies responded; a response rate of just over 50%. The number of supervisors that the eleven agencies employed ranged from three (Wellington) to more than 100 (nationally). The following is a summary of those responses: · · · ·
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Six indicated that they would consider employing an Accredited Supervisor if one were available. One said that they did not think it was an important consideration for their organization. One said that they were unsure whether or not they would consider employing an Accredited Supervisor. One said they considered the maintenance of a supervisor's competency and verification to be the supervisor's own responsibility and when considering a potential supervisor they requested the supervisor's C.V. Two said they consider experience, qualifications and training and belonging to a professional body to be important considerations when employing a supervisor. One of these indicated that they would only consider a supervisor who also had indemnity insurance.
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So are you interested in becoming an Accredited Supervisor? Are you a supervisor of counsellors? Do you have some experience of being a supervisor? Would you value having an acknowledgement by NZAC of your competency and experience as a professional supervisor of counsellors? Then you may be interested in becoming an Accredited Supervisor by NZAC. You may want to know if you are ready to apply for Supervisor Accreditation. The following are the criteria: · ·
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Full MNZAC for at least 3 years Have established an integrated theoretical knowledge of supervision models, ethical issues and responsibilities, either by attending a minimum of 5 days (30 hours) training in supervision or in other clearly prescribed ways. Demonstrate supervision that integrates training, theory and practice. 100 hours experience of being a supervisor over at least a two year period. 200 hours of experience of being a supervisee over at least five years Have had experienced supervision from at least three supervisors. Be in regular supervision and have had at least 10 hours with present supervisor. Have a counsellor supervisee willing to be videoed (a 12 minute clip is required).
On receiving the Application Pack, you will have full instructions of how to proceed with your application. If you have any queries about any part of the application process you are welcome to contact the Supervisor Accreditation Committee. We look forward to receiving your application. Judy McCormack Convenor judymac@actrix.co.nz
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Supervisor Accreditation Form If you would like to apply for a Accreditation as a Supervisor, please fill in your details below for an Application Pack. Name....………………………………………………………………………………………………………..........… Address………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Phone ..............................(Home) ..............................(Work) Email .......................................................................... Send to : NZAC PO Box 165, HAMILTON 3240 or email your request to admin@nzac.org.nz
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Netsafe
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The Scam Machine www.scammachine.org.nz
Lee Chisholm Operations Manager NetSafe leec@netsafe.org.nz Almost everyone has been the target of a scam at some stage in their lives, and many people have repeated, ongoing exposure to scam attempts. Overseas research suggests that one in ten people have lost money to scammers, with an average loss of over $2000 each. The internet has provided scam artists with a whole new set of tools to ply their trade. Blogs, social networks, emails, instant messenger, video phone calls, all tools that many of us use every day, are regularly put to use to extract something of value from us without us realising exactly what is going on. Where scammers have directly targeted us and built an individual relationship over time with them, it is not only money which has been lost but also trust, self esteem and the belief in our own judgment. It can be extremely distressing to feel tricked when we have developed strong links with someone online, and shared personal information, ideas, troubles and received caring, support, understanding and empathy from that person. Scammers create great set-ups, with bait designed to hook people and while there is no absolutely sure fire way to recognise a scam, there are some telltale signs to watch out for: A scam might: Come out of the blue Ask you to give personal information Be prepared to stay connected and patient and build a relationship before asking for money Sound like an easy way to make money Tell you there is almost no effort or risk NetSafe have built the scam machine to help give people some insight into just how a scam could trap us or someone we know, using common areas of the internet. If you go to www.scammachine.org.nz you can build a humorous news story using yourself (or a friend) as the central character, and watch the story unfold. You can then send it to them! Certainly suitable to use with students as well - have a look. I welcome any feedback or queries you may have about this or any other online topic.
SHAPING THE NET CONFERENCE 2010 NetSafe and the NZITF (NZ Internet Task Force) are working towards holding a conference in Wellington on October 11 and 12. The aim of the conference is to bring the cybersafety and security community together to work towards practical programmes that positively shape the digital environment for New Zealanders hence the â&#x20AC;&#x153;shaping the netâ&#x20AC;? conference name. We are providing advance warning, and also seeking input from potential attendees. Generally, the conference will have the following sub strands in accordance with our multi-pronged approach to creating a safer environment: Enforcement, Technology, Regulation and Law, Education, and Support. leec@netsafe.org.nz
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Working with Dreams: A Column for Counsellors By Margaret M. Bowater, MA,TSTA, MNZAP, MNZAC mbowater@clear.net.nz , www.dreamwork.co.nz 18: A COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL APPROACH TO DREAMING In most of my articles I present a holistic approach to dreaming, incorporating biological, psychological, social and spiritual dimensions of the process, as an activity of the whole organism. However, it is also possible to do worthwhile dreamwork within narrower frameworks, depending on the content of the dream. The most recent issue of Dreaming, Vol 19:4, December, 2009, the academic journal of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, carried a useful article by Emeritus Professor Jacques Montangero, of the Psychology Dept of the University of Geneva, Switzerland, entitled “Using Dreams in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy: Theory, Method and Examples” (pp 239-254). Since this journal is unknown to all but a handful of NZers, I will present a summary of the main points here, with some additional comments of my own, in the hope that this will bridge a gap for counsellors who primarily use CBT. In fact, most of the articles published in Dreaming derive from research projects carried out in many University Psychology Departments, where Dream Studies are now an established discipline, usually related to the study of Consciousness. A recent book, Cognitive Therapy and Dreams, (2004), edited by Rachel Rosner, William Lyddon and Arthur Freeman (Springer Pub.Co), provides an excellent collection of articles for further reading. Montangero's abstract states that “Thanks to their condensed and often exaggerated treatment of a theme, dreams often facilitate becoming aware of cognitive distortions and schemas, and help to proceed to cognitive restructuring.” In the Conclusion to his article, he points out four advantages of adding dreamwork to CBT: (i) The dream content and exploration always yield new information to help you get to know your client better; (ii) exaggerations in the dream help to highlight cognitive distortions needing attention; (iii) dream reports provide useful material when clients are less able to articulate their thinking; (iv) they give opportunities to identify the client's own resources, including the ability to imagine new ways of acting in the dream.
In my own field of Transactional Analysis, I have observed that my clients' dreams often provide evidence of their script beliefs and feelings (schemas); and that inviting them to create a new ending to an unfinished dream story is often a chance to break an old script pattern. Aaron Beck Montangero points out that it was observing the continuity between the lives and the dreams of depressed clients that provided the stimulus for Aaron Beck to elaborate the principles of cognitive therapy (in 1959 and 1961). In an article published in 1971/2002, Beck proposed to “regard dream interpretation as a kind of biopsy of the patient's psychological processes,” stating that even a single dream presented at a diagnostic interview could clarify the problem. I can certainly verify this from my collection of nightmares. For example, a friend of mine had a terrifying recurring nightmare after his second wife died, in which he found himself trapped on a large rock which had split off a mountain and was now bouncing down and down the mountainside. This was a clear indicator of his continuing descent into depression, but was not heeded until in desperation he finally went to a doctor for medication. According to Rachel Rosner's interview with Beck (in Rosner et al, 2004, p.10), Beck had hoped in the 1971 article to create a bridge between psychoanalysis and behaviour therapy but was disappointed at the lack of response; after which he set aside his work on dreams to concentrate on developing cognitive therapy. Rosner gives a detailed summary of Beck's thinking about the value of dreams in helping to understand the client's thought processes; and then provides a reprint of his chapter, “Cognitive Patterns in Dreams and Daydreams,” (from Masserman, 1971.)
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He quotes research studies, not only on depressed patients, but also on the dreams of convicted criminals, eg, “We found a significant preponderance of dream themes relevant to the particular crime that was committed. For instance, sex offenders tended to have a significantly higher proportion of themes involving sexual deviation for which they were convicted than did a control group of other convicts (Goldhirsh, 1961).” Beck describes a delinquent boy from his own practice, who “recounted a dream in which he planned and executed an elaborate crime…When I started to explore the relation of dream content to waking ideation, he immediately became unwilling to discuss the subject. Later (after he had broken treatment), he, indeed, carried out a crime that followed in broad outline what he had described in the dream.” (p.28-29 in Rosner, 2004). Beck summarized his article (p.32), “According to the cognitive model of dreams, certain cognitive patterns structure the content of waking fantasies and other waking ideational experiences as well as the content of the dreams. These cognitive patterns are specific to the individual…” Outline of cognitive theory To return to Montangero's article, p.241: he points out that dreaming involves multiple cognitive processes, such as collecting memories, creating scenes, and organizing narratives, parallel to the way we recall events and describe selected details to others; the difference being that dreams occur spontaneously, at times when the mind is relaxed. Why are there such discontinuities in dream stories? Partly because executive control is deactivated; but also because of the need for “economy of elements, [and] the requirements of dream representation… Abstract ideas must be substituted by concrete events in order to be represented in a dream.” (Parallel, I would add, to most works of art and wisdom teachings.) Emotion and meaning are also involved. “Cognitive processes are always in the service of motivation and affects… Dream production processes, therefore, deal with what interests the person.” From his own laboratory research he concluded that dreams related mostly to 2 kinds of topics: the person's aspirations, whether simple or complex; and matters of current concern, which are not necessarily the most recent, but those issues which have been suppressed or not adequately processed during the day. (This fits with Jung's idea of compensatory dreams.)
The DMR method Montangero then describes his 3-step procedure to keep the interpretation closely focused on the actual dream: Description, Memory sources, Reformulation. 1. The therapist invites the dreamer to describe the dream fully, including what was seen, heard, thought and felt at each stage; and the therapist makes a numbered list of the contents. (Personally, I prefer the dreamer to sketch the dream on a whiteboard, noting key words as s/he goes.) Example given: I see a chamois (an Alpine wild mountain goat), which is rubbing its horns against a tree trunk, but they are deer antlers, not chamois horns. 2. The therapist asks the dreamer for mnemonic sources associated with the dream, not only directly with each element, including its subjective meaning to the dreamer, but also whether it reminds her/him of something similar. The dreamer remembered seeing chamois when he used to go hiking in the mountains. He associated them with happy freedom. He also recalled a hunter-friend who told him that at certain times of the year, deer rub their antlers off, although it is painful. 3. The therapist then asks the dreamer to reformulate the dream in abstract terms, not using the concrete elements, but the categories they belong to. This aims to get at the idea behind the particular example. With prompting, the dreamer expressed the idea that freedom involves getting rid of any characteristic of being a victim; and deer are the victims of hunters. The reformulation is then read back to the dreamer, to see how it might apply to his life. He immediately saw a parallel with his own desire to get free of his gambling addiction. Montangero notes that the process can be shortened by selecting only the main idea. Using dream interpretation in CBT work Having arrived at this interpretation, Montangero then focused his client on the new understanding of his addiction, that he was experiencing it as a restriction on his freedom; and encouraged him to enjoy freedom in his life more fully, by getting a more interesting job and resuming hiking.
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He then goes on to summarise the ways in which dreams can help in cognitive therapy: · By revealing distortions in thinking; · By showing over time how a client is shifting from victim roles into taking control of life; · By demonstrating dysfunctional schema (script beliefs); · By using the dream situation as a way of analysing the parallel situation in life; · By identifying positive resourcefulness when present in a dream; · By creating new endings to recurring nightmares, mainly by using the imagery rehearsal method. The dreamer reports the dream and is then invited to change it in any way he wants, and consciously practise the revised version several times. This reduces anxiety, and enables the dreamer to change the dream when it recurs. Imagery rehearsal is such an important method that I will write a separate article about it, based on Krakow's chapter in Rosner's book (2004). It also has similarities to some of the powerful techniques I have learned in Psychodrama and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Example I have personally used all of these methods with clients and taught them to trainees in my workshops for many years (along with additional methods). I will use an example here of my work with a very unpleasant dream presented to me by “Mandy,” a nurse, aged 47 at the time.
residue, needing to be expelled from the body. Why from the mouth? The normal exit must be overloaded or blocked. Reformulation: I am trying to stop myself getting rid of indigestible stuff, but it's making me sick. Interpretation: How did this fit her current life? Mandy was struck by the aptness of the metaphor. Earlier in the year she had invited her sister to stay for 10 days, hoping for a time of sharing; but Sister had chattered incessantly about trivia, not listening at all to Mandy, who had become increasingly frustrated at the lack of real communication. But out of politeness she had “held back” her true feelings. Six months had passed, during which she had not resumed contact with her sister; and now felt disgusted with herself. Analysis: Mandy seemed to be repeating old patterns of belief, such as I mustn't show anger, I must be nice, I can't make space for me… New ending: She decided to go home and do some gardening. She would symbolically vomit the shit into the dirt and use it as compost to grow new seeds. Then she would phone her sister and create more positive communication. She did these things, reflecting deeply; and reported feeling much better in herself, and developing a better relationship with her sister. Comment: This is a very clear example of how closely a dream metaphor encapsulated a real situation; and was rapidly elucidated in 20 minutes using a CBT method. In my next article I will describe the Imagery Rehearsal Technique for post-trauma dreams. My proposed article on Culture will come at a later date. You can contact me with comments or questions via my Website, www.Dreamwork.co.nz, or by email: Margaret@Dreamwork.co.nz.
Dream report: Shit Held Back I could feel stuff coming up from my stomach through a tube into my mouth. It was faeces, dry and full of chaff, and tasted revolting. With an effort I swallowed it back. I woke up with the taste still in my mouth, feeling revolted, but also aware of disappointment that I hadn't been honest about what was inside me. She still felt quite sickened as she talked about it, but wanted to understand its meaning. Description: I did not ask her to draw this, as it was primarily using her kinaesthetic and taste senses, but the feeling of disgust is clear. Her action is trying to prevent vomiting. Mnemonic sources: She recalled that as a child she had been intolerant of milk, vomiting it back, but had also hated having to eat dry weetbix. The dream reminded her of her struggles with food as a child, but she also understood now that her body was trying to protect her. Why shit? This is the indigestible
References Montangero, J., 2009, “Using Dreams in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy: Theory, Method and Examples,” in Dreaming, Vol 19:4, December 2009, the Journal of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, published in association with the American Psychological Association, www.apa.org.journals/drm. Rosner, R., Lyddon, W., Freeman, A., 2004, Cognitive Therapy and Dreams, Springer, NY.
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Supervision Course Review Suzie Morrell MNZAC After being supervised for twenty years and having supervised others for five years, I thought it might be timely to review my own supervision practice, develop some new skills and complete a formal qualification in the discipline. Although a beautiful part of the country, sparsely populated Marlborough brings its own challenges with regard to training opportunities; so undergoing training outside the region is often the norm. After asking other colleagues for feedback and doing some of my own scouting around, I decided on the Weltec Certificate in Supervision at the Christchurch campus. The programme was made up of two weekly blocks with a 10- week break between blocks to fulfil the course requirements. Whilst running a private practice this seemed the most manageable programme for me to undertake.
I stayed and the course continued on. As with other learning experiences, I have found that the most important aspect of training is the interaction with colleagues, so the shared learning and practical exercises were the most helpful aspect of this course. By the end of the first block, we had covered the 4C's: contact (building rapport); clear contracting (what is to be achieved); assessing and exploring the content transference/counter-transference, parallel process, etc.) and conclusion (with strategies and closing). All of these aspects of supervision were not new to me, but putting them into a logical sequence and working towards a clear beginning, middle and end was useful.
Setting off on a cold, foggy July morning I was filled with a joyful anticipation. Deciding to fly to Christchurch instead of putting in the usual four hours plus drive was a bonus. Day one and day two went by very slowly and I was beginning to ask myself where was the group's energy? Initially, the tutor used no other teaching styles other than talking to us. It would have helped my learning if some other teaching methods were employed: for example: flip charts, mind maps, whiteboard, role-plays, video examples, debate, anything but sitting all day together with the occasional discussion in two's or threes or reading of a chapter.
In the second part of the week we concentrated on the TAPES model: 1.Theory; what model or theory would we work with? 2. Assessment; what was/is happening with supervisee or supervisee's clients? 3. Any Parallel processes and transference/ counter-transference enactments? 4. Ethics, safety and professional practice issues to be explore and 5. What Strategies to take away from the session? This model provided an effective structure for the supervision session and to assist with keeping sessions on track.
By the evening of day two, I felt frustrated and even contemplated abandoning the course. I found the delivery to be slow, somewhat disjointed and repetitive. Other participants were also starting to make their feelings known. There was a lack of, or conflicting information, unclear or confusing instructions, haphazard start, finish or break times, people wondering in and out, and seemingly, little course plan or structure. On day three, I decided to own and express my concerns and disappointment with the course. The tutor graciously accepted my comments but sadly very little changed.
The other highlight for me was to reflect on my weak areas in this process and how I might strengthen them. I realized how valuable it was to endeavour to work in the supervisee's model and that could mean learning more about that model. Focussing on strategies was also important to consider. At the end of the day, it is all very well for a supervision session to have been enjoyable, enlightening, etc, but what will the supervisee take away from the session that will allow for something to change, grow or conclude? 28
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The ten weeks between the two blocks went by very quickly, but it was a useful time to reflect on the learning and put into practice either the 4C's, the TAPES model or both. In the weeks to follow, I kept a “post it” sticker on my desk to remind me to keep to a structure. At the same time, I was aware that keeping too rigid a structure could easily impact on the importance of the content and the supervisory relationship itself.
but we did not tackle this in the group. What about working with transference/countertransference enactments and parallel processes within the supervisee/client relationship or the supervision relationship? This is always worthy of reflection and discussion. Many of the group were experienced supervisors who wanted and needed more than the nuts and bolts of a supervision process. Personally, I would have liked to flesh out some creative solutions to the above areas.
As I had discovered from my own way of supervising, I was utilizing these processes but without deliberate structure. The required course supervision sessions provided a forum to record, reflect upon and write up the practical reviews. This also gave me the opportunity to review my own supervision sessions with both my primary and secondary supervisors. Both have individual styles and approaches. I also contemplated on what I needed more and less of in my own supervision. Together with my supervisors, I have been able to make some changes. After 10 weeks I returned to the second block in October (and the weather still cold!!) I was a little late due to the flight delays. As I settled in and turned to my colleague I asked him “What re-joining had been done?” He just shrugged and said “None - welcome to the second block!” Another tutor was to join us on the first day, but unfortunately she did not arrive until lunchtime the following day. Her style was more gregarious, but she did not really harness the energy of the larger group. She seemed to be more comfortable working in the smaller practice group environment where her experience and knowledge was the most constructive. At times, the two tutors were at odds with information about what we were doing next or how the final panel assessment was to be marked. This was confusing and frustrating. There were many aspects of the supervision process we did not cover. For example, how to encourage or challenge a resistant or reluctant supervisee? There were readings in the manual
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On reflection, I think commitment and energy was missing. The tutors were very experienced and highly knowledgeable and the course content, although better suited to beginner supervisors, was good. One of the tutor's failing health may have impacted on the course dynamics. However, the participants were a group of enthusiastic, varied and experienced practitioners who might have gained more from a well-prepared, well-executed and structured delivery. For a programme that was very much about feedback, reflection and practice, I was surprised that there was no opportunity to provide any formal evaluation on this course that is also NZQA accredited. This may have assisted the course administrators/tutors to receive feedback and make positive, constructive changes. Maybe next year….. Thank you to NZAC for their financial assistance. My contribution is my own personal opinion and does not reflect the opinion of the Editor, the Association or any other individual. Suzie Morrell Counsellor / Psychotherapist MNZAC; NZAP (provisional); Registered Psychotherapist (interim) BPANZ
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Finding a forum for counsellor educators Alastair Crocket In October 2009 I was privileged to attend the Association of Counsellor Education and Supervision (ACES) conference at the Town & Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, California. My thinking about this experience since then has led me to ask how counsellor educators in Aotearoa might build a community to further common interests. Alistair after cycling across the Golden gate Bridge ACES is one of nearly twenty divisions of the American Counselling Association. In NZ terms this is a huge conference with approximately 1000 participants attending over three and a half days. This huge scale notwithstanding, most of the 500 presentations were 'round tables' shared among fewer than 10 participants seated around a table. Within a huge conference it was possible to engage in close conversations with presenters, something that is not always possible in much smaller conferences. The 'round table' format encouraged the presenter to be just one person in the circle of participants.
heated argument about multi-cultural issues between their students than my colleagues and I would. We have worked carefully to encourage respectful dialogue rather than persistent anger and hurt. I am interested in this apparent difference. I wondered about the value of the Treaty of Waitangi as a metaphor to guide respectful relationships. On the other hand I know that some visitors from the US find New Zealanders in general much less assertive than in American society. I would have appreciated the opportunity to visit classes and observe - another time perhaps.
From the beginning of my work in Counsellor and Social Work education I have chosen to teach in modules where students explore â&#x20AC;&#x153;the meaning and implications of the Treaty of Waitangiâ&#x20AC;? for practice and which invite students to appreciate difference. So I was interested to attend as many sessions as I could that addressed what in the United States are called multi-cultural issues in counsellor education.
Two presentations on the last day of the conference led me to reflect on differences between these multi-cultural discussions and our practice in Aotearoa. I had not realized that most people leave before the last day, so these presentations had very small audiences. Dr Mike Cutler led both these presentations where he described his research and work in indigenous American communities. Mike is Fort Hall/Wind River Shoshone and has affiliations with the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota peoples in the Dakotas. Whereas the multi-cultural counselling presentations concerned issues in managing discussions in the multi-cultural counselling paper, Mike was sharing cultural knowledges within a framework which brought these to the fore. Once I was back home it took me some time to articulate the resonance that I felt between his presentations and my life and practice in Aotearoa. Although this may seem an exaggeration in the end I have decided that Mike's presentation was strongly resonant with Mâori tikanga and kawa and invited respectful appreciation of cultural knowledge. The other, multi-cultural, presentations that I have alluded to focused much more on problems of engagement with and between students across cultural divides.
Participating in a range of presentations considering aspects of multi-cultural education gave me a rare opportunity to reflect on apparent differences between the preferred approaches of the teaching team that I am part of and the experiences of the American counsellor educators who teach on what is generally called 'the multicultural counselling paper'. Most of the participants who participated in these round tables identified as people of colour, some of these had migrated to the US to study and work, some were white. I did not meet another person at the conference who had travelled to the US for the conference. One enduring impression I gained was of educators appearing to advocate a greater level of 30
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A major feature of the conference was a fourhour social justice forum where we were allocated into small groups and asked to reflect on how counsellor educators could work towards social justice. This is a relatively new initiative in this conference. Four hours was a very significant commitment of conference time and some participants in the group I attended found this a very emotional experience. One described the pain for her of seeing the rest of her teaching team heading away from the meeting venue as she walked towards it. She doubted she would have their support for addressing social justice within their programme.
community. At best some educators meet at National Conferences and Research conferences. A passionate group of counsellor educators met in a forum at the NZAC conference in Hamilton and National Executive is addressing the remits that this group brought into the AGM. I wonder if counsellor educators in Aotearoa can develop a stronger sense of professional community? One comment in the counsellor education forum in Hamilton was that post registration a relationship with counsellor educators will be at least as important to the Registration Board as one with NZAC. I am aware that social work educators meet with the Social Work Registration Board twice each year.
Many other things left an impression. Predominantly these impressions are about the huge scale of counsellor education in the US. There are hundreds of counsellor education programmes. Counsellor education is significantly regulated there. The Council for Accreditation of Counsellor and Related Education Programs (CACREP) approves and ranks programmes. Counselling practice is also regulated through State licensing requirements. Looking back at this experience six months later I reflect on the issues that face counsellor education in Aotearoa as state regulation of counselling practice appears to loom closer. ACES and its regional divisions offers North American counsellor educators a significant site to engage as a professional community. For counsellor educators in Aotearoa it can be difficult to have a sense of professional
I know that all counsellor educators engage in this work because we are committed to the development of a strong counselling professional community. The moment is here where counsellor educators need to function as an interest group to address the particular concerns of counsellor education within the broader concerns of the NZAC counselling community. Currently, NZAC does not have a strong consultative relationship with counsellor educators. I hope that there are ways that Dianne Begg and I as two counsellor educators who are also members of National Executive can facilitate some collegial connection between counsellor educators.
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D-Day for Psychotherapy Registration Dr Jonathan Fay MNZAP This article opposing Government registration of health professionals and documenting the experience of psychotherapy registration has been sent to me by Dr Jonathan Fay. It is to be published in the next NZAP Newsletter. Editor
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really is time for psychotherapists to make some important decisions about the registration and regulation of our profession. Three years down the track, the regulation of the profession by the Government looks more and more like an expensive exercise with little point or purpose, entirely non-contributory to public safety and potentially detrimental to the health and wellbeing of psychotherapy and psychotherapists. PBANZ (Psychotherapists Board of Aotearoa New Zealand) has so far produced two pieces of regulatory documentation, a standards of competence document and a draft Code of Ethics, both of which are well below the standard of articulate self-reflection previously established by NZAP. The supposed benefits of State sponsorship, which are occupational security and access to public funds, have failed to materialize. The costs of State sponsorship, by contrast, are real, and include some very disturbing covert dynamics of authoritarianism and coercive threat. PBANZ has shown itself incapable and not even particularly interested in establishing a positive relationship with tangata whenua practitioners or with professional psychotherapy organizations such as NZAP. Registration costs have escalated without consultation, supported only by the claim that a huge surplus is needed in case it becomes necessary to pursue expensive legal action against something or someone someday. But the Board's legalistic intentions to date seem almost exclusively directed towards the psychotherapists among us who have refused to register, for reasons of conscience or otherwise. Every month, we are treated to yet another reminder that unregistered psychotherapists are practicing outside the law. Why this obsession with the illegality (so-called) of not registering? PBANZ claim that they are now the proud new owners of the word psychotherapy and the title psychotherapist. In fact, the Board has nothing more substantial to support this claim than a legal opinion which they themselves have sought, bought and paid for. No case law supports the claim that it is illegal to practice psychotherapy without registering. No judge has ever ruled on this issue. None of us want to be the test case, none of us wish to be prosecuted in this manner, but it is quite possible, even plausible that the PBANZ claim would be struck down in a court of law as unduly and unreasonably
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restrictive. Psychotherapists who decline to register and go on practicing psychotherapy are not engaging in any specific restricted activity. The Ministry presumption that any “psychosocial intervention” whatsoever is now a restricted activity is a legal nonsense. Waving good morning to your neighbor is a psychosocial intervention. What if registration were revealed to be an entirely voluntary matter, available to those who want access to Government controlled public funding but otherwise unnecessary? Would you choose to register? It has been suggested that NZAP made its bed and must now lie in it. We sought registration. We lobbied for it and made it happen. If we are honest with ourselves, we will acknowledge that we were motivated by status seeking. We wanted to be equal to psychiatrists, equal to clinical psychologists and better than the counsellors. Are we now any more equal or better as a result of registration? Of course not. We were also seeking access to public funds, and there is little doubt that public health funding will increasingly be restricted to registered professions and registered professionals. We want our share of the pie. But at what price? We didn't sign up to be managed by a Crown Authority that is actively opposed to our autonomy, our traditions, and our psychotherapy values. We assumed we would enjoy a collegial, partnership relationship with the Board. We even thought that since NZAP represents the majority of practicing psychotherapists, our members might make up the majority membership of the Board. Logical enough. But in hindsight, we were very naïve, and sadly, we didn't do our homework. The negative effects of regulatory State authority on psychotherapy in other countries have already been documented and debated at length in print. A growing and increasingly international movement of resistance to psychotherapists becoming State registered exists in the UK, Ireland and elsewhere. Closer to home, we have discovered too late that the HPCA legislation on which the Board's authority is based is itself fatally flawed. It consolidates Governmental authority over the professions while doing next to nothing to enhance public safety. Government safety standards are and will remain far below the practice standards required by NZAP.
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The HPCA Act also contains a Treaty escape clause designed with the explicit intent to circumvent the Treaty. The Treaty Clause exempts Regulatory Authorities from their Treaty obligations by claiming that these Authorities are technically not Crown entities. On the strength of this technicality, RA's like PBANZ are exempt from any requirements for partnership with tangata whenua. In this important respect, the HPCA Act actually violates the NZAP's Code of Ethics, which unequivocally affirms our commitment to respect and value our Treaty partner. The current state of play between PBANZ and NZAP may be summarized briefly as follows: Ethics: PBANZ convened an Ethics working party, which I chaired. We were a group numbering 12 in which a diverse plurality of professional psychotherapy organizations were represented. With input from the Working Party, Margaret Morice, representing Waka Oranga and I, representing NZAP, co-authored an ethical charter consisting of eight ethical values and principles from Te Ao Maori relevant to the practice of psychotherapy and eight ethical values and principles from Te Ao Pakeha relevant to the practice of psychotherapy. This set of bi-cultural ethical guidelines was enthusiastically endorsed by the working party along with the recommendation that a plurality of professional codes of ethics be retained and allowed to continue functioning successfully as they have done to date. In our consensus opinion, the Codes of Ethics of various professional organizations such as NZAP (New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists), NZAC (New Zealand Association of Counsellors), NZACAP (New Zealand Association of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists), ANZSJA (Australian and New Zealand Society of Jungian Analysts), ANZPA (New Zealand Transactional Analysis Association), and NZTAA (New Zealand Transactional Analysis Association) were to be recognized and commended for functioning well with a very low level of complaints and left intact. The Board subsequently elected not to follow the Working Party's recommendations and to abandon its bicultural ethical charter, preferring instead to reinvent the wheel and propose its own Code of Ethics. The Board's draft Code is now available for consultation. It can be downloaded from www.pbanz.org.nz in the News and Events section listed under current consultations. The Board has given 'stakeholders' (us) until 9 May to make submissions concerning this Code of Ethics, which will thereafter come into force and be used to govern the ethical conduct of all registered psychotherapists. I am unashamedly biased, even somewhat chauvinistic about the NZAP Code of Ethics that I co-authored in 2004. I consider the PBANZ draft Code of Ethics to be both poorly organized and poorly written. It is a disorganized re-presentation of the NZAP Code of Ethics.
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Much more serious, however, is the fact that the Board Code of Ethics is a thoroughly monocultural document with Te Reo Maori terminology misappropriated and pasted over the top of it. This is disrespectful of our Maori psychotherapist colleagues, contrary to the spirit and intent of the Treaty, and contrary to our NZAP Code of Ethics. To cite just a few brief examples of cultural misappropriation, manaakitanga is equated with respect rather than care and generosity, tohungatanga which actually refers to expertise is equated with care, pono is equated with honesty rather than integrity, while rangatiratanga which means chiefly authority is equated with integrity, and so forth. Moreover the logic by which specific items are grouped under each category is entirely obscure. Items bear little logical relationship to their category. While honesty and integrity might be thought to refer to an essentially similar set of practitioner attributes, in the Board's draft Code they encompass entirely different and divergent sets of requirements ranging from non-harassment of clients and avoiding harming clients to ensuring anonymity of clinical material or not raising false hopes in research subjects or continuing professional education or practicing regular self-care. The Board's premature attempt to synthesize and collapse the difference between Te Ao Maori and Te Ao Pakeha has resulted in a jumble. Contrast this with the clarity and coherence of allowing bicultural ethical values and principles to coexist side by side and separate, as in the Ethics Committee Working Party's original report and recommendation to the Board. Complaints: Little has actually changed with the State complaints procedure except that the complementary NZAP complaints process has now been lost, having supposedly become redundant and in any case too expensive to privately fund and operate. It has become clear that the Board will perform little of the actual work of managing complaints itself. The Board receives and passes on complaints to the Disability Commissioner and the Human Rights Commission, both of whom have their own mandated procedures for hearing complaints. In certain instances the Board may be referred back to by these bodies or asked to convene complaints tribunals. As professional expertise is usually required to rule on complaints matters involving clinical practice, the membership of these tribunals will likely be volunteers drawn from the ranks of the profession. The Board will pay itself to monitor and oversee the work of unpaid professionals. The same arrangement applies to Board convened Working Parties. Board members are paid to attend, while other members of the profession donate their time, energy and expertise on a volunteer basis.
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I have made a formal request to meet with the NZAC National Executive on 13 May 2010 to discuss IRP and explore partnership possibilities.
Cultural Competencies: The Board has repeatedly demonstrated its inability to comprehend, apply, or enact principles of cultural competence. The Board has entered into and then subsequently unilaterally dissolved relationships with both Waka Oranga and Nga Ao E Rua. Despite repeated requests to clarify its intentions, attitudes and actions, the Board has point blank refused to address areas of concern detailed in writing by these two organizations.
We may be able to agree in principle to form an IRCP that would allow counselors to avoid having to go down the State registration path. Independently registered counsellors and psychotherapists could be separate but equal in a partnership organization with political clout and the determination to pursue psychological and social health and wellbeing for all New Zealanders in Aotearoa. This would actually meet criteria for registration's mission of public safety more effectively than through State registration.
As the astute reader will by now have surmised, I (and many others like me) are not remotely satisfied with the Board's performance. Time, energy and money have been wasted, are being and will continue to be wasted. Worse still, the profession is being exposed to significant risk through the superimposition of a culture of authoritarian bureaucracy fundamentally alien to and at odds with the core values of psychotherapy. Our high standards and hard-won advances in clinical and cultural understanding are at risk of being compromised. Our professional autonomy, self-determination and self-responsibility are being undermined. Is there something we can do about this? Do we have a choice?
Even if State registration proves to be a done deal, even if PBANZ is eventually able to prove in court that they have been awarded the legal right to police us and bully us into paying them whatever they deem necessary regardless of our wishes, IRP can still function effectively as a professional Trade Union. If our membership numbers continue to grow in line with current estimates, we will be in a position to challenge the Board's imperial assumptions and threatening rhetoric. We can engage in collective bargaining to reduce the annual State registration fee by 20% or more next September. We can negotiate directly with the Ministry for the election of one or more PBANZ Board members preferred by a majority of registered psychotherapists. We can challenge monocultural healthcare legislation and we can offset the paranoid pursuit of the unregistered with a new focus and determination that genuinely increases the safety of the public - active social advocacy and the development of public/private partnerships that will help to ensure that those on the margins of society receive the funding and the access to psychotherapy services that they need and deserve. But to do this we need your help. In numbers there is power. Search your heart for your ideals, your pockets for a big gold coin, and join us.
Yes, we do. We can choose to act on the working assumption that State registration is a voluntary decision for all psychotherapists until proven otherwise in a court of law. Rather than endlessly complaining to or about the Board, we can set up our own Independent Registration Authority and actually demonstrate to the Board how they could and ought to be conducting themselves. At the recent annual NZAP Conference in Nelson we inaugurated the IRP, the Independently Registered Psychotherapists. Membership by gold coin donation was made available to all registered psychotherapists as well as those psychotherapists who meet criteria for registration but who elect not to register for reasons of conscience or otherwise. Our membership grew over three days of the Conference to nearly 60 and included the President and Past President of NZAP and several other members of Council.
You may contact Jonathan by email at jonathan.fay@xtra.co.nz Dr. Jonathan Fay has been a leading figure in the psychotherapy community in Aotearoa NZ for the past 20 years. Originally trained as a clinical psychologist, Jonathan taught in the AUT psychotherapy training programme from 1991-2003 and served on the NZAP Executive Council 19921996 as Chair of the National Supervision Committee and 2000-2007 as Chair of the Ethics and Professional Standards Committee. He is married to NZAC Member Margaret Poutu Morice. They have three children.
After last Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Auckland Branch Meeting, we have more than 75 members, most of whom are registered with PBANZ. No need to choose either/or. We welcome dual registration. The IRP will aim to function democratically. A Board will be elected by the membership. Registration fees will be set by the membership on the basis of a transparent budget. Public safety will be broadly rather than narrowly construed, and will include the intention of making psychotherapy services more available to those who can least afford them and need them most. We have set aside Friday 10 September 2010 10am-3pm to vigorously discuss registration issues and debate possible action steps.
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POEMS ABOUT AGING AND LOSS Greg Bartlett MNZAC Old I am too tired for therapy, too old to block out the world with love and ambition. This life seems trivial, petty, the cup half empty, the eyes half-shut. My ears explode With hair and wax.
Syd Barrett Moments i. Today the wind too close. The aeroplane groans too near. My feelings are in my face. There is nothing more than fear. After being numbed, dumbed down, door after door I closed, a barricade. My senses receive the cactus thorn. The light is like a glare, floodlights on the stairs. I seem to hear beneath the surface of what is being said.
The Man I Am This jumbled anomaly That is the man I am. And yet am not. To fill the dark heart with blood, put warmth in my bitterness, give up making amends. Remember how silence descends. Beneath the wave-dark sky the gulls' grief in the effort of their wings that push away the air, escape the threat of rain, no mention of despair.
ii. Yesterday I had too few skins. The most ordinary things shocked and shook me. My own thoughts made me stop, take stock. I looked at the sky, and the green fields round me. It was as if my guts were exposed to the cruel light of day. The pin-pricks and dagger thrusts, The gun in your face threat To who you are. I stumbled and regained my feet. I knew it would go away. And it did. I didn't.
Hemlock The cloud lifted, my head heavy with the melody of fatigue. This song, almost a dirge, this chapter and verse, this chorus. You turn sixty, said Geoff, you throw the little party. You drink the hemlock.
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The New Zealand Journal of Counselling Highlights of the enclosed issue for your reading pleasure . . . A notable feature of this issue of the Journal is that all the articles originated as presentations at the 2009 NZAC Conference, Doing Hope Together. Members who attended the conference had such difficult choices to make from an abundantly rich programme that this issue may well give you an opportunity to enjoy material that you missed hearing, while those who could not attend can experience a tantalizing sample. Many factors contribute to creating a successful conference but at the heart are always the capacity to engage and the quality of content in the presentations. These characteristics also hold true of effective writing. In this issue of the Journal, Kaethe Weingarten, a keynote speaker at the conference, argues for the concept of “reasonable hope” and offers possible ways this might be incorporated into our practices as we and our clients “do hope together.” As an academic, a practitioner, and a Jewish woman who has faced life threatening illness herself, she engages readers on multiple levels. The next two articles present innovative and inspiring work by Mâori practitioners in relation to “doing hope” in creative ways with Mâori clients in Aotearoa New Zealand. In Eugene Davis' research, supervised by co-author Kathie Crocket, into the use of Michael White's “outsider witnessing” practices with Mâori men, he uncovered new possibilities for enabling men to engage in conversations of deep personal significance with their mates about what it means to be a man. Teina Piripi and Vivienne Body, in Tihei-wa Mauri Ora, describe the development in their practice of a visually beautiful and symbolically powerful mental health assessment tool, based on the key elements of the Mâori creation story. This exciting contribution to indigenous therapeutic resources has potential for use by both Mâori and non-Mâori practitioners. Byron Seuili then makes an important contribution to the development of Pasifika counselling theory and practice with his article explaining the traditional concept and practices of meaalofa (gifting) and discussing the ways in which these underpin and guide therapeutic processes with Samoan people. Jeannie Wright explores the possibilities of dialogical journal writing, not only as a personcentred therapeutic process and as a way of practicing mindfulness, but also as a research method, in a case study of “Jane's” experience of journalling as significantly helpful in her life. Finally, Margaret Bowater discusses the potential significance of nightmares, and recommends, using illustrative examples, ways of working that can provide clients with relief from these distressing dreams. We feel certain this issue will stimulate, inspire and move you, and will stretch your thinking!
Margaret Agee and Philip Culbertson, Co-editors
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Book Reviews
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Speakers Bar A novel by Averill Richardson MNZAC ISBN 978-1-877534-04-1 Printed by First Editions Ltd. Online Orders www.quest4love.co.nz Also available from http://www.nzbookshop.co.nz Reviewer Jo-Ann Vivian, Relationship Services
I acknowledge the review by Roy Bowden in the February journal which provided a comprehensive summary of The Speakers Bar. The author, Averill Richardson, was keen to have reviews from both a male and female perspective, hence a second review. Averill Richardson continues her tradition of challenging thinking and perceptions. She asks us to consider how a novel about relationships could assist us in our counselling practice. She invites us into a world where values and notions of life, values and both personal and professional relationships are constantly challenged and where the subtle pressures and effects of domestic violence are played out in the life of the central character. More than other theme, the ideas about romance and intimate relationships weave throughout the novel. We can let our imagination wander and leap to many conclusions about the purpose of the after life speakers at the bar, and wonder about the place of counselling and the impact of previous experiences on current relationships. We are left to wonder about romance and love and power and control and how clearly we can ever see and understand our own behaviour and motives. Having read the novel I was left wondering how it fitted with the usual range of books reviewed for professional publications. And like the previous reviewer, I share the belief that as counsellors we benefit from a broad range of experiences and must move beyond academic and practice focused reading and experience if we are to be fully aware and present in our work with clients. This is a novel for indulging whimsy and allowing the story to evoke our own reflections and images on the meaning of life and relationships and how our own values and beliefs affect us in our work with clients.
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Counselling Suicidal Clients Andrew Reeves Sage Publications 2010 Available from Footprint Books www.footprint.com.au or The Women’s Bookshop, Auckland www.womensbookshop.co.nz Reviewer: Clare Hamilton MNZAC
This book has been beautifully written for counsellors of all experience levels and outlines the issues that present when we are faced with the challenge of working with a suicidal client. Although it is written by a British author and highlights British statistics, all the information applies regardless of our geographical location. The statistics mentioned in the book will be pretty much across the board as will be the expectations around confidentiality and policy and procedures, whether you are working in an agency or in private practice. As I was reading these particular sections I was translating it to my experience and it really did fit. What has struck me the most about this book is the need for us as counsellors to have a really clear idea of what our own attitudes are to suicide. At one point the author had written several scenarios that had presented during counselling and he asked the reader to think about what their immediate reaction was to each case. I was really amazed at my own response and I decided that I needed to do some work on this in supervision. Our reactions are, of course, relevant to our personal experience and life views but hugely influence our response to the suicidal client. I am intending to raise this topic in my conversations with my colleagues. The more familiar we are with the idea of suicide the more likely we are to not shy away from it in our work with clients. One of the chapters that I found to be very informative was on Confidentiality, Capacity and Consent. This was such an eye opener and prompted a lot of soul searching. How we manage the situation is significant to the outcome, so what are our views on confidentiality? At what point do we, in consultation with clients, break confidentiality and get others involved? Does it mean that because a client is talking about suicide they don't have the capacity to make an informed decision; they are not capable of caring for themselves? These points again prompted more soul searching around my own beliefs and opinions, but hey, isn't that what it's all about? The chapter on “note taking” was extremely interesting. Often as counsellors, we get a gut feeling about something in the counselling room. This chapter highlighted the importance of acknowledging that gut feeling but our response to it has to be backed with knowledge grounded in familiar skills and rooted in sound philosophical and theoretical models. The significance of this is that if a client suicides we may be asked to present notes to relevant people. We want to be able to justify our reasons for doing what we did, not just for others, but for our own peace of mind. There are many other great points in this book which, of course, I can not fit into 500 words. However, I strongly recommend this book to all counsellors. It is easy reading, interesting, relevant and prompts a whole heap of thinking and discussion with colleagues. I imagine that all clients will benefit from the information contained on these pages so go for it, you won't regret having it in your library.
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Integration in Counselling & Psychotherapy nd 2 Edition Phil Lapworth & Charlotte Sills Sage Publications Ltd 2010 Available from Footprint Books www.footprint.com.au or The Women’s Bookshop, Auckland www.womensbookshop.co.nz Reviewer: Beth Webster MNZAC All is experiment and adventure - Virginia Woolf. Indeed! This work is exciting, challenging and fruitful! Lapworth and Sills provide useful ideas and a highly personal approach, about the paradox of integration of counselling and psychotherapy so we, the practitioner, may consider this, each in our own unique way. Their scholarly and dynamic way of working, enables us to remain true to our values and ethics, while managing the huge collective political and regulatory challenges that we here in New Zealand are continuing to face.
us through a variety of aspects, categorizations, and areas of focus, so we may compare and contrast, adopt, adapt or reject, according to our own individual views and perspectives. The therapeutic relationship is then explored for our developing definition. From the wealth of literature on this topic they chose six aspects to explore: the working alliance, the transference and the real relationship, the reparative relationship, the transpersonal and contextual relationship. These are further grouped into three domains: the professional, defined and imposed by the roles of the participants- the therapist and client:the projective relationship is the area created by (both accurate and inaccurate) assumptions, expectations and constructions of each party; and the personal relationship, the area in which the partners in the relationship meet as person to person.
They present from the U.K. a leading desensitising work for any counsellor or psychotherapist who may be concerned with What's normal? They lead the individual practitioner to decide what is acceptable in our social, family, medical, legal, religious, age or cultural concepts and circumstances of relationships. After their history of the emergence of integrative approaches they discuss over-arching frameworks for integration. They first consider our developing theory of Human Beings, asking What is the Nature of the Human Condition? What Do People Search for? What is Personality and How is it Formed? How Might Human Unhappiness Lead to Life Problems? And How Can Therapy Help? Answers from the leading therapists we all know, are explored and discussed as we are encouraged to model our own framework.
The relational perspective is then explored. They quote Kegan, 1982: a person's life depends...on whether he or she moves someone...our survival and development depend on our capacity to recruit the invested attention of others to us. Kegan proposes that a counsellor or psychotherapist needs to provide a suitable “holding environment” as well as an attitude towards the client of recruitability a willingness to be 'captured' i.e. to be available to the client in the service of his growth..
Next we are encouraged to develop an integrative framework. The frameworks include the particular theory and then a working example of the relevant practical implications. They selected four examples of integrative frameworks to demonstrate both commonality and diversity of integrative conceptualisations already in existence. Their exploration of the Multidimensional Integrative Framework leads
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The Mindfulness Solution Everyday Practices for Everyday problems Ronald D. Siegel, PsyD The Guilford Press 2010 Available from Footprint Books www.footprint.com.au or The Women’s Bookshop, Auckland www.womensbookshop.co.nz Reviewer: Wendy Spragg MNZAC I looked at the title of this book and thought there is that word again………… maybe this time I'll find out what it really means! In this book Ronald Siegel takes the term mindfulness, defines it and shows how, with a little practice, it can be a useful tool for each one of us. Ronald Siegel is a clinical psychologist who has been a member of the clinical faculty at Harvard Medical School for more than 25 years. His personal struggle with back pain led him to become aware of the Mind/Body relationship and to develop a mind/body approach to healing. He teaches this throughout America and maintains a private practice in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Previously he has written for professionals however this book appears to be a down-to-earth guide on the background, practice and possible uses of mindfulness for the everyday person. The book is written in two parts. In Part One Siegel explores a little of the development of mindfulness, offers his definition of mindfulness and a discussion of what mindfulness can achieve. He also gives a number of simple descriptions of various ways to practice mindfulness. He cites the usual definition of mindfulness as being: 'awareness of present experience with acceptance' (pg 27), and as he explains this definition he separates mindfulness as a practice or state of being from religions which he defines as sets of beliefs. He outlines informal (those that can be practiced while doing something else) and formal (those for which time is deliberately set aside) practices, and looks first at practices which develop or increase our ability to concentrate or focus and then at noticing and accepting (not judging) our every thought and feeling. Mindfulness involves both of these processes. He suggests that with much practice it is possible by combining informal and formal practices to live in an almost constant state of mindfulness, aware and comfortable with all our experiences. In Part Two Siegel examines six common areas of difficulty and the ways a particular selection of the formal and informal mindfulness practices can be used to deal with each one. The difficulties looked at are: worry and anxiety, depression, physical pain and illnesses related to stress, relationships, bad habits and our relationship to aging, illness and death. His definition of each difficulty is at least partly accurate and mindfulness, along with an examination of the personal issues around each difficulty, appears potentially very effective. In this book Siegel gives clear teaching on mindfulness and the techniques that can be used to develop it. This teaching is written in such a way that it can be easily applied in our self-work as well as in our work with clients. Siegel recommends reading the book as a whole in order to benefit from all that mindfulness has to offer, however I found the content a little repetitive and see the book as a good “how-to” or reference book.
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Passionate Supervision Edited by Robin Shohet Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2008 Available from Footprint Books www.footprint.com.au or The Women’s Bookshop, Auckland www.womensbookshop.co.nz Reviewe: Cilla Heymer MNZAC
I was led to Passionate Supervision by my own supervisor at a time when I had cause to question my style of supervision. During the reading of this book, I felt both validated and encouraged to continue “to think outside the box” as Jochen Encke, the first contributor, so eloquently puts it. Robin Shohet has brought together an eclectic group of supervisors from the fields of consultancy, education, coaching, psychotherapy, youth work and homeopathy to express what passionate supervision means for them. He introduces each chapter and asks the writer what they most wanted the reader to get from reading their chapter. Perhaps their answers can be summed up in the words of Sheila Ryan who says “The invitation to you is to pause for breath and inquire within.” (p.69) “The thread that runs through all the chapters is asking us to see the world of our clients, supervisee, ourselves and the organisations we work for with fresh eyes, not allowing ourselves to become myopic with others' expectations”. (Introduction p.14). As the reviewer in the British Journal of Social Work writes “It is a deeply thoughtful and thought-provoking book, bringing together a blend of good supervision practices, concepts from therapy and learning, philosophy and personal experience.” “Every contributor to this book has openly and honestly shared their vulnerability and learning, and the style is intimate, illuminating and spiritual.” (Social Policy and Social Work Subject Centre.) What more can I add to these recommendations? Passionate Supervision not only reaffirmed the way I approach supervision but it went on to both challenge and liberate me to be passionate in my supervision. It gave me permission to take the whole of my experience into the supervisory space, whether as a supervisor or supervisee. As Julie Hewson so beautifully put it, it provides “an oasis or a fireside, a place where a weary traveller can take some respite and nourishment to continue his or her professional journey.” (p.34) In the concluding chapter, Robin Shohet asks himself the question as to what he wanted the reader to get from his chapter and he replies “To see the spirituality in supervision…..” This book has certainly enabled me and inspired me to continue my practice of supervision in a 'soul-full' way. Thus I recommend it to all who work in supervision as a source of nourishment and as a valuable resource.
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You Shut Up! Re-defining Teenager Eva Maria AXAS Ltd Available from Eva-Maria: em@youshutup.co.nz www.youshutup.co.nz Ph. 04 977 7877 Reviewer: Amanda Jack MNZAC If you are the kind of person who likes interacting with the typical confrontational teenager attitude, then this is the book for you. If you have (or have had) enough of that sort of thing in dealing with your own teenage kids, or your teenage clients, then you might well want to spend your reading time engaging with something written in something closer to the measured, reasonable tone usually affected by books in our field. The book is presented, by Eva Maria and a slew of blurbs and forewords, as something that will give the reader new insight into where teenagers are coming from, and new strategies about how to parent them effectively. This is certainly a tempting prospect both for parents and for counsellors. Unfortunately, readers are unlikely to find that the book always carries through on this promise. Very often, it rather ends up sounding very much like any old teenager you've heard a hundred times before: “You shut up!” "All we get are mixed messages;" "Parents ground their children all the time - half the time they don't even tell them why;" "If you give up on us, it just means you're giving up on the future;" "Why not treat your teenager like a human being?" However, there may be a hidden advantage to this strategy or feature of the book's style. Precisely where Eva Maria's book departs from the balanced presentation we expect from our reading - precisely where she rants, speaks txt, waxes sarcastic, presumes she knows what you're thinking, shows off a charmingly naive rendition of worldly-wisdom, and yells (the page is full of eye-popping bold, italics, capitals, bold italic capitals, etc.) - she gives us a golden opportunity to consider the immoderate, unreasonable reactions all these "typical teen" stunts provoke in us. Such an ascetic exercise may not be everybody's cup of tea. But on reflection, it struck me that in fact, the opportunity for such reflection is actually relatively rare. We tend either to encounter this teen mentality in real life, and real time, and have to deal with it as best we can on the fly (or at best, reflect regretfully on how we might better have handled it afterwards!), or else to avoid it entirely. To be presented with such a vivid, steaming slice of teen bravado and aggro in a controlled setting, where you have ample space (and the privacy!) to reflect fully and honestly on the buttons it pushes, may actually be a valuable thing in its own way, for those who can stomach it! Once you can get past the in-your-face-ness of it all (starting with the title: You Shut Up!), there are also gems of insight and nuggets of good advice. But on the whole, this book is not so much a “good read”, as it is an experiential exercise. As when interacting with a real teenager, so when reading this book: If you can get past the presentation, and have an iron-clad belief that there is a way to connect with what is before you, you find that underneath it all is a good deal of common sense and wisdom. Will I be able to stop myself having to have the last word, though? “I get your point, but why do you have to be so ----in' aggro?!” 42
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REPRINT NOW AVAILABLE LEARNINGS BY George Sweet This little book has been in constant demand over the years. George decided to reprint it with a few more learnings. 250 copies only! Order now to make sure you get one. $22.00 incl. p & p. Send money to George’s Kiwibank account 389001 0650129 02 And email your delivery address to george.sweet@clear.net.nz Reviewer: Winnie Duggan MNZAC Learning No 1- a morning of frustration trying to get someone to fix my computer doesn't mean the whole day is lost- especially when a wee treasure arrives in the mailbox! Finding George Sweet's “Learnings” in the mail gifted me with the opportunity to nourish my soul, the very notion I had been exploring with a supervisee earlier that morning. And so I found a spot in the sun and settled down to indulge myself in being with George and his wisdoms.
I already find that I often have George in the counselling room with me and can access his wisdom when tempted to 'leave the room' to find an appropriate technique, rather than being me with a client. And I regularly challenge supervisees who know George through NZAC or his writings, with the thought, “What would George do with this?” (It's often an attempt to refocus on being with clients and their pain rather finding a solution for them).
Having been asked to create this review, I started at the front and began to turn the pages. But I should have known! George's books are not ones to religiously follow page by page- they beg you to get involved with or inspired by a comment, any comment, on any page, at any time. So I shouldn't have been surprised when I turned over one page and a slip of paper fell out, stating that “This is not a book to be read through. Open any page. Leave it open all day. Reflect on it.” I belly-laughed and thought of George mischievously putting this slip into each book and guessing the reaction it might have for each reader- so typical of the man!
So now I have some more offerings from George to take with me on my journey and for that I am grateful. And yes, George, I've even started writing down some of my own collection. I doubt that I have the “assurance of a duke, the wit of a courier (or) the guts of a burglar” to earn my bread writing books, so I'll keep to counselling, think about that jolly issue of fees and attempt to keep myself, me. And for those of you who are wondering about whether to purchase a copy for yourselves, if you've loved and appreciated George's challenges in the newsletter or at conferences over the years, you will appreciate this book, I am sure. You'll find “Learnings” a lot like a “Louise Hay for Counsellors”- leave a page open and take the time to reflect on one of the learnings. It may inspire a conversation at your next supervision session or you might even start your own collection of wisdoms from your journey! At the very least you'll gain an insight into one of the reasons why George was made a life member of NZAC. As an Association we are certainly richer for his wisdom and I know I will continue to find times to indulge myself with a spot in the sun and “Learnings” open to challenge and inspire me.
And there were other belly-laughs as I enjoyed my afternoon, dipping into the pages and the wisdoms of George. I won't tell you them all- each of us will have our own responses and I don't want to ruin the impact they might have for you. Suffice to say that this is a book that offered me moments of laughter, smiles, nods of agreement, deep wisdom, and thoughtful reflection not only on my work but of aspects of my personal life, and precious offerings that will be useful in my counselling and supervision work.
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“Twenty years ago, Dr. Courtois was a pioneer. Now she is a wise authority. Healing the Incest Wound has been a classic since it was first published, and has helped to enlighten and train a generation of practitioners. The second edition, which integrates new findings from many disciplines, will remain a classic for the next generation.” Judith Herman (Trauma & Recovery) “Her feminist-based trauma-referenced relational model of psychotherapy with attention to developmental, attachment, loss, and family systems issues- places the client's specific needs at the centre of care.” Pamela C. Alexander, senior research Scientist, Wellesley Centres for Women.
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Conference
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Cross-cultural Conversations about Pacific Identities, Mental Health and Wellbeing
September 30, 2010 8.45am - 3.30pm University of Auckland, Tamaki campus You are warmly invited to attend this one-day event sponsored by the Auckland Branch of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors in association with School of Counselling, Human Services and Social Work The University of Auckland Cost: NZAC/ACA Member - $120 Non-members - $150 Student/Low income - $80 Of the many themes that interweave to shape pacific people’s lives and wellbeing, particular strands that will be addressed in this symposium include identities, “inbetweenness” and connectedness; change, loss, grief and gain; resilience and joy; spirit and wellbeing. This one-day pacific research symposium is an opportunity for dialogue among researchers and practitioners in fields related to mental health and wellbeing of people of the Pacific - Maori, Pasifika, and Aboriginal-around these themes. As well as a keynote presentation and papers presented in concurrent sessions, there will be an open space throughout the day for Maori as tangata whenua to meet and korero with Aboriginal and other delegates. At the end of this programme, transport will be provided for participants who are registered for the NZAC/ACA Conference to attend the powhiri at the Orakei marae. The full programme and registration information will be available in early June. Meanwhile, we invite you to put this date in your diaries and include this symposium in your travel plans when you book to attend the NZAC/ACA Conference. Anyone interested is welcome, whether or not you are attending the conference.
For further information contact Margaret Agee (m.agee@auckland.ac.nz) Philip Culbertson (p.culbertson@auckland.ac.nz) For registration information contact Catherine Readhead nzac.aknews@xtra.co.nz (09) 627 1488
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Conference
Pacific Counselling Hui 2010: Nations coming together as whanau/family in the great ANZAC tradition Joint NZAC - ACA Conference 2010 Auckland, New Zealand 4:30 pm Thurs 30 Sept to Sat 2nd of October 2010 An exciting new conference collaboration will be held in Auckland in 2010 - this is the combined ACA and NZAC Conference. The keynote speakers are Metiria Turei, Green Party Co-leader and Chris Burke and the Yarramundi Kids (www.gracieproductions.co.au) Workshops and papers are arranged and the details are on the website. It is time to register! If you cannot access the flyer on the website let National Office know and we will post you a copy.
Chris Burke and Danny Gilligan
Metiria Turei
New Zealand Association of Counsellors: http://www.nzac.org.nz Australian Counselling Association: http://www.theaca.net.au
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Morning Coffee
Dialogues of : Renewal? Justice? Diversity? Sustainability? Peace? DESIRE? Commitment?
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Johnella Bird - Auckland Workshops 2010 Johnella Bird is a counselling practitioner and co-founder of The Family Therapy Centre in Auckland, NZ. Johnella is also author of The Heart’s Narrative (2000), Talk That Sings (2004) and Constructing The Narrative In Super-vision (2006). Johnella has recently completed a new teaching resource of three DVDs and a workbook titled Constructing Narratives To Make A Difference (2008).
Working With Couples: We Talk, We Listen, But Do We Understand? June 14 & 15 How de we assist people to address serious concerns such as, significant betrayals of trust, long-standing conflicts, the impact of losses and grief, and the negotiation of change in relationships? In this workshop I will discuss and demonstrate a conversational process that allows people to step away from accusation in order to find new understandings and solutions to these difficulties.
Vital Reflection: A Tool For People Working With People July 9 Clinicians often comment that there is barely enough time in super-vision to briefly overview the dilemmas, struggles and joys they’ve encountered in therapeutic work. Consequently, the commonly uttered lament, ‘I don’t have enough time to reflect on my work,’ attests to many lost opportunities to reflect on both, what’s working and what’s not. In this workshop I will be demonstrating a process that I’ve developed to enable clinicians to ethically review and extend therapeutic practice between super-vision sessions. This vital reflection tool will enable you to review the presuppositions that are shaping therapeutic or super-vision conversations while developing new directions for enquiry.
Creating Storylines in the Here and Now: Working With Individuals July 23 In this workshop I will discuss and demonstrate the method I use to notice, describe and re-search present moment experience. Noticing and then finding expressions to represent feelings and experiences (including body experiences) provides us with the opportunity to narrow the ‘meaning gulf’ between all participants in therapeutic and super-vision relationships. This in turn allows people to both connect with their resources and address their problems. Working with present moment experience is particularly relevant in the work with people who have suffered traumatic injuries in past and present relationships. OTHER WORKSHOPS Advancing Therapeutic Conversations - September 27, 28, 30 & Oct 1 Extending Practice Through Super-vision - November 5 Workshop details can be found at www.heartsnarrative.cc or contact Jill Kelly (09) 624 1845 email: edgepress@xtra.co.nz The Centre for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy provides the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills in this effective, efficient and empowering method of personal change. Training programmes build on the work of key CBT theorists such as Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck; and are open to counsellors and other helping professionals.
Primary Certificate in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy New in 2010: Interactive multimedia/video learning tool
CBT with Children & Families An intensive one-day workshop that practices what it preaches (it’s fun)
Counselling Through Interpreters Andrew Duirs I’m interested in meeting with other counsellors who are using interpreters in counselling. I want to share experiences, resources, knowledge and ideas. Most of my counselling requires the use of an interpreter and I find all sorts of practical, ethical and cultural issues affect my work and I would like to both benefit from the experience of other counsellors and share what I’m learning.I would very much like to see if there is any interest from other counsellors in meeting together to discuss these experiences, possibilities and difficulties.
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Mindfulness A two-day, in-depth hands-on training experience with a solid theoretical base
I am also interested in trying to encourage, promote, develop counsellors from diverse refugee and immigrant communities. I would like to see if there are any programmes afoot to encourage diverse peoples to train as counsellors and if so whether other supports or incentives are needed.
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Executive List
National Executive Contact List Anita Bocchino President
Phone (06) 875 1084, 021 137 0607 P O Box 101, Napier, 4140 Email president@nzac.org.nz
Dianne Begg Vice President Otago/Southland
Home Phone (03) 418 0982 Work Phone (03) 479 6162 x 8703 21 Hospital Road, Balclutha, 9230 Email dianneb@tekotago.ac.nz
Vi Woolf Te Ahi Kaa
Home Phone (09) 277 7526 Work Phone (09) 820 0045, Fax (09) 277 7702 2 Wilmshurst Street, Papatoetoe, Auckland, 2025 Email viw@xtra.co.nz
Bev Thomas Weber National Secretary Te Tai Tokerau
Phone (09) 438 9920 PO Box 17, Mangonui, Northland 0442 Email bevthomas@xtra.co.nz
Beryl Allison Treasurer
Home Phone (06) 753 7548, Mob 021 0278 3874 90 Clawton Street, Westown, New Plymouth, 4310 Email berylandsam@paradise.net.nz
Robyn McGill Auckland
Home Phone (09) 419 9073 Work Phone (09) 623 8899 / 48634 4-18 Evelyn Place, Hillcrest, North Shore City, 0627 Email r.mcgill@auckland.ac.nz or robynmcgill@xtra.co.nz
Alastair Crocket Waikato/Tauranga/ Rotorua
Home Phone (07) 856 4245 46 Kakanui Avenue, Hillcrest, Hamilton 3216 Email acrocket.nzac@vodafone.co.nz
Sandy Ross East Coast/ Hawkes Bay
Home/Work Phone (06) 877 6654 22 Reeve Drive, Havelock North, 4130 Email sandyross@xtra.co.nz
Elayne Johnston Taranaki/Whanganui/ Manawatu
Home Phone (06) 323 7833 Work Phone (06) 323 3007 Mob 021 711 374 59 West St, Feilding 4702 Email elayne@inspire.net.nz
Paul Cutler Home Phone (04) 388 9121 Wellington/Wairarapa/ Work Phone (04) 560 9250 Kapiti 145 Seatoun Heights Road, Seatoun, Wellington 6022 Email pcutler@sbc.school.nz Chris Hooker Home Phone (03) 358 8995 Nelson/Marlborough/ Work Phone (03) 332 9129 Canterbury/West Coast 22 Brackendale Place, Burnside, Christchurch, 8041 Email chris.hooker@xtra.co.nz Antony McFelin Executive Officer
Phone (07) 834 0220, Fax (07) 834 0221 P O Box 165, Hamilton, 3240 3rd Floor, Federated Farmers Building, 169 London Street, Hamilton Email execofficer@nzac.org.nz
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Executive Portfolio Responsibilities President Te Ahi Kaa Vice President Secretary Treasurer
Anita Bocchino Vi Woolf Dianne Begg Bev Thomas Weber Beryl Allison
Regional Representatives
Dianne Begg, Chris Hooker, Elayne Johnston, Sandy Ross, Alastair Crocket, Robyn McGill, Bev Thomas, Paul Cutler
ACC Liason
Elayne Johnston, Sandy Ross
Supervisor Accreditation Liaison
Bev Thomas, Dianne Begg, Vi Woolf
Branch Consultation
Beryl Allison, Vi Woolf, Robyn McGill (ERB)
Conference Liaison
Bev Thomas, Anita Bocchino, Beryl Allison
Ethics Liaison
Elayne Johnston, Anita Bocchino (ex officio)
Governance Audit Monitoring (Audit & Employment Audit)
Beryl Allison, Vi Woolf
Employment Sub-committee
Dianne Begg, Vi Woolf, Bev Thomas, Beryl Allison, Anita Bocchino (ex officio)
Health & Disability
Sandy Ross, Anita Bocchino, Executive Officer (ex officio)
Internal Organisation/ Governance
Anita Bocchino, Robyn McGill, Executive Officer (ex officio)
Marketing
Anita Bocchino, Executive Officer (ex officio)
Website
Alastair Crocket, Executive Officer (ex officio)
Media
Anita Bocchino
Membership Committee
Vi Woolf, Robyn McGill jointly
Partnership issues
Vi Woolf, Robyn McGill, Beryl Allison
Research and Publications
Alastair Crocket (Research Conference and Journal), Beryl Allison, Bev Thomas (Newsletter)
Professional Associations/ Anita Bocchino, Vi Woolf, Dianne Begg, Beryl Allison, International (2010 Conf organising) Executive Officer (ex officio) Registration
Anita Bocchino, Dianne Begg, Vi Woolf, Robyn McGill, Executive Officer (ex officio)
Special Interest (Careers, WINZ Counsellor Educator, Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Issues, Family Issues, Tertiary Counsellors)
Sandy Ross, Elayne Johnston, Dianne Begg, Robyn McGill
School Counselling
Chris Hooker, Paul Cutler, Dianne Begg, Elayne Johnston
Environment (new)
Beryl Allison, Vi Woolf, Robyn McGill, Sandy Ross
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Branch Directory TE TAI TOKERAU BRANCH Chairperson Rosie Guild PO Box 361,Whangarei 0140 Ph: (09) 438 1544 Email: mikeandrosie@clear.net.nz Secretary Lee Davey P.O. Box 108. Moerewa Bay of Islands 0244 Ph: 027 4924371 Email: fazio@xtra.co.nz Treasurer Anneke Muijliwijk c/o Karaka Cottage, 7 Cooke Street, Avenues, Whangarei 0110 Ph: (09) 438-1525 027 443-4484 Email: annekem@ihug.co.nz AUCKLAND BRANCH Chairperson Graeme Steel 47 A South Lynn Road, Titirangi, Waitakere City Ph: (09) 817 1063 H 027 4528 962 Email: work-life@xtra.co.nz Secretary Rosemary Barrett Apt 29 457 Swanson Rd, Ranui, Waitakere 0612 Ph: (09) 833 6444 Email: rosemary.barrett@clear.net.nz Treasurer Kathryn Barclay 2B Konini Road, Greenlane Auckland 1061 Ph: (09) 580 0592 Email: k.barclay@mangere.school.nz WAIKATO BRANCH Chairperson Debbie McLachlan 93 Glen Lynne Avenue, Hamilton Ph: (07) 853 9448 H 021 673 601 Email: debbie.mcl@ihug.co.nz Secretary Roger Foggitt 4 Kakanui Ave, Hamilton 3216 Ph: (07) 858 2292 H 021 556 781 Email: rogerfoggitt@slingshot.co.nz Treasurer Wendy Talbot 209 Fergusson Drive, Thames Ph: (07) 868 6664. Email: wendytalbot@hotmail.com
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GISBORNE BRANCH Chairperson Gillian Fraser 84 Maclaurin Road Rd1 Gisborne Ph: 021 117 3675 Email: jngfraser@xtra.co.nz Secretary ZoĂŤ Alford 11 Richardson Avenue, Whataupoko, Gisborne 4010 Ph: (06) 867 7402 Email: zoe.alford@clear.net.nz Treasurer Elizabeth Florence Ph: (06) 868 1399 Email: daveliz@in2net.co.nz HAWKES BAY BRANCH Chairperson Mandy Pentecost 42 Chester Street, Taradale, Napier 4112 Ph: (06) 844 5769 Email: pentecost@paradise.net.nz Secretary Gilda Morganti 28A Havelock Road, Hospital Hill, Napier 4110 Ph: (06) 835 5778 021 458 034 Email: gilda.m@xtra.co.nz Treasurer Karen Gilmore 16 Guys Hill Road, Napier 4110 Ph: (06) 835 1662 0274191986 Fax: Fax: (06) 835-1666 Email: k.gilmore@actrix.co.nz
TAURANGA MOANA BRANCH Chairperson Miriama Westworth Unit 9 166 Waihi Road Judea Tauranga 3110 Ph: 027 235-7177 Email: mids1@xtra.co.nz Secretary Jo Rutledge 7B Garnet Drive, Papamoa Beach, Papamoa 3118 Ph: (07) 542 1065 027 293 2998 Email: justjo@maxnet.co.nz Treasurer Helen Smith P O Box 8368, Cherrywood, Tauranga 3145 Ph: (07) 571-1361 027 253 2148 Email: helenmary20@hotmail.com
TARANAKI BRANCH Chairperson Sandi Cummings P.O. Box 8018, New Plymouth 4342 Ph: (06) 7696020 W 027 637-0694 Email: sandi.cummings@pgfnz.org.nz Secretary Dee Costello 14A Lombardy Place, Whalers Gate, New Plymouth 4310 Ph: (06) 751 3613 H (06) 758 5037 W 021 739113 Email: thecozis@paradise.net.nz Treasurer Marnie Luond P.O. Box 96 New Plymouth 4340 Ph: (06) 758 5585 H (06) 758 4579 W 027 2538127 Email: marnie.luond@xtra.co.nz
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Branch Directory WHANGANUI BRANCH Chairperson Beverley Makatea PO Box 5020, Aramoho, Whanganui 4542 Ph: (06) 343 8081 Email: beverley.makatea@twor.ac.nz Secretary Janet Mace 293 Somme Parade, Whanganui Ph: (06) 343 8038 Email: aramoho@inspire.net.nz Treasurer Beth Dixon 37 Stewart Street, Whanganui Ph: (06) 343 5047 Email: selfcare@xtra.co.nz
MARLBOROUGH BRANCH Chairperson Hilary Hitchins C/- Westspring Trust 26 Burleigh Road Blenheim Ph: (03) 578 9053 Email: hilary@xnet.co.nz Secretary Lorraine Moffat PO Box 4027 Blenheim Ph: ( 03) 577 5423 Email: lorraine.moffat@gmail.com Treasurer Kathy Hammond 2A Murphys Road Blenheim Ph: ( 03) 577 8562 CANTERBURY BRANCH Chairperson Marie Meyer PO Box 21175 Edgeware Christchurch 8143 Ph: (03) 379 1860 (W) (03) 355 2771 (H) Email: mariemeyer06@gmail.com Secretary Beth Garvey Email : nzac-cwcb@hotmail.com Treasurer Sky Williams 349 Yaxleys Road, North Loburn Rd2, Rangiora 7472 Ph: (03) 312 8349 / 027 5 663724 Email: skywilliams@yahoo.com
MANAWATU BRANCH Chairperson Barbara Stuckey P O Box 1611 Palmerston North Ph: (06) 359 2056 Email: pbstuckey@hotmail.com SecretaryMorag Cunningham Minutes Email: moraganddavid@clear.net.nz Treasurer Lesley Lowden Ph: (06) 356 5868 Email: l.lowden@xtra.co.nz KAPITI BRANCH Chairperson Shar Cullinane 62A The Parade, Paekakariki 5034 Ph: (04) 292 8350 / 027 6973897 Fax: (04) 292 8310 Email: sharandric@paradise.net.nz Secretary Marilyn Jeffery 38 Settlement Road, RD 1, Otaki 5581 Ph: (04) 364 2419 027 486-4267 Email: teawaiti@xtra.co.nz Treasurer Rae Lutman 301 Manly Street, Paraparaumu Beach 5032 Ph: (04) 905 1293 Email: bobandraelutman@yahoo.co.nz
AORAKI BRANCH Chairperson Sue McCoy 42 Doncaster Street, Washdyke, Timaru 7910 Ph: (03) 688 2077 Email: realmccoys@xtra.co.nz Secretary Marion Williams 291 Clayton Road, RD 17, Fairlie 7987 Ph: (03) 685 6113 Email: marionwilliams@ihug.co.nz Treasurer Sue Campbell 20 Macaulay Street, Gleniti, Timaru 7910 Ph: & Fax: (03) 686 0543 027 3563288
WELLINGTON / WAIRARAPA BRANCH Chairperson Cilla Heymer PO Box 32035, maungaraki, lower Hutt 5050 Ph: (04) 586 1100 Email: c.heymer@xtra.co.nz Secretary Rosie Smith 11 Trevor Terrace, Paremata, Porirua 5024 Ph: (04) 233 2997 Email: rosie53@xtra.co.nz Treasurer Natalie Shearer 78 Tirohanga Road, Tirohanga, Lower Hutt 5010 Ph: (04) 568 8249 Email: n_shearer@maxnet.co.nz
OTAGO BRANCH Chairperson Graham Green 45 Fortification Road, 40 RD, Oamaru Ph: (03) 479-8283W Email: grahamjohngreen@gmail.com Secretary Graeme Pringle 14 Windsor Street, Opoho, Dunedin 9010 Ph: (03) 473 8111 Eemail: graemepringle@hotmail.com Treasurer Sandie Forsyth 17 Moss Street, Portobello, Dunedin Ph: (03) 478 0136 H (03) 477 3403 W Email: ttsandie@ihug.co.nz
NELSON BRANCH Chairperson Vacant Secretary Ruth Wells 11 Matuku Place, Atawhai, Nelson Ph: (03) 545 1070 Email: ruth2@xtra.co.nz Treasurer Georgina McGrath 46 Trafalgar Styreet, Nelson Ph: (03) 548 3980 Email: teara@paradise.net.nz
SOUTHLAND BRANCH Chairperson Rene Frey-Jennings 283 Otara-Haldane Road, Otara 5 RD Invercargill 9875 Ph: (03) 246 8892 Email: rene99@slingshot.co.nz Co-Secretary/ Jenny Corlet Treasurer 135 Terrace Street, Rosedale, Invercargill 9810 Ph: (03) 217 285 Email: jcorlet@auroracollege.school.nz Co- Treasurer/ Diane Gillespie Secretary 19 Carrickfergus Street, RD 1, Tokanui, 9884 Ph: 027 246 8437 Email: digill@xtra.co.nz
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