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Changing my mind on counselling for children

Author: Editorial 19th April 2017 0 Comments

“I used to think that counselling was an inappropriate intervention for children… but I have changed my mind” Fiona Ballantine Dykes was previously Head of Qualifications at CPCAB (Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body). She has written a short opinion-piece –…
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children, counselling, cpcab, fiona ballantine dykes, Talking Therapies

Teaching primary school children about mental health

Author: Editorial 12th April 2017 0 Comments

The mental health of children is a rising area of concern and one which schools are trying to combat. The BBC’s Emma Jane Kirby reports from south London about a scheme that involves teaching primary schoolchildren about mental health through…
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children, Education, games, prevention, primary schools, schools, teaching

Government ‘looking at’ demand for mental health counsellor in every school

Author: admin 28th February 2017 0 Comments

A demand for mental health counsellors in every secondary school in England is being considered by the government, the public health minister Nicola Blackwood has said. Schools will also be surveyed on how they currently deal with mental health issues…
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children, children and adolescents, counselling, Education, schoolchildren, schools

Creating Sanctuary: Toward the Evolution of Sane Societies

Author: admin 19th February 2017 0 Comments

The publishers say that Creating Sanctuary: “… is a description of a hospital-based programme to treat adults who had been abused as children and the revolutionary knowledge about trauma and adversity that the programme was based upon. This book focuses on the…
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books, child abuse, children, counselling, epigenetics, New Approaches, Research, sanctuary, Sandra Bloom, trauma, trauma theory, wellbeing