Why Australia’s Counselling Standards Must Remain Inclusive
Australia’s mental health sector stands at a crossroads. The recent…
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Australia’s mental health sector stands at a crossroads. The recent…
For counselling to be successful, it requires the client to…
Clients go to counsellors often because they feel stuck in…
Loneliness is a very common human experience and different people…
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a national scheme…
The difficulty in addressing shame is that it can be…
Networking is essential to your professional success as a counsellor.…
With modern technology it has become more viable for almost…
As a counsellor, you will inevitably come across difficult clients…
The purpose of confidentiality Ethical behaviour is fundamental to the…
Client autonomy is allowing and encouraging an individual’s freedom of…
A scope of practice is a profession’s full spectrum of…
A counsellor’s job is to observe people and their behaviours,…
When you reach the end of a client-counsellor relationship, it…
Professional counsellor advocacy is the act of promoting the profession…
In counselling, transference is when the client unknowingly redirects feelings…
Professional supervision is a supportive experience available for all counselling…
Once you become a counsellor you cannot afford to rest…
Counselling is relieving for many people, but it can also…
As a counsellor, it won’t be unusual to encounter disruptions…
Knowing boundaries is key to creating a mutual understanding between…
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition,…
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As you can see, despite our request to be engaged in the consultation phase, the CPCA was not consulted. It appears there is a concerted effort to create a peak body and to disenfranchise people who are not members of that body. Further, there is a clear push to make registration compulsory and thus to remove the rights of counsellors who qualify by virtue of diploma and practice.
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It is essential, if you wish to retain your freedom to choose and to practise, that you take action:
After reading the Draft National Standards, please look at the questions that were included in the survey at the beginning of the draft and answer them on a word document.
Afterwards please send through to the following email addresses with the subject heading: Draft National Standards for Counsellors.
Please add us to your email CC:
The CPCA will also be responding formally.
Mark Cresswell
President
CPCA