Deregulation of the LEA Careers Service followed by the establishment of the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 led, through consultation, to the establishment of a bi-lingual all-age career guidance service under the banner of Careers Wales. The article traces the history of career guidance in Wales from 1974, showing how it has taken a very…

This paper explores the attitudes and conceptions held by trainee and practising counsellors towards people with disabilities. Awareness of counsellors' own views of disability and impairment can complicate the counsellor-client relationship when the latter is seen primarily from a deficiency model perspective or self-defined model of disability,…

This paper reviews career education in the UK's statutory, further and higher education sectors, and finds that, despite considerable changes in theory, provision remains based on the traditional DOTS model of decision learning, opportunity awareness, transition learning and self-awareness. It is argued that the persistent and hegemonic status of…

A programme designed to develop the capacity of voluntary agencies and community groups to deliver information, advice and guidance (IAG) on learning and work to their clients and members is outlined. Four forms of capacity building are distinguished: internal IAG capacity building, based on developing IAG resources within the agency or group…

Describes a solution-focused approach to working with suicidal clients that can be used in conjunction with traditional approaches and which focus on establishing safety as well as assessing risk. Working from this model the clinician shifts to identifying client strengths and coping skills, to collaborating with the client to establish goals and…

Explores the use of Homer's "Odyssey" as a source of definitions and legitimations of many current accounts of mentoring. Identifies an emerging discourse of mentoring which exerts control not only over the young people being mentored, but also over career guidance staff expected to act as mentors in new Personal Adviser roles. (Contains…

Draws on the authors' experience of developing and presenting an Open University Masters level course: Guidance and Counselling in Learning. Explores the diversity of contexts for guidance practices and the assumptions about the relationship between theory and practice that is embedded in various approaches to professional development. (Contains…

Describes Australian counseling services that use the telephone as the medium for counseling delivery. Provides a background to telephone counseling, describes its uses as reported in the research literature, and discusses special considerations in utilizing the telephone to provide counseling. Reviews the clinical and research literature to…

Proposes that a discipline of "counseling studies" be considered as an extension of counseling and a contribution to social guidance. Suggests features of such a discipline, including: a focus on the individual person; interdisciplinarity; humanistic values; applied and theoretical dialectic; critical attitude; and dynamic nature.…

Decribes the level of mental health problems that are encountered in primary health care and describes the limitation of using randomized control trials. A three-stage model of psychological therapies research is described to show that distinct stages require different methodologies in order to evaluate them. Reviews the literature regarding…

The UK Learndirect helpline is the largest telephone helpline service in the guidance field. The development of the helpline is placed in the context of the transformations in service delivery in other sectors. Reviews the use of the telephone in career guidance, and describes the evolution of Learndirect, with particular attention to its policy…

Recent research amongst mental health service users reveals how important spiritual care and counsel are and how few resources are available to provide this service from psychiatry, religious organizations or secular counseling services. Describes the results of three research projects in Somerset and explores the significance of the recovery of…

Explores forgiveness as a key component of spiritual pastoral care and as one of the spiritual interventions most frequently used by psychotherapists. Examines some of the implications of the use of forgiveness in therapeutic practice and puts forward guidelines for the use of forgiveness in psychotherapy are based on the work of the Forgiveness…

The Counselling Interview Rating Form (CIRF) was developed to evaluate trainee counselors' use of microskills and other aspects of the counseling session. The CIRF provides a structured format for evaluation that enhances the teaching and learning of interviewing skills by supervisors and trainee counselors. Uses of the CIRF in educational and…

Explores the application of a humanistic counseling training model in the cultural milieu of Kenya. Concludes that such application is possible and desirable, if it is undertaken as shared and respectful learning between trainers and trainees. (Contains 13 references.) (GCP)