States that the emergence of online counseling services to address problems raises serious ethical concerns. Discusses a number of these ethical considerations, such as confidentiality, and describes the evolution of the National Board of Certified Counselors' Standards for Ethical Practice of WebCounseling. (MKA)

Acknowledges the need for contextual counseling in Europe. However, with only minimal training programs in many European countries the core criteria of training seems impossible to achieve. States that one possible solution would be to cluster people with limited training around a high-standard professional counselor. (MKA)

Argues that the scientific status of therapy as a modernists enterprise is undermined by new-paradigm epistemologies. Draws on Parker's work on discourse to illustrate these radical arguments and makes the case for an approach to therapy which is ongoingly and processually deconstructive of its 'professional' ideologies and clinical practices, if…

Reviews literature on therapists' reactions to clients' traumatic material. Findings support anecdotal accounts by trauma therapists. Argues that empathetic engagement with trauma survivors is necessary for effective psychotherapeutic intervention. However, this intervention makes therapists vulnerable to the detrimental effects of vicarious…

This paper documents one of several themes arising from a larger research study which invited trainees' views on their experience in a weekly, 2 year, dance movement therapy (DMT) personal development group. This group formed part of their post-graduate training. The study used a phenomenological, grounded theory and collaborative methodology…