Spotlight on training: Starting out on placement - less is more Journals Published 26 Nov 2020 "The best thing to say is rarely something ‘clever’ and almost never something that ‘sounds like what a counsellor might say’." Regular column from Sue Kegerreis. BACP Children, Young People and Families, December 2020
When breaking confidentiality is your only choice Journals Published 28 Apr 2023 Sharon Watt describes how she managed her first placement client alerting her to a potential terrorism risk. Therapy Today, May 2023
Therapy Today, February 2025 Journals Published 24 Jan 2025 The placement problem. Is competition for places leaving trainees vulnerable to exploitation? Eldest daughter syndrom // Disgust in the therapy room // Supervising a former client // Healing from sudden bereavement. Therapy Today, February 2025
Student placements with children and young people Requirements for student counsellors on adult-focused BACP accredited courses undertaking training placements with children and young people.
Counselling placements: information for trainees GPiA 090 Good practice Published 31 Aug 2018 Good Practice in Action fact sheet on placements. Last reviewed November 2024. PDF download
Investigating secondary trauma in student placements: an exploratory study Research Published 10 May 2022 Updated 15 Apr 2025 Poster presentation by Diana Conroy, Toni-Marie Benaton, Ivana Babicova and Elizabeth Eate
Four-way contracting between training providers, placements, trainees and supervisors within the counselling professions GPiA 114 Good practice Published 30 Nov 2020 Good Practice in Action fact sheet on contracting. Last reviewed August 2024. PDF download
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