“Good” verses “right:” Awareness of self in counsellor training

Date

2013

Authors

France, Honoré
Rodriguez, Carmen

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Publisher

Satir International Journal

Abstract

Training in the field of counselling is meant for sharpening the personal skills of therapists, but it is also there for the trainees’ own self-empowerment. Counsellors are continuously exposed to other people’s issues and problems, and these intense encounters often have an effect on the helper’s own internal health. Therapeutic practitioners need to be aware of how the very issues their clients are struggling with can have an impact on themselves as caregivers. The article offers the example of the “Wounded Healer” to illustrate this dilemma. The case illustration is of a counselling student who has already experienced that her clients have had a romantic attraction to her.

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Keywords

counsellor training, self in therapy, “Wounded Healer” archetype

Citation

France, H., & Rodriguez, C. (2013). “Good” verses “right:” Awareness of self in counsellor training. Satir Journal of Counselling and Family Therapy, 1, 10–17. https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/satir/article/view/11562