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Self-care in the age of neoliberalism : an auto-ethnographic exploration by a counsellor.
(University of Canterbury, 2016)
This thesis explores the self-care of a counsellor, myself, in the age of neo-liberalism. The underpinning structure is Dewey’s developmental spiral (1933) that enables me to use the writing of this thesis as a reflective ...
Homework tasks : an exploration into how between-session tiasks are co-constructed and experienced by adolescents in solution-focused counselling sessions.
(University of Canterbury, 2016)
Solution-focused therapy is a client-centred, strengths-based approach that aims to work with clients to help them recognise their own unique abilities and resources that they can use to make positive change in their lives. ...
Informing the practice of a novice counsellor by adapting the miracle question for New Zealand youth.
(University of Canterbury, 2017)
This thesis is a story of part of my journey as a novice counsellor, engaging with
the miracle question sequence, a tool of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT). The
original miracle question, developed by Steve de ...
Adolescent responses to relationship questions within solution-focused brief therapy
(University of Canterbury, 2016)
In Western society, adolescence is a period of major transition from child to adult. While
there are different views about the chronological age of adolescence, there are agreements
across research that young people have ...
Illuminating the journey of undergraduate counsellor students : hearing their voices and experiences of development.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)
This thesis is about hearing and illuminating the voices of students regarding their experiences of development during their journey of counselling education. Researcher intention was to be a writer for participants’ voices ...
“Creating talk: integrating creative methods into solution-focused brief therapy when counselling primary school children in New Zealand”
(University of Canterbury, 2019)
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is a present to future approach to counselling, highlighting strengths and capabilities on the journey towards a clients preferred future. It is both collaborative and inherently hopeful with ...
How clients and solution focused therapists co-construct new meanings when having conversations about 'What's better?'
(University of Canterbury, 2015)
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is a goal oriented therapeutic approach that assists clients to build solutions rather than analyse problems. Solution focused (SF) therapists often open sessions, subsequent to the ...
Counselling clients with disordered eating : a qualitative study of the therapists’ perspective
(University of Canterbury, 2015)
Limited research has been conducted into counselling clients who experience difficulties with
disordered eating at the sub clinical end of the disordered eating spectrum, in contrast to at the
clinical end of the disordered ...
Less Talk, More Action; The integration of small figures in a solution-focused counselling practice with children.
(University of Canterbury, 2017)
This thesis seeks to examine how the integration of play, small toys specifically, and the use of solution-focused brief therapy techniques can affect the outcomes for primary school aged children undergoing counselling. ...
Counsellor identity development : an authoethnographic account of emergent counsellor identity.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)
In New Zealand counselling degree programmes there is a focus on skill development within social learning environments, yet there is limited autoethnographic research exploring the identity development of trainee and ...
