Struggling to secure the right counselling or psychotherapy placement for you? Unsure of how to deal with complex challenges or how to make sure you get the most out of your placement? Then you have come to the right place! Packed full of hints and tips, advice, checklists and points for reflection, this practical guide will provide you with those all important answers, and more. Key content includes: – History and background of the placement – How to get the most out of the placement – Wider professional and ethical considerations – The placement search, completing the application and tips for the interview – Managing placement relationships – Planning for the Future This one stop shop will provide counselling and psychotherapy trainees with everything they need to know to secure and survive their practice placement.

Commencing Placement: Managing Practicalities, Processes and Relationships

Commencing Placement: Managing Practicalities, Processes and Relationships

Commencing Placement: Managing Practicalities, Processes and Relationships

This chapter will:

  • Support you in the process of settling into your new placement by inviting you to consider significant aspects of your placement context including agency policies and procedures (such as conventions for assessment, referral, contracting and note keeping).
  • Consider how the requirements of your training provider may be successfully incorporated into your work; this will include reference to academic work where applicable and examine how your client caseload can be appropriately built up.
  • Examine how the network of relationships involved within placement provision may be utilised to best effect.
  • Discuss reflexivity and use of supervision both in support of early placement practice and in the development of professional identity as experience is gained ...
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