Can you help a therapist?

SqueekyMouse

meritaten wrote: »

yes - I bet those students are looking to do about 2 - 4 hours during their year. look just outside the area and offer to do 6 hours per week if your OH can manage that.
one day a week should be manageable and if it could be a weekend - when most people want counselling....then a small charity would probably bend over backwards to get your OH.

That's a very good point :T

SqueekyMouse

lostinrates wrote: »

It might help people suggest something if you state a rough area...perhaps the city his university is in...people might personally know of a situation.

He's willing to travel anywhere in the East Midlands

Person_one

Sorry, just have to point out, there's an awful lot more to NHS psychiatric and mental health provision than 'just' CBT!

fairy3

Hi there just my twopence, I would not think that going into private practice would be 'rogue' as this is how the majority of psychoanalysts operate unless they are around the London area. Counselling is just a small part of the provision of services available as Person_one states.
Unfortunately as you point out this type of counselling is expensive, specialised and in the current financial climate is not a flourishing industry.
The NHS are influenced by work such as NICE (national institute for health and clinical excellence) who recommend CBT and DBT as effective 'talking therapies' and offer guidance on when and how these should be used.
As with all self employed work it takes a lot of commitment and uncertainty particularly financially to make such a big decision. I am sorry this is not a happier post but I work in the NHS and the financial pinch is being felt on every level including workers on the 'shop floor'.
I wish your DH every success and applaud him on his belief in his chosen field.

Fairy x

Millie2008_2

Echo Fairy, I don't see a problem in him setting up in private practice, especially as he has qualifications (BSc and 2 x masters degrees seems like more than enough, especially as he has been training for years (and presumably in therapy himself for a while)) Counselling is not a regulated profession (at the moment), so doesn't as yet require any specific qualification, so as long as he feels that he could work well and ethically I can't see a problem AND I know of people in practice with far lesser qualifications :eek:


Is there a way he could do a shorter course in supervision too? That way he would be able to offer supervision and therapy.

I can empathise to some extent as I am in a similar position, but I have a counselling qualification that enables me to practise as a counsellor, I want to do the analysis as a long-term add on and am currently undertaking the pre-course therapy (they require you to be in therapy for 2 years before you even start- eek!!)

rachbc

Has he talked to other psychotherapists to find out how they went about getting their expereince - no point reinventing the wheel if there is an answer form those in the know. Surely those already in practice would undertsnad form their own expereince how hard it is and offer another trainee expereince.

Several of my friends have had psychotherapy on the NHS - though that might be the area we are in.

ognum

I would just like to make a couple of points

there is a reason for trained counsellors to be in therapy and understand themselves and that is the need to be very very aware of who they are in order to both not affect or be affected by the sessions they give.

All the needs that the OP has suggested her partners needs are there for a reason and that is to protect the client.

I am sure there are many charities that could give him work as a listening volunteer, many however will require him to do some extensive training, continued learning and attend regular supervision groups prior to any form od client contact. I volunteer for CRUSE the bereavement charity and we are required to do all this as well as keep a portfolio. I would not volunteer for a charity that did not provide all this as it would not be to the client or by benefit.

many of the people I volunteer with are undergoing professional counsellor training or have completed it. It is seldom a full time course so you could work alongside to earn money and do voluntary placements in the evenings.

tinksy

if he asks around he may find that many private counsellors etc are willing to give discounted therapy sessions to students. There is not really a way round this and it is suggested that counsellors continue to have counselling all the time.

Also a trainee counsellor though in my first year

wendym

I have just sent you a PM.

SqueekyMouse

wendym wrote: »

I have just sent you a PM.

Thanks for that, I'll pass it on to him indoors...