by David | Saturday, April 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Holistic counselling is inclusive in what it considers significant for a client’s well-being. Every area that pertains to human life is on the table for possible consideration. No area of activity is left out because to leave it out would be to disavow a part... by David | Thursday, June 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
What do I mean when I use that term, spiritual counselling? There are times when I have felt that after nine years working as a counsellor, I’m finally getting my head around what counselling is, what it might be and what it is for. Such moments usually come... by David | Thursday, November 10, 2016 | Musings
What is mutuality in counselling? I woke up in the middle of last night from a dream about work, something that rarely enters my dreams. In the dream, I am listening to a client, and when he finishes speaking, I ask him what it is about our conversations that is of... by David | Sunday, July 17, 2016 | Musings
Counselling for the darkness of depression. I was recently in a conversation that brought home to me how much of what is called counselling is about a basic human need. I was speaking with a client, and he was telling me how important to him was the feeling of family,... by David | Saturday, March 26, 2016 | Musings
Where does the notion of a therapy of resurrection come from? It’s Good Friday, today, and so, it’s not surprising that I find myself this morning musing about what is undoubtedly the central story of western culture, and of many other cultures, that of...