How We Care

Elizabeth reads her article about the hidden reality of long term health problems arising from Covid-19 infection. This is far more common than people realise and important to begin to understand if you work as a helping professional. With the words of some Long Covid patients, she considers the impact on individuals, society, relationships and the economy and offers some explantions for why it is...

The book mentioned in this episode is 'Creative Career Coaching: Theory into Practice by Liane Hambly and Ciara Bomford, published in 2019 by Routledge. Although targeted primarily at career coaches, it contains techniques and ideas that could transfer to many helping conversations  If you’d like to find our more or obtain a transcript of this episode, contact Elizabeth via www.elizabethturp.co.uk...

The definition and description of self-awareness mentioned by Paul at the beginning of the episode is here: What Is Self-Awareness? (And How To Increase Yours) | Indeed.com Here is an explanation of the Morning Pages journaling technique from Julia Cameron's Artists Way, as mentioned by Elizabeth: https://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/morning-pages/ The Chris Argyris article, Teaching Smart Peo...

Here are details on the UK Equality Act 2010 outlining the duty to make reasonable adjustments (from Citizens Advice Bureau):   https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts/discrimination/what-are-the-different-types-of-discrimination/duty-to-make-reasonable-adjustments-for-disabled-people/   Here are articles from Elizabeth's website on pacing yourself during recovery from illness & long covi...

Some resources linked to the content of this episode ‎Between Us: A Psychotherapy Podcast: Episode 38: The Empirical Wears No Clothes on Apple Podcasts Will AI replace counsellors? - Counselling Directory (counselling-directory.org.uk) 15 Jobs That Will Never Be Replaced By AI | by Chan Priya | Medium  If you’d like to find our more or obtain a transcript of this episode, contact Elizabeth via www...

This article refers to the original research into Imposter Syndrome carried out at Georgia State University in the late 1970s, as well as addressing some strategies for combatting imposter feelings How to Beat Imposter Syndrome: The Silent Career Killer | Touro University (tuw.edu) The book The Imposter Cure by Dr Jessamy Hibberd is here The Imposter Cure: How to stop feeling like a fraud and esca...

Carl Rogers was the originator of the person-centred approach, and this Psychology Today article gives a quick overview of what the approach entails. Carl Rogers' Person-Centered Approach | Psychology Today You can read more about the approach here..... Person–Centered Therapy (Rogerian Therapy) (goodtherapy.org)...... and here (a perspective on applying the approach to Health Services) https://ww...

Here is an article by Paul about different kinds of decision-making styles-with a particular focus on career decisions. Career Decisions: ‘Undecided’ vs ‘indecisive’ - What's the difference? | Paul Gaunt Careers Advisor If you have been considering the big decision whether to go to counselling here is an article written by Elizabeth with information on some common concerns: https://www.elizabethtu...

To hear Bruce Anderson's take on the idea of 'core gifts', including 'passage gifts' (the gifts we can draw from our own personal suffering) have a listen to this excellent interview from Katie Elliott's 'Adventures in Behaviour Change' podcast.  BRUCE ANDERSON - Adventures in Behaviour Change | Podcast on Spotify For more on  Bruces's work with the Core Gift Institute, see the website here Core G...

Listeners to our previous discussion on Self-Care (Episode 3) asked for us to cover more on this topic, hence Self-Care part 2, with a focus on among other things, healthy sleep habits, diet and exercise. Although, these might seem obvious things to do, many of us struggle to manage these aspects of our busy lives, especially when we are focussed on helping others. Here are some useful resources l...

About Dr Liz Sparkes Dr Liz Sparkes is the course director for the MSC in Mindfulness and Compassion at Coventry University. Liz  previously worked in the NHS in behaviour change, setting up services for mental health service users. Enabling changes in behaviours such as diet, exercise, and smoking. She also trained and supported healthcare professionals in behaviour change. She has a PhD in pain...

The blog on 'Generosity Burnout by Iulia Trandafir of Useful and Kind Unlimited from which the opening quote is taken is here; Blog — useful and kind (usefulandkindunlimited.com) Here are some resources developed by Elizabeth around good self-care for  helping professionals An article published on the Counsellors Cafe website on  10 self-care lessons you can learn from a counsellor' https://www.th...

  About the Hosts With combined experience in their fields of nearly 60 years …….Paul and Elizabeth are passionate about what they do and the interactions they have with their clients. With guest conversationalists from other disciplines, this is ‘How We Care’!  This podcast comes from a shared love of their work and fascination with their parallel skills and work issues. It was inspired by the pe...

Dr Oliver Jenkin's article Engaging with the emotional content of career guidance can be found at https://indigo.careers/engaging-with-the-emotional-content-of-career-guidance/ A good explanation of Carl Rogers'  Core Conditions of congruence in counselling is here https://medium.com/achology/carl-rogers-and-the-core-conditions-of-counselling-a87167028905 An article by Charles Handy on the concept...