Therapy today november 2016

In this issue Features Drawing wisdom from practice Liz Bondi and Judith Fewell point out the creative research potential found in everyday work with clients. Look beyond the binary Kaete Robinson urges counsellors to look beyond simplistic binary accounts of gender. Exiled: the girls’ school boarders Joy Schaverien describes the lasting impact of a girlhood spent at boarding school. Counselling in the era of the human genome Alan Phillips, Vishakha Tripathi and Charlotte Tomlinson illustrate the necessary place of counselling in genomic medicine. Tutor self-disclosure: from theory to life Tutor Brian Charlesworth and student Lee Ferrigon report a moving outcome of tutor self-disclosure in the lecture room. Regulars News feature: FGM - exposing a hidden child abuse Catherine Jackso talks to counsellors about their work with survivors of female genital mutilation Dilemmas Letters From the chair