School counselling, mandatory reporting and Daniel Pelka some thoughts Journals Published 31 Dec 2013 Open article: Peter Jenkins deliberates on the questions of confidential counselling in schools and the proposed ‘Pelka’s Law’ – mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse. Would this have prevented the latest tragic outcome? BACP Children and Young People, December 2013
Losing our way among the measurements? Journals Published 31 Mar 2018 Alix Hearn accepts the need to evidence therapy but issues a clarion call to us, as clinicians, to articulate better, and advocate for, the true soul work that we do. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2018
Child protection and the case for a ‘confidential space’ in therapy Journals Published 31 Mar 2010 Peter Jenkins argues that rushing into a one-step disclosure process that triggers a whole system into action is not necessarily in the interests of the young person, and may even worsen the situation. Counselling Children and Young People, March 2010
Therapy Today, July/August 2024 Journals Published 1 Jul 2024 The truth about ‘Generation Anxiety’... What’s really undermining the mental health of young people? // The ethics of turning down clients // Breaking the shame-rage cycle // Couples therapy for addiction // Are psychedelics really risk-free?
Useful conversations with children Journals Published 31 Mar 2012 Judith Milner and Jackie Bateman, authors of 'Working with Children and Teenagers Using Solution Focused Approaches', explain how being open to the meaning of the child’s communication enables young clients to have solution focused conversations that help them achieve their potential. BACP Children and Young People, March 2012
Boarding schools and broken attachments Journals Published 30 Aug 2022 In the third of our four-part series, Soosan Latham reflects on the effects of boarding school on attachment style, adult relationships and the development of the self. BACP Children, Young People and Families, September 2022
On not being weird Journals Published 30 Jun 2015 The Government wants counselling to be available in all schools. But what sort of counsellors will we be? Esoteric and secretive, or open and inclusive? Nick Luxmoore offers a lucid rationale for the latter. BACP Children and Young People, June 2015
Opening doors Journals Published 30 Sep 2017 Ruth Marchant, Jessie Fuller and Emily Phibbs from Triangle discuss best practice in therapy when a child might be showing or telling that they are at risk. BACP Children and Young People, September 2017
Therapeutic story with children Journals Published 31 Mar 2016 Open article: Barr Kazer explains how she uses metaphor in the creation of stories by and with children as the core premise in her groupwork. BACP Children and Young People, March 2016
Group therapy for addiction Journals Published 31 May 2012 Twelve-step group therapy aims to create a safe space where people with addictions can learn to reconnect with others and create the foundations for recovery, as Rachel Young reports. Therapy Today, May 2012