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126 – Is Counselling Accreditation Essential?<\/h1>\n\t

Describing Feelings – Authenticity in Counselling <\/h2>\n\t
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In episode 126 of the Counselling Tutor Podcast, Ken Kelly and Rory Lees-Oakes discuss the use of feelings words. ‘Check-In with CPCAB’ then looks at the value of authenticity, both psychologically and physically. Last, the presenters debate whether or not professional-body counselling accreditation is essential for counsellors.<\/p>\n\t

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Describing Feelings (starts at 1.50 mins)<\/h2>\n\t

Many people in our society don’t have a wide ‘feelings vocabulary<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\n

Culturally, talking about feelings has not always been encouraged, and this has perhaps contributed to the paucity of words we have to describe our emotions. But it is possible to develop our range of vocabulary.<\/p>\n

For example, while ‘angry’ is just one word, there are in fact many words that describe the different ‘shades’<\/em> of anger – for example, ‘irritated’, ‘annoyed’, ‘furious’ and ‘enraged’.<\/p>\n

It can be useful for student counsellors to work actively on widening their range of feelings words, enabling them to communicate in a more fine-tuned way about different emotions and their intensity.<\/p>\n

Person-centred counselling as a modality places a particular focus on emotions, and their value in enabling us to learn to live more fully.<\/p>\n

Your reflective journal is a great place to practise and experiment with using a wider range of feelings words than you might usually.<\/p>\n

You can download a free Counselling Tutor handout on feelings words here. It is also available through the Handouts Vault<\/a> and Counselling Study Resource<\/a> (CSR).<\/p>\n\t

Check-In with CPCAB: Authenticity in Counselling (starts at 12.10 mins)<\/h2>\n\t

Rory speaks to Ray van der Poel (Head of Business and Development) at CPCAB (Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body) about the value of authenticity.<\/p>\n

Ray talks about research that links authenticity to physical wellbeing, as presented by Dr. Gabor Mat\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As humans, we struggle to balance our drives for attachment and for authenticity, beginning when we are babies and are dependent on attachment to a nurturing adult for our very survival.<\/p>\n

Lack of authenticity is linked to chronic illness<\/strong>, with humans having four key risk factors in this respect:<\/p>\n