Counselling Academy

Motivational Interviewing: Principles and Techniques
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a directive client-centred counselling style for eliciting behaviour change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence (Rollnick, William and Miller, 1995).

Child Developmental Stages
As children travel through the journey of life they are faced with many different developmental challenges. Early in life, babies learn to pay attention and be part of a relationship. As they grow they learn to use their imagination and think logical...

The Role of Boundaries in Counselling
Boundaries are a crucial aspect of any effective client-counsellor relationship. They set the structure for the relationship and provide a consistent framework for the counselling process.

Historical Background of Five Theoretical Models
Some of the major techniques used in counselling and other disciplines (e.g. coaching) are based on the key theoretical models of behaviour therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, person-centred therapy, solution-focused therapy and gestalt. In this ar...

Key Concepts of Five Theoretical Models
Some of the major techniques used in counselling and other disciplines (e.g. coaching) are based on the key theoretical models of behaviour therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, person-centred therapy, solution-focused therapy and gestalt. Understand...

An Overview of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a disorder characterised by severe disturbances in thinking, emotion and behaviour that are disruptive to a person's life. Schizophrenia is characterised by changes in mental function where thoughts and perceptions become disordered...