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Who wants to be a counsellor? |
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Therapy Today, 23(5), June 2012, pp.16-20. |
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1748-7846 |
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With a 2-year diploma costing between £5,500 and £7,000 plus hidden costs and loss of income, counselling training is a significant investment. However, job prospects for counselling trainees are now limited by the tough economic climate. This article explores what motivates people to sign up for vocational courses that cannot guarantee a vocation at the end or any realistic chance of an income, and that demand a huge personal investment financially, practically and emotionally. The article is based on the author’s personal investment and her conversations with trainees, the newly trained and experienced practitioners about their career paths. Many counsellors described a sense of vocation, having a ‘calling’, sometimes influenced by their own experiences of life-changing personal counselling. Others began training to supplement their skills gap in other careers that require good human relations, such as teaching or journalism. People working in vocational careers such as nursing and education may become disillusioned by paperwork and targets and embark on counselling training in the hope it will lead to something more soul-full. The article concludes that counselling can be life-changing, a time of growth and self-development. However, the lack of paid counselling jobs means that it may turn out to be an expensive form of personal/professional development. |
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counselling; counsellors; employment; motivation; social work education; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=b81e24b5-b3c8-4ef6-bfd6-68cd83b680f3 |
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