Articulating Counselling in the Context of Registration and New Right Policy.

Abstract

Originally presented as a paper at the 2013 NZAC National Conference in Napier, this article contributes to discussions about the position that counselling needs to take up in order to thrive in the current political environment. It attempts to consider counselling's position in the face of a social and health policy landscape dominated by a New Right agenda, as this is manifested in professional regulation by the state, and calls for practice to be evidence based. I suggest that the counselling profession needs to respond to these calls. We need to take them seriously while holding fast to the values of our profession which, I suggest, privilege the relationship between counsellor and client. In particular, it is argued that counselling and counsellors need to become engaged in producing practice-based research evidence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of New Zealand Journal of Counselling is the property of New Zealand Association of Counsellors and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)