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Counselling Tutor

178 – Mental Health Models

Counselling Tutor

Ken Kelly and Rory Lees-Oakes

Education, Courses

4.6 β€’ 636 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 30 January 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Integrative vs Eclectic Therapy - Geographical Considerations in Online Counselling Episode 178 of the Counselling Tutor Podcast opens with a discussion between Rory Lees-Oakes and Ken Kelly about the differences between integrative and eclectic counselling. Then, 'Digital Counselling Revolution' looks at geographical considerations when working therapeutically online. Last, in 'Practice Matters', the presenters explain the three main mental health models. Integrative versus Eclectic Counselling (starts at 1.30 mins) A question was recently raised in our Facebook group about the difference between integrative and eclectic counselling. There is much debate on this in the counselling and psychotherapy profession. Both approaches combine different modalities of therapy; Rory and Ken use the analogy of cooking to illustrate how they view the differences between integrative and eclectic counselling. In integrative therapy, the client would not be able to spot the 'joins' between modalities - this is rather like combining a number of ingredients into a particular culinary dish. Of course, this may or may not turn out to taste good. The chance of it tasting good is likely to be greater if the cook is reflective and has experience. Some counselling courses are integrative, and will train you in how to blend the various modalities that you are taught. In eclectic therapy, the client would be able to detect that different approaches were being used - this is rather like presenting a selection of raw ingredients. This approach may be adopted by a therapist who has trained in one modality but has then gone on to add others at a later stage. A third approach - which is receiving a lot of attention currently - is pluralistic counselling, which is about offering a range of approaches and supporting the client to choose which of these they would like to try. If you feel drawn to add other modalities to your existing one(s), you may like to reflect on what draws you to do this, and the extent to which their underlying philosophies are consistent with each other. Rory has produced a handout on the advantages and disadvantages of the integrative approach. You can download this here, or via the Counselling Study Resource (CSR). We also have an article on integrative and eclectic counselling on our website. Geographical Considerations in Online Counselling (starts at 14.55 mins) One benefit of online counselling is that it can be done from a distance - this means that if a face-to-face client moves away, for example, it is possible still to continue working with them, so offering a lot of flexibility. However, this may apply only if you will still both be in the same country. Different countries have different laws about counselling and psychotherapy, for example some European countries operate a system where certain job titles (such as 'psychotherapist') are protected. Other countries (e.g. the USA) require therapists to be registered in the state where the client is living. There are even differences within the UK, between England and Scotland (e.g. on rules governing counselling related to adoption). Another consideration when counselling a client from a distance away, even within the same jurisdiction, is your referral networks. If the client needs to be referred, will you know which organisations can help them? Participants on our course, Online and Telephone Counselling - which has now trained over 10,000 therapists in online working - create a network of national agencies that enables you to do this confidently. The course is open to qualified practitioners or to students who are either in placement or about to start this. Mental Health Models (starts at 28.30 mins) Rory and Ken talk about: what mental health is the three key mental health models-medical, psychological and social what characterises each.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Counseling Tutor podcast, the must listen to podcast for students of

0:07.6

counseling and psychotherapy. Here are your hosts, Rory Lee's Oaks and Ken Kelly.

0:15.4

Hi, I'm Rory and with me as always is Ken. How are you doing, Ken?

0:19.8

I am well, Rory, thank you you for asking i'm very grateful to be here

0:23.6

thank you for joining us as a listener you've joined us at episode 178 of the counseling tutor podcast

0:31.9

we've got three sections we're going to be digging into today the first being our student

0:37.4

check-in where we take something that students may come across during their studies and we're going to be digging into today. The first being our student check-in where we take

0:38.4

something that students may come across during their studies. And we're going to be speaking about

0:42.5

integrative or eclectic counseling. What is the difference? So we're going to be digging into that

0:50.1

one. Then we're going to be moving on to the digital counseling revolution where we recognize that

0:54.6

technology is now used in how therapy is delivered and consumed by our clients. And we're going to be

0:59.7

speaking about online counseling relating to geographical considerations. And that's an interesting one.

1:07.9

I think you're going to like that. And we're going to end episode 178 by going into practice matters

1:13.5

where we take something that we may come across within the day-to-day practice of being a counsellor.

1:18.4

And we're going to be speaking about models of mental health.

1:22.0

What are they?

1:22.8

What should we be looking out for within our therapy rooms?

1:25.8

So let's start off with that student check-in,

1:29.0

integrative or eclectic counselling. Is there really a difference, Rory? Well, I think that's

1:35.3

an interesting question. It's a question that was asked in our Facebook group. And if you're not

1:40.0

a member of our Facebook group, you are out go to Facebook type it in your typing

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counseling tutor you'll find us we're a closed group knock on the door of course we're

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