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School Anti-Bullying Programmes don't work, says Counsellor
Sunday, 27 March 2011, 1:12 pm | 24-7
In the aftermath of the shocking case of a defenceless Wanganui school student being punched, kicked and stomped by what can only be described as a feral student, parents of school children may wish to pause to consider the wisdom of the various anti-bullying ... More >>
The recent earthquake in Christchurch
Monday, 28 February 2011, 10:38 am | 24-7
people in the child's life who are truly experts on both the child and the child's welfare. It is this parental expertise that is the child's greatest protective factor in a crisis, and to be truly useful in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake, ... More >>
Time to go where the evidence leads in Mental Health care
Sunday, 30 January 2011, 9:35 pm | 24-7
Time to go where the evidence leads in Mental Health care, says Counsellor. “The alarming revelation that over 80,000 New Zealanders are using Anti-Psychotic drugs, some of them children, alongside the fact that 10% of the population is now taking ... More >>
TV 3 screens and then laughs at a child abuse skit
Friday, 24 December 2010, 9:34 am | 24-7
An Auckland Family Counsellor is appalled at the actions of the TV 3 Nightline programme, who featured a internet-based comedy skit in which a 6 year old child and a father are depicted joking about the sexual abuse of the child, on 23/12/10. More >>
Text, email counselling safe if supervised
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 10:25 am | 24-7
The advent of text and email counselling within what is now an embedded social networking societal environment is not dangerous if the process is well supervised, says a Counsellor and Counselling Outcomes Researcher. More >>
Counsellor lambasts Mental Health Service ideology
Monday, 5 October 2009, 12:01 pm | 24-7
“In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Week (5-11 October 2009), it is now timely for New Zealand Mental Health Services to own up to the fact that the industry seems to have an “anything goes” ideology when working with vulnerable mental ... More >>
Mental Health services "systemically dangerous"
Tuesday, 1 July 2008, 10:12 am | 24-7
The state funded New Zealand Mental Health services have now become "systemically dangerous" to clients and consumers seeking crisis and community mental health services, and families who have loved ones in need of such services need to be aware ... More >>
24-7 – Ltd Teens Seminar well received
Friday, 25 January 2008, 11:18 am | 24-7
The “Teens, Teens, Teens” Seminar was very well received by an enthusiastic and interactive group of participants at the Diabetes Auckland Building Seminar room on 24/1/08. Teen brain development, behavioural values, power struggles, substance ... More >>
Lawyers first loyalty is to themselves
Saturday, 3 November 2007, 2:40 pm | 24-7
Lawyers first loyalty is to themselves, not their clients, says 24-7 Counselling Agency Director More >>
