Dear Alic
>Is some of the issue not concerned with the academic ability to search out
>and evaluate other work in chosen areas of counselling?
Yes. For me it's also about not holding a mindless allegiance to an
approach just because it appeals intuitively. As well as wanting to
know why it works when it works, I need to know enough about the theory
which informs it and about other theories to be able to compare them.
>What does anyone else feel about life experience as a pre-requisite to
>studying and practising counselling?
Of course life experience is important but that doesn't necessarily
equal maturity. I think that the most important quality is the ability
to reflect and be open to one's experiencing and to new experiences. I
would argue that one can have that without necessarily being mature
chronologically.
Sue
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