Dear All,

The topic of how much practice is necessary for Counselling students is on the agenda at the PACFA Conference in Melbourne this week. The letters stand for Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia. This organisation is the accrediting body for counselling and counsellor training so sets the standards for the industry.

On the subject of Practicals and Practice...it is important that all LRCCS students, whether studying Practical subjects or not, continue to practice the Microskills and the Counselling strategies (as you become familiar with them). It is really helpful to find a study partner or partners and meet regularly to practice.

Practicals

Thank you to the students who notified me that they were attending Tamworth Practical last weekend. It made planning much easier

Inverell Practical/Tutorial

Lois will run a 3 day Practical weekend from Friday night to Monday afternoon (30th September to 3rd October).

You register by writing to Lois at PO Box 766 Inverell 2360 or ringing Lois on Ph 6722 2279.

Tutorials in Inverell will continue on the first Saturday of each month at Lois’s place.

Moree Practical/Tutorial

Moree Tutorials usually run on the 3rd Tuesday each month from 9 to 1 at the Counselling Centre. Wendy’s Phone No is 6752 3419.

Uralla Practical

Lynn will be running 2 Saturday Practicals on September 18 and October 23 from 9.30—4.00 in the Uralla Anglican Church Hall. The first will focus on Counselling Prac 2 exercises.

The next Tutorial in the Anglican Counselling Rooms in Armidale is on 6th Sept (9 to 12) which is the 1st Monday in the month . Lynn’s can be contacted on Ph 6772 9753.

Tamworth Practical

Practicals will run on Friday night and all day Saturday from 7—10 and 9—4.30 on the following weekends:
10th 11th Sept and 8th 9th October.

The September session will include work on the Art, Sand, Dreams and Drama Unit as well as Microskill and E.I.T. practice

Tutorial sessions for students doing Theory subjects will run from 9 to 12 on those dates as well.

Library News

There are 2 new Library lists in each centre These list the books by Author.

The smaller list is the books in your local LRCCS collection for you to check first. The larger list is the collection held in Tamworth.

I am including LRCCS Library Request Forms for Books and Journal articles from Tamworth with this newsletter. You may send these by :

Fax 6762 5740

Email LRCCS@northnet.com.au or

Post to PO Box W52 Tamworth 2340.

Alternatively leave a message on my phone 6762 5210. Ruth and Cheryl have to relay messages about books to that number so its better to come direct from you

Last Self Awareness Course for 2004

A drought funded Know Yourself Course will run in Baradine on 16/17 and 30/31 October.

From the Desk

When preparing to do assignments make sure that you read the course notes thoroughly. These have been written by Lois from numerous sources and are your most valuable resource for your learning.

When enquiring to purchase a computer we discovered that Apple Mac gives generous discounts on all computers sold to education institutions and to students! Wow!

Best wishes,

 Jenny

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Last modified: 03-Sep-2008