Dear All,

What a year it has been.  We have celebrated some great moments like seeing students beginning their counselling careers and finding that they can counsel.  We have also experienced great disappointment with the continuing problems around the reaccreditation of the course and the rounds of rewriting and renegotiation that that entails.

A Happy, Holy Christmas to you all,

Jenny and Kathryn

Enclosed for your Information

There is a list of new books in the Tamworth Library and also Mental Health Websites.

Tutorials & Practicals

Numbers Attending Tutorials

There has been an uneven distribution of students across the Tutorials this year.  This makes it difficult for Tutors to conduct groups effectively.  Students are asked to attend the Tutorial group which is closest to them geographically.

Inverell Tutorial

Lois is conducting an informal Tutorial for local students on Saturday, December 15th at 15 Tulare Cres

9.30 am — 4 pm. Formal work resumes in Inverell on 19th January

Lois’s Work Phone number is 6722 3179 — please call in business hours.

Tamworth Tutorial

The next Tamworth Tutorial will be run by Betty on February 9th and will be held at 88 Bridge Street.

9 am – 4 pm

Please call 6762 5210 to register

Armidale Tutorial

Jenny will be conducting an Armidale Tutorial in 2008. 

It will be held in the Anglican Counselling Service rooms in the Diocesan Registry on the

3rd Saturday 19th January, 9.30—4.30.

Please call 6762 5210 to register

Moree Tutorial

The next Moree Tutorial will be run by Wendy on Monday, January 21st.  It will be held at the Wesley Centre in Frome Street from 9 am - 1 pm.

Wendy’s phone number is 6752 3419.

The dates for the rest of the year will be negotiated on that day.

Practical Dates for 2008

Residential Practicals will be conducted in

For accommodation options please call 6762 5210.

Unit Evaluation Forms

The Evaluation forms that students complete at the end of each Unit have been collated for 2007.  As the comments are anonymous we aren’t able to respond to individuals.

The positive responses about various aspects of the course are welcome and included: learning the counselling skills, relating personal experience to counselling practice, appreciation of the interaction and fellowship with other students, tutorials (for students who can attend) and being challenged by the assignments.

In responding to some of the other comments:

Information about writing assignments is in the Light Green Book “Introduction to Counselling Studies” which all students receive at the beginning.

The 103 Unit text by Corkille Briggs is somewhat out dated and we would welcome suggestions of a comparable text which is more recent.

We have discovered that CD’s do not operate in every player.  It is best to try several machines before concluding that the CD is faulty.

The Depression in the Grief, Loss and Depression Unit is around Grief and Loss.

Accreditation of the Course

We are still awaiting the outcome of our Appeal with the Department of Education and Training.

While we are unable to offer the accredited course to new students, continuing students are able to complete the course they undertook.

We will continue to enrol students who wish to begin studying the course, on the understanding that the course is not currently accredited.

We trust to God that all will be well eventually.

See LRCCS contacts page for general enquiries.

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Last modified: 03-Sep-2008