Maria Albertsen
@MariaAlbertsen_
Founder of @UK_counsellors (CTUK) & National Counsellors’ Day @counsellors_day (22nd June). Fellow member of @ncs_counselling. #activist #northeast
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http://www.mariaalbertsen.com 05-02-2011 18:51:30
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We really look forward to seeing how BACP takes this forward with Health Assured bbc.com/news/uk-685372… Alys Harte
'In the consulting room, we continue to hear our clients facing homophobic, biphobic and transphobic experiences regularly.'
Our member Silva Neves raises awareness about the unique struggles of LGBTQ+ clients.
Read more 👉 orlo.uk/D594r
Hoping to address some of the questions in this thread with Clare Slaney and Marvis Stewart (she/her) MNCS (Accred) at the 2024 National Counsellors’ Day Conference - How comfortable are we as therapists talking about poor people? #therapistsconnect #therapisttwitter
Maria Albertsen @therapywithNara We don't discuss money at all, despite every part of our industry being intimately dependent on it. How could it not be? There's no state funding for C&P, it is entirely reliant on private money and the market.
Maria Albertsen @therapywithNara We don't talk about what 'counselling' symbolises to the client who needs to prove to the DWP that they're something or other enough to receive the right kind of benefit.
We never, ever talk about what being a counsellor symbolises to the counsellor in relation to The Poor ™
Maria Albertsen @therapywithNara We divide those clients into the deserving and undeserving poor. We believe that employment will sort the unemployed out. We don't talk about what the wrong kind of employment does to someone-which includes creating embittered, unpleasant people.
Maria Albertsen @therapywithNara We don't talk about the fact that people who are used to being given shit expect to be given shit, and how that impacts the therapeutic relationship (not least because we give them therapists that we would judge v harshly if they tried to go into private practice.)
100% this 👇🏼 Question - How many ‘social justice’ therapists talk about poverty, poor people, money, class? Please tag them as I’d like to follow them. Thanks 😊 #therapistsconnect #therapisttwitter
Really excited to present on #HarmAndMoney at NCD 2024 on the 29th June. I'm also really excited to learn that Lucia Sarmiento Verano will be presenting too. IMO, Lucia is one of the most brilliant thinkers on social justice in this profession. I can't wait. nationalcounsellorsday.co.uk