The Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) defines counselling

Dr. Glenn Sheppard wrote an article in the latest CCPA magazine, COGNICA, that contained a definition for counselling which was adopted by the CCPA:

Counselling is a relational process based upon the ethical use of specific professional competencies to facilitate human change. Counselling addresses wellness, relationships, personal growth, career develop, mental health, and psychological illness or distress. The counselling process is characterized by the application of recognized cognitive, affective, expressive, somatic, spiritual, developmental, behavioural, learning, and systemic principles.

The following is also the scope of practice. The counselling profession:

• Is attentive to and responds to diversity and inclusiveness;
• Works in the best interest of individuals, couple, families, groups organizations, communities, and the public-at-large; and
• Works in the domains of cognition, emotion, expression, somatics, human development, behaviour, learning, and interactive systems.

Understanding The Four Types of Mistakes Can Help Us Learn

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Core principles of attachment parenting

• Stage 1: The Need to Be With
• Stage 2: The Need to Be Like
• Stage 3: The Need to Belong
• Stage 4: The Need to Matter
• Stage 5: The Need for Emotional Intimacy
• Stage 6: The Need for Psychological Intimacy

Read the full article by Kids in the House here.

Book Review: Weakness Is Not Sin: The liberating distiction that awakens our strength

Title: Weakness Is Not Sin: The liberating distiction that awakens our strength
Author: Wendy Ulrich, PhD
Publisher: Deseret Book (Salt Lake City)
Audience: Latter-Day Saints, Mormons, Christians, Psychotherapists, Counsellors, Therapists.
Subject: Distinguishing the role of shame and sin.
Summary: I appreciated the way that Ulrich tackled shame, by helping to identify it and the ways that shame can be replaced with humility and godly sorrow. Ulrich shares insights and provoking thoughts that help challenge our beliefs about weakness and sin, in a comfortable non-shame-based way.
Score: 8/10 - highly recommended for the LDS population.

Amazon: $12.39 on Kindle

BlackBerry shows how a wifi kettle could compromise your network

IMO - while it is great to have many things connected to your wifi for ease of use, this shows that without proper security, those extra gadgets may be an access point for hackers.

Auditor General says mental health services in B.C. inadequate

Read the CBC article here.

5 Tips to break your screen addiction

I love the one line: "Addicted to Distraction"

Here are Jon Krop's 5 ways to quit your screen addiction:

1. The next time you take the subway, try not to pull out your phone, a book, or any other distraction from the time you board until you reach the next stop.

2. When you need to walk somewhere, experiment with leaving your headphones in your pocket.

3. Let's keep it real: You probably read on the toilet.

4. Make your morning device-free.

5. Speaking of notifications, do you really need to hear about it every time someone Snap-grams your Yik Yak?