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The Adverse Effects of Burnout and Compassion Fatigue Among Mental Health Practitioners: Self-care Strategies for Prevention and Mitigation 心理健康从业者职业倦怠和同情疲劳的不良影响:自我护理策略的预防和缓解

Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia Pub Date : 2022-12-17 DOI: 10.59158/001c.71210

Natalie Salameh

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Turning Towards Our Desire to Turn Away: Climate Disavowal in the Context of the Australian Counselling Profession 转向我们想要离开的愿望:澳大利亚咨询行业背景下的气候否认

Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia Pub Date : 2022-12-17 DOI: 10.59158/001c.71205

N.A. Azuri

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Contemporary Gestalt Psychotherapy: The Tensions Between Practitioner Education and the Current Cultural Context 当代格式塔心理治疗:从业者教育与当前文化背景之间的紧张关系

Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia Pub Date : 2022-12-17 DOI: 10.59158/001c.71211

Paddy O'Regan

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The Transition From Postgraduate Counselling Student to Working Counsellor: A Qualitative Investigation 从研究生辅导学生到在职辅导员的转变:一项质的调查

Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia Pub Date : 2022-12-17 DOI: 10.59158/001c.71059

C. Lamb

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Exploring the Future Social Identity of a PhD Student Dealing With Anxiety: A Psychotherapy Client Study 探讨博士生处理焦虑的未来社会认同:一项心理治疗来访者研究

Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia Pub Date : 2022-12-17 DOI: 10.59158/001c.71207

Nicholas P. Sarantakis

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Interpersonal Rejection, Ostracism, and Mentalisation in Women’s Friendships: Clinical Implications for Rumination 女性友谊中的人际拒绝、排斥和心理化:反刍的临床意义

Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia Pub Date : 2022-12-17 DOI: 10.59158/001c.71206

Deborah J. Oehlman Forbes

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Reversing the Panopticon: On Narrative Therapy and Its Place in the Treatment of Eating Disorders 颠倒圆形监狱:叙述疗法及其在饮食失调治疗中的地位

Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia Pub Date : 2022-12-17 DOI: 10.59158/001c.71209

Megan Buys

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Editorial: Listening to Lived Experience 社论:倾听生活经验

Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia Pub Date : 2022-12-17 DOI: 10.59158/001c.71201

Jean I. Marsden

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Guest Editor’s Note: Achieving Climate Justice: A Practitioner Call to Action 客座编者按:《实现气候正义:实践者的行动呼吁》

Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia Pub Date : 2022-12-17 DOI: 10.59158/001c.71054

Gávi Ansara

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Supporting Transgender Autistic Youth and Adults: A Guide for Professionals and Families (2020) by Finn V. Gratton. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN: 9781785928031 支持跨性别自闭症青少年和成年人:专业人士和家庭指南(2020)，作者:芬恩·v·格拉顿。杰西卡·金斯利出版社。ISBN: 9781785928031

Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia Pub Date : 2022-12-17 DOI: 10.59158/001c.71063

L. Spence

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