Clinical Counselling in Schools

Evaluating the effectiveness of a school-based counselling service in the UK

“…School based counselling services also have many advocates (see Barwick, 2000;Baruch, 2001). Barwick notes how a whole range of issues affect and invade the lives of young people (e.g.…”

Exploring the effects of a 14 week person-centred counselling intervention with learning disabled children

“…McLaughlin (1999) argued that in the complex society in which we grow up, the role of the counsellor should not be compartmentalized but should be incorporated in the role of the class teacher. Barwick (2000) has more recently suggested that there are three 'levels' of counselling: immediate, intermediate and intensive. The first two can be seen as the class teacher utilizing 'counselling skills'; the third implies a specialist or 'clinical school counsellor'.…”

Lutfa, a ‘slow’ learner: Understanding school literacy learning in its social and emotional context

“…I then taught in the remaining three sessions of the day, withdrawing children of varying abilities to another room for literacy sessions (a common practice in the school). I did not adopt a professional therapeutic or counselling role (varieties of which are discussed inBarwick 2000). That said, my practice with the children at its best was what Barwick has discussed as 'counselling' at an 'immediate' level; in other words, creation of: 'an environment in which teachers, using ''counselling skills'', sustain a non-judgemental and empathic relationship with their pupils in order to both help identify those experiencing difficulties and promote a ''positive climate for learning for all''.…”