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March 2014

The Foundations of Holistic Counselling

By Foundations of Counselling

In the medical sense, ‘holistic’ literally means treating the whole person.

Holistic  counsellors do this by looking at the client’s presenting concerns and also by exploring how the social, political, cultural and spiritual dimensions of the client’s life informs their here and now experience. This means clients are not restricted to just symptom management and instead can be empowered to become active change agents in their own lives. This shift is possible when a client is given the tools to re-connect to a wealth of inner resources that have perhaps become lost along life’s ups and downs. Read More