... events, not just “facing” them in the middle of routinized, habitual business activity. Hanna Toiviainen can be contacted at: hanna.toiviainen@helsinki.fi © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Learning organizations Networking Learning methods Individual psychology Psychology...

... organizations matching the profile. Information systems New Zealand Psychology The joint endeavour of action research, putting together researchers and client organizations, can lead to some dilemmas. Such dilemmas originate from different and sometimes conflicting interests and perspectives...

..., including many behaviours which do not involve the ingestion of a drug. But do behavioural addictions really exist? Answers this question by examining the various commonalities (psychological, sociological and cultural) between excessive behaviours (behavioural and chemical) and by drawing on the author’s...

...Ian M. Cockerill It is a popular belief that exercise participation has both physical and psychological benefits and, more specifically, that performance at work, cognitive function and overall self‐esteem may be enhanced through exercise. While research in this area is variable, it has been shown...

...Jean O′Callaghan; Eileen Pickard The experience of redundancy and being unemployed can dislocate the ways in which we make sense of ourselves and our lives. Explores some of the key stressors involved in being unemployed. Proposes a programme of psychological support as one way of facilitating...

...) recommended the development of a“psychologically and educationally sound intervention” to assist the LTD teacher in maximizing recovery. In response to this recommendation, an adaptation of single‐session therapy was developed by Talman (1990) and a pilot intervention was carried out. Thirty‐three LTD...

... will say yes. I am pleased that I took the initiative to do that.” © MCB UP Limited 1994 Competences Counselling Professionals Psychology Many people choose to become counsellors or psychotherapists because they were the psychologically precocious children in their family...

... Anxiety Australia Personality tests Psychology Schools Stress Teachers Work The pop group American Breed would no doubt be surprised to find some of the lyrics to their attempt at the Australian hit parade in the late 1960s as a title to an article in a journal such as this. Nonetheless...

... a person to counsel others is rejected. A second issue discussed is: who should undertake psychological staff support within work settings– managers, personnel staff, occupational health‐care staff or external counsellors? Counselling and guidance are distinguished as different forms of staff support which...

...M.J. Rose; J.P. Reilly; B. Pennie; P.D. Slade Proposes that, in large measure, chronic low back pain is a result of inappropriate information given to acute low back pain patients. This information leads patients into an avoidance pattern of behaviour which has psychological and physiological...

... health through strategic people management. The Australian Customs Service has developed the role of psychologist such that it plays an integral part in the promotion of all aspects of corporate health. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Australia Customs and Excise Organizations Psychology EMPLOYEE...

... of solving the problem. However, the individual can also establish control by reclaiming what could otherwise be a part of daily living which is endured, as an inevitable loss. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Anxiety Health Psychology Stress Commuting VOLUME 4 NUMBER 2 1992 Commuting-related Stress...

...David J. Johnson Addresses the deficit of the generic and social psychological components in the way Business Counselling has hitherto been considered. Utilising models developed by Egan and Reddy a model of counselling applicable to Business Counselling is developed. Practical suggestions are made...

... Psychology Employee counselling EMPLOYEE COUNSELLING TODAY COUNSELLING, PSYCHOTHERAPY, PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY DEFINITIONS AND TERMS Petruska Clarkson The ongoing confusion between different spheres of activity by helping professionals under an array of different titles exacerbates what is already...

...Rowan Bayne Distinctive characteristics of Myers′ psychological‐type theory,including its aims, “tone”, type development and the concept of preference are discussed. The theory and the Myers‐Brigg Type Indicator (MBTI) are relevant to counselling in three main ways: (1) by making the core qualities...

...Douglas H. Duckworth Psychologically traumatic experiences can arise out of apparently normal, everyday situations, can affect perfectly ordinary working people, and may only involve one or two individuals. Four case illustrations are given of unsuspecting employees who found their lives thrown...

... experienced stress (eustress). © MCB UP Limited 1990 Counselling Organizations Psychology Stress Training VOLUME 2 NUMBER 4 1990 THE SCOPE OF "STRESS" COUNSELLING IN ORGANISATIONS Petruska Clarkson Counselling in organisations is a rapidly growing field which is complex and challenging...

... of "coping with his/her problems" and to "learn to live without alcohol" (or with very little); in short a psychological approach. The controversy that has generated most heat has not been physical versus psychological treatment, or psychodynamic versus behavioural psychotherapy. It has not even been...

...C. Maxwell Considers the psychological and physiological reactions to bereavement. Argues that the workplace counsellor is ideally placed to offer help and reduce the intensity and duration of reactions to bereavement, and that this response is likely to yield benefits in employee relations...

... about counselling versus psychotherapy. Surmises that the four conceptualisations of counselling are not mutually exclusive, but it is important to examine the exact nature of counselling in order to do the job well. © MCB UP Limited 1989 Counselling Professional associations Psychology...