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#Counselling

# counselling - Monday 22 April, 2013

Mother of sex abuse victim: 'There was no one to help us'

Jennifer’s* son had to wait nine months after reporting his abuse before a HSE therapist was assigned.

# counselling - Monday 15 April, 2013

HSE failing today's child sex abuse victims with lack of counselling services

HSE counselling services for children specifically exclude child sexual abuse as it is not considered a mental health issue.

# counselling - Sunday 7 April, 2013

Column: Men can communicate, just not like women

Men are constantly criticised for ‘not talking’ but they simply communicate in a different way to women; if we want to tackle male suicide we need to tackle their self esteem first, writes Tony Moore.

# counselling - Friday 22 March, 2013

80% think counselling and psychotherapy should be regulated

The research also revealed that almost two thirds of people believe it is more acceptable to talk about their problems than it was in the past.

# counselling - Tuesday 12 February, 2013

Increased demand for marriage counselling as financial difficulties rise

Levels of stress and anxiety remained high among couples using ACCORD’s counselling service last year.

# counselling - Monday 14 January, 2013

Cutbacks reduce one-to-one guidance counselling by 50% - study

A study commissioned by the Institute of Guidance Counsellors found cutbacks have significantly reduced the time available for one-to-one student counselling.

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# counselling - Monday 31 December, 2012

Texting and internet use are growing difficulties for couples

Last year, Accord saw a 12 per cent increase in demand for its counselling services.

# counselling - Thursday 27 December, 2012

Abuse counselling service extends hours until 6 January

Connect has fully-trained psychotherapists on hand to speak to adult victims of childhood abuse.

# counselling - Friday 14 December, 2012

Samaritans celebrates 10 years of prisoner listener scheme

Over the past year, Samaritans recorded 1,100 formal contacts within the six prisons in its Listener Scheme, an 83 per cent increase on 2011.

# counselling - Tuesday 4 December, 2012

From The42 Chiefs had given counselling to Belcher, girlfriend Tragedy

Chiefs had given counselling to Belcher, girlfriend

The couple had been arguing over relationship and financial issues for months.

# counselling - Friday 30 November, 2012

Console plans to open suicide resource centre in Kerry

The national suicide prevention and bereavement charity unveiled its plans for the centre this morning.

# counselling - Tuesday 16 October, 2012

Demand for counselling services increase in Tallaght as recession bites

Around 1 per cent of the population of Tallaght will have sought counselling by the end of the year.

# counselling - Saturday 13 October, 2012

Column: 6 ways to stop arguments getting out of hand

When should you say sorry? Counsellor Lisa O’Hara gives tips on stopping fights before they get out of control.

# counselling - Monday 17 September, 2012

Increase in women seeking post-abortion care from IFPA

The group released its annual report from last year today.

# counselling - Tuesday 21 August, 2012

Irish suicide prevention charity to expand services to UK

Console is to open an office in London following discussions with the UK Department of Health and the Metropolitan Police.

# counselling - Thursday 12 July, 2012

Family resource centres report increased demand

A new report shows more young people and men are availing of the support services offered by family resource centres.

# counselling - Wednesday 20 June, 2012

Over 1,300 abuse survivors received counselling under Catholic Church service

Towards Healing’s first annual report says that over 28,000 counselling sessions were provided last year.

# counselling - Monday 11 June, 2012

Child abuse helpline sees large increase in calls

Some callers said they had harmed themselves, while others reported eating disorders and relationship difficulties.

# counselling - Saturday 21 April, 2012

Computer game could help in treatment of depression - study

Researchers in New Zealand have developed a computer game which they say is effective at treating mild and moderate depression in teenagers.

# counselling - Wednesday 22 February, 2012

One in four would be embarrassed to have counselling - survey

An industry survey showed men are less likely than women to seek counselling for personal difficulties.

# counselling - Tuesday 14 February, 2012

Calls to crime victims helpline increase by 11 per cent

Unprovoked street assaults were a feature in many of the calls, managers at the helpline said.

# counselling - Sunday 8 January, 2012

Column: Depression affects one in four – so we tried to do something about it

Norah Bohan set up a Twitter counselling service for people in difficulty over the Christmas holidays – and was amazed by its success. Here she explains what happened.

# counselling - Thursday 29 September, 2011

Online training to help people support grieving family and friends

An online training course developed by the Irish Hospice Foundation will help people to support family, friends and colleagues who have lost a person they love.