PERSPECTIVES ON THE ACADEMY: EDUCATIONAL COUNSELLING AND STIGMA

This paper aims to examine person centred and psychodynamic counselling and in regard to students in a Further Education setting. Two main theoretical approaches to counselling are discussed with reference to the educational context, showing the relationship between the theoretical and the practical in light of the problemsencountered by four students with very different backgrounds and difficulties. I look at the effects of personal difficulties on the learning experience of four students with uniquely differing emotional problems and how person centred and psychodynamic counselling could be utilised to help them. The relationship between counselling services for students and associated stigma is also examined.