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 P.A.T.H.S. Counselling Partners 
Up until 2010 the P.A.T.H.S. counselling service in Christchurch
provided counselling free or by donation. This was a huge contribution
on the part of the professional counsellors involved who gave up there
time to offer help to people wanting counselling after a recent or past
abortion/termination. We have also been, and continue to be, able to take a
counselling student on part-placement each year, for the learning and
experience in this specialised area of counselling. These students have
also gone on to become PCPs.
As
the demand for our service has grown and expanded there was a need to
devise a way to provide support nationally. This sparked the vision for
the P.A.T.H.S. Counselling Partners (PCPs), a network
of independent counsellors, specially trained in post
abortion/termination issues and healing. The counselling is no longer
free but the hope is that payment for
counselling may be manageable for clients as our philosophy is that
people need to be able to access the service. Options need to be
discussed with the individual counsellor e.g. negotiated fee,
Disability Allowance, koha.
To ensure a standard of service criteria were established and a pathway determined as follows - a PCP will
- Be a
qualified counsellor or similar health professional
- Belong
to a professional body or association e.g. NZAC, NZCCA, NZAP
- Have
appropriate professional supervision
- Have
completed the P.A.T.H.S. Seminar – two day training
- Be
aligned with the P.A.T.H.S. Mission and Philosophy & Guiding Principles
- Complete
the PCP Application Form for listing on the P.A.T.H.S. website
- Receive
the PCP information booklet and adhere to the counselling guidelines
- Have
a conversation with the Co-ordinator before web-listing accepted
- Accept
the final decision rests with P.A.T.H.S Co-ordinators, who can add and delete
listings at their discretion
- Submit
the Counselling Record Form annually for statistical purposes (confidentiality and privacy ensured)
- Know
clients can feed back to P.A.T.H.S. how they experience(d) counselling
For more information
Phone us or email admin@postabortionpaths.org.nz
Connect with a Counsellor
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