On this page you will find help if you are a Psychotherapist/Counsellor or Life Coach.
42%
said their disfigurement had severe or very severe impact or their psychological health. Two fifths said their healthcare professional had very little understanding and one fifth said their healthcare professional did not know anything about the psychological issues of living with facial disfigurement
(Disfigurement in the UK, 2017)
Special care is needed when helping people living with facial disfigurement. Our unknown bias will need to be understood before we are able to support people living with facial disfigurement. Sometimes people living with disfigurement may present with a variety of issues such as:
• Low self esteem
• Social isolation/withdrawal
• Lack of friends/loved ones
• Anxiety
• Depression
• PTSD
Sometimes the link between facial disfigurement and co-morbid issues may not be ‘seen’ by us particularly if we do not ‘deem’ the disfigurement as ‘severe’ enough, to make the link. This makes us unable to assist or understand what our client might be saying. This is supported by literature which states ‘one fifth said their healthcare professional did not know anything about the psychological issues of living with facial disfigurement (Disfigurement in the UK, 2017).’
We all have different strengths and different clients we service. If you come across a client who might need some extra assistance, please do not hesitate to either educate yourself further in the lived experiences by reading The Ayes Have It! Special Considerations for Facially Distinctive Counsellors or refer clients to our services at Karibu Anawim.
We at Karibu Anawim tailor packages to your professional needs. This may include:
• Professional consults - awareness of our unknown bias and how this affects our professional perceptions of people living with facial disfigurement
• Consultancy
• Support for clients who live with a facial disfigurement and their families
• Counselling services
- Personalised professional awareness counselling &
training
- Child or parental counselling face to face or via
Skype/Zoom platforms
• Access to rent or purchase an educatonal intervention.
We at Karibu Anawim tailor packages to your professional needs. This may include:
- Personalised professional awareness counselling & training
- Child or parental counselling face to face or via Skype/Zoom platforms
Marguerite (Accredited Mental Health Social Worker & Counsellor) Victoria, Australia.
Gloria Quinones (Senior Lecturer) Monash University, Australia.
Please feel free to download the relevant Self Help Guide. If you would like further support, please connect with us in the way you feel most comfortable.
Please feel free to download the relevant
Self Help Guide. If you would like further support,
please connect with us in the way you feel
most comfortable.
Autoethnography: The Ayes Have It! (2018)
The Qualitative Report
'My own experience throughout primary, secondary, and, also tertiary education, clearly requires educators to be educated. Teachers' perceptions matter.'
Special Ethical Considerations for Facially Distinctive Counsellors (2015)
Counselling Australia
Raises issues such as:
• Discrimination: obtaining and retaining clients
• Use of self disclosure: to retain and build rapport with clients therefore lessening discrimination
• Face to face counselling
• Skype/Zoom (National & International clients)
• Support groups
• Consultancy
• Support for family members and friends
• Speakers for the workplace, sporting clubs and social groups
• Email support (may be considered after initial consultation)
Phone (International):
+61 481 328 837
Australia wide phone:
0481 328 837
Email: inquiries@karibuanawim.com
Skype name: Karibuanawim
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