The Irish Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy formerly • Volume 19 • Issue 4 • Winter 2019 Volume 19 Volume • Issue 4 • Winter 2019 • Powerful, seductive and alluring? Money in private practice • A simulated interview with William Glasser: Road to Part 2 – The Process of Psychotherapy • Can’t we just talk to Recovery each other? Supporting Couples to Improve their Communication • A World of Dichotomies: Empirically Supported Treatments or the Common Factors? Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy IJCP Volume 19 • Issue 4 • Winter 2019 Contents From the Editor 3 Our Title In Autumn 2017, our title changed Powerful, seductive and alluring? Money in private practice 4 from “Éisteach” to “The Irish Journal By Terry Naughton of Counselling and Psychotherapy” or “IJCP” for short. A simulated interview with William Glasser: 10 Disclaimer: Part 2 – The Process of Psychotherapy The views expressed in this By James C. Overholser, Ph.D., ABPP publication, save where otherwise indicated, are the views of Can’t we just talk to each other? 15 contributors and not necessarily the Supporting Couples to Improve their Communication views of the Irish Association for By Brendan O’Shaughnessy Counselling and Psychotherapy. The appearance of an advertisement in A World of Dichotomies: Empirically Supported 19 this publication does not necessarily Treatments or the Common Factors? indicate approval by the Irish Utilising Evidence Based Practice and Practice Based Association for Counselling and Evidence to mediate this Discourse and Improve Practitioner Psychotherapy for the product or Outcomes. service advertised. 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To conclude, he in your work with clients for whom invites therapists to move beyond money is a therapeutic theme. simply supporting clients with skills In our second piece, we present development, but to help them part two of James Overholser’s “inoculate against future damage and article series focussing on the work hopefully salve past injuries inflicted Dear Colleagues, of William Glasser. In this article, by hurtful words”. James takes a reflective stance in his In our fourth article, the We wish you a very warm welcome to questions pertaining to The Process controversy and ongoing discourse the Winter edition of the Irish Journal of Psychotherapy in his simulated between evidence based practice, of Counselling and Psychotherapy. interview with Glasser. The piece empirically supported treatments As I write, the clocks have just been ranges broadly, exploring the nature and common factors (those which set back for winter time, day length is of therapy, advice for new therapists, span all therapeutic modalities) is diminishing rapidly, and the colours questions which help clients reflect presented in detail by Daryl Mahon. of the season fading from green to on their needs and need satisfaction, Though quite a technical article, rust. This is often a time for reflection to matters of personal choice, being Daryl creates extremely helpful and restoration following a hectic accountability for their wellbeing moments of contact with the extant year of work and responsibility, an and the nature of Reality Therapy as research literature at the heart of opportunity to take stock and maybe a means to effect positive, lasting the debate leading us to consider even do some celebrating in the change in the lives of clients. The how we as therapists position upcoming holiday period. In this article ends with a cliff-hanger ourselves within the measure/no- edition then, we present four articles moment, whetting our appetite for measure continuum. As a useful which in their own way reflect on key part three of the series which we look starting point, Daryl highlights aspects of what we do as therapists. forward to presenting in the Spring Routine Outcome Monitoring In our first article Powerful, 2020 edition. systems which are straight forward seductive and alluring? Money in Our third contributor, Brendan to implement in practice and have private practice, Terry Naughton O’Shaughnessy offers a practitioner been demonstrated to be helpful comprehensively explores the reflection with practical suggestions in tracking “client progress, identify subject, object and symbolism of for working on the topic of those at risk of deterioration, and money in the therapeutic space. communication in couples therapy. drop out and those responding to Highlighting the dearth of attention Based on nearly 30 years of interventions”. paid to the topic of money in therapy experience, Brendan describes the We hope that the diversity of training, Terry explores money beyond impact of communication difficulties thought, presentation, theme and the apparently simple fee transaction on divorce rates, offers insight into content in our winter edition provide between client and therapist. In traditional approaches used to help useful insights and plenty of food for particular, Terry charts its relevance couples improve their communication thought. But for now, all that remains in the process of therapy. For skills and charts an additional for this edition is for me to wish you professionals, she provides a useful approach grounded in his adaptation all a very Merry Christmas, Happy tool to reflect on our relationship of the work of Joseph Zinkler Holidays and Compliments of the with money - The Money Genogram. (renowned Gestalt couples and Winter Season ahead. For clients, the Family Financial family therapist). In the final section Questionnaire provides a means to of his work, Brendan offers practical Mike Hackett, “explore the historical and emotional suggestions should couples aim to Editor, Winter 2019 Committee update: On behalf of the IJCP Editorial Committee, I would like to extend our most sincere thanks for the wonderful response from members calling for volunteers to join our committee. We are still working through the approval process and will make an announcement to each of our applicants in the next few weeks, with a formal announcement to follow in the editorial of the Spring 2020 edition. We are also heartened by the volume of submissions we have received over the last couple of months from members of the IACP and from our international contributors. Please keep your articles, papers, research coming (and if you do not want to write something in an academic format, please consider submitting a reflective or practitioner perspective based on your experience as a therapist). Contributions from members are the life blood of our journal. Thank you to all of our applicants and contributors. Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy 3 IJCP Volume 19 • Issue 3 • Winter 2019 Academic Article Powerful, seductive and alluring? Money in private practice By Terry Naughton Money and therapy Rowe (1997) states that “we recognise money, but we don’t know what it means. We alone of all the animal species use money, but we don’t understand it. How could we, when money has for us many different meanings?” (p.12). Referring to money, Krueger (1986) observed that it is one of the most emotionally charged elements in present-day life. The only other two competitors for such varied and strong emotions, fantasies and strivings are sex and food. Some of the words used by Trachtman (1999) to describe money are – “powerful”, “seductive” and “alluring” (p.275). Unexamined thoughts and feelings about money can have a great impact on the therapeutic n the practice, literature and training of process (Newman, 2005). Money psychotherapy, money is one of the most ignored may be associated with a number “I of themes that are relevant in topics and, while it remains unaddressed, it leads to an therapy as suggested by Shapiro emotional taboo regarding financial matters” (2007), which include boundaries, family of origin, trust, conflict and (Trachtman, 1999; Tudor, 1998) power. Chan-Brown, Douglass, Halling, Keller and McNabb Introduction