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co-counseling
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co-counseling
Peer counseling Psychology A therapeutic philosophy that originated in the 1960s in Seattle; in a typical co-counseling session, each person has an allotted time to act as a counselee, while the peer counselor helps him/her recognize hidden or blocked emotions; once one person's allotted time ends, the roles are switched. See Encounter groups, Humanistic psychology.


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Therapists have described this response as a defence barrier that needs to be gently lowered and the damage slowly repaired through a practised routine of listening, prompting and guiding - perhaps combined with co-counselling or mutual evaluation.
In Inatu's opinion co-counselling and building support groups through body mapping is not only about living with HIV; it's about the bruises and hurts of life; it's about teaching people how to listen to each other; it's about letting go of fear and denial.
 
 
 
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