Below you will find a brief desription of the research projects currently being carried out by our diploma in counselling students.
Career change at midlife and counselling. The case study explores the situation when the person undertakes a significant career change at midlife and the person's perception and because of the mounting problems takes counselling. The case study suggests that blanket concepts (such as midlife crisis) and handy causalities (career change - stress) could misinform research.
Managing the carer role at old age. The case study explores the daily life and relationships to friends and relatives of an elderly couple. One of them suffers of Alzheimer disease - how does this situation change their life? The case provides detailed, qualitative evidence to our knowledge on carers.
Alternative funding to a charity. The project investigated the effects of funding cuts to a Merseyside charity - both to service delivery and human resources. Through interviews, surveys and analysing secondary sources, the project delivered actionable recommendations that helped the charity concerned.
Basic counselling skills and workplace conflicts. The case study explores the implications of the lack of basic counselling skills in managing workplace conflicts between management and employees, unions and members and management and unions.
