‘Counselling Connections Across Australia’ is CCAA’s national, annual journal, of which all CCAA Members receive a free copy. Through our journal, CCAA seeks to promote the responsible integration of faith into counselling practice and to encourage and promote excellence in counselling and psychotherapy.
The goals of Counselling Connections Across Australia include:
To publicise and promote CCAA to the professional counselling community.
To develop the practice and understanding of counselling and psychotherapy through research and reflection on theory and clinical experience.
To provide an avenue for appropriate written expression to the Christian counselling fraternity.
To express the values, vision and mission of CCAA.
Theme for 2021:
The theme for the 2021 Journal is “Unprecedented Crisis – Fear or Hope?”. We invite the submission of articles on this topic in general – from a biblical or clinical counselling perspective. All journal submissions should be submitted via email to:
Journal Editorial Committee Chair: Ian Parkin journal@ccaa.net.au
Editors: Lyndy Burt, Maureen Ireland, Dominie Nelson, Ian Parkin
Contributors should provide their name/s, postal and email address and a short paragraph on your professional interests, qualifications, professional memberships and counselling experience and a passport-sized digital coloured photo of high resolution with the submission.
Standards of Publication:
Articles are to be between 1000–2500 words and reflect a scholarly approach to the subject matter. Contributors may write in an academic manner as well as narratives describing personal clinical experience that captures the essence of counselling. (Examples of previous journal articles can be found under the PD/Resources tab at www. ccaa.net.au). Good articles contain:
Research results and appropriate literature
Substantiation of key points in a logical presentation
Inclusion of interesting and relevant case studies (wherever possible) making sure that appropriate privacy and ethics approval are observed
Properly referenced with a bibliography using APA style.
Refer to below for more details on the types of articles.
Date Due:
The deadline for submissions for the 2021 journal is 1st September 2021.
Please note that all articles are subject to editing processes and approval before printing.
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The costs for each edition varies with postage and handling covered in the price.
2020 – ‘Grace’ $12 for hard copy / $8 for digital download
2019 – ‘Spirituality … Psychopathology’ -$14
2018 – ‘What Works?’ – $15
2017 – ‘Counselling through the Lifespan’ – $13
2016 – ‘Resilience Through Relationships’ – $12
2015 – ‘Mental Heath or Mental Wealth’ – $12
2014 – ??? – $10
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Grace – an important aspect of the Christian Counsellor.
God forms us into a
Relationship with him and with each other. Through our
Attachment needs being met we learn to
Counsel with, it is hoped, greater
Empathy and understanding
Please find below the articles in this Journal with the Preamble.
A literature review of factors that may be predictors of whether a person is likely to succeed in retirement. A successful retirement would be defined as a person who is well adjusted and has lived for no less than ten years after leaving paid employment, enjoys reasonable health, is well adjusted mentally and physically and engaged in activities of daily life. Factors that could be predictors might include financial security, family history, religious beliefs, culture, attitude to life, age at retirement and relational support.
The research indicates a need for a long-term study of this important subject given the possibilities of intervention at either a pre-retirement or post retirement phase of development.
A literature review of factors that may be predictors of whether a person is likely to succeed in retirement. A successful retirement would be defined as a person who is well adjusted and has lived for no less than ten years after leaving paid employment, enjoys reasonable health, is well adjusted mentally and physically and engaged in activities of daily life. Factors that could be predictors might include financial security, family history, religious beliefs, culture, attitude to life, age at retirement and relational support.
The research indicates a need for a long-term study of this important subject given the possibilities of intervention at either a pre-retirement or post retirement phase of development.
When I was a young Christian, I was told -in hushed tones which bespoke both disgust and stigma -that people struggling with depression lacked spirituality. After many years, such stigma and misunderstanding still exists and it’s important that we, as Counsellors/Psychotherapists, are not only well acquainted with the problem of depression, but that we can also undo some of the very real stigma, shame and guilt which is so often still attached to the problem of depression.
In response, this paper will consider the following issues: the reality of depression, the root causes of depression and a variety of healing responses which Counsellors may use in their work
This essay will describe and reflect on how the author is delivering supervision to a group of social workers and therapists in The Peoples Republic of China (China). This supervision practice is shaped by the cultural context of this group of generally inexperienced practitioners. The author researched additional articles that address the sociopolitical context for providing a culturally appropriate model of external clinical supervision to this group.
During the 1960’s and 1970’s I was providing a counselling practice in Sydney’s housing commission area in the Western Suburbs.
In those years I was introduced to many clients suffering the trauma of severe sexual abuse both as children and adults. One thing became obvious to me at the time was the inadequacy of the talk therapy models available to offer any more than comfort with little prospect of real change.
This lead to my searching for alternate models.
Abuse, particularly sexual abuse, robs a person of the right to possession of their own body. Locked tissue is no longer available to the person but is left to remain property of the abuser. It seemed to me that the therapeutic task was to assist clients in the repossession of their own bodies. But how?
CCAA welcomes qualified readers to submit articles for publication in the Counselling Connections Across Australia Journal. Submissions should be provided for consideration via email to the Journal Editorial Team at journal@ccaa.net.au. Please include your name, postal address and email address with your submission. Examples of previous journal articles can be found on our articles page.
Readers are invited to submit material within the following categories and should note that all submissions will be subject to editing processes and approval
300-600 words in length.
Should outline the key theme(s) of the book and your recommendations as to the contexts in which the book is best suited.
Please include a photo of the book.
1000-2000 words in length.
Should ideally be in a narrative form and consist of you sharing a case or practice idea with your colleagues.
Individual clients and workplaces should be de-identified to protect privacy. Many contributors choose to develop a representational client based on a compilation of their actual clients. Alternatively, you could seek permission to share the story from your clients (please still de-identify them).
A bibliography, APA style, should be included at the conclusion of your case study/practice reflection. Footnotes are discouraged and appendices are preferred.
A short paragraph on your professional interests, qualifications, professional memberships and counselling experience should accompany your submission.
Please include a passport-sized, high resolution, digital colour photo of yourself.
These should come from senior, bachelor level or postgraduate students working at a distinction level or above.
Adapted single or double semester projects related to specific journal themes are most likely to be accepted.
Please seek advice from your department head or research supervisor prior to submission.
Contributions can be between 1000–3000 words and reflect a scholarly approach to the subject matter. Research and the substantiation of key points and arguments are expected.
Contributions are to be logically and clearly organised, with use of appropriate nomenclature for professional counselling.
Style may be narrative or analytical and stated in the third person.
A bibliography, APA style, should be included at the conclusion of your case study/practice reflection. Footnotes are discouraged and appendices are preferred.
A short paragraph on your professional interests, qualifications, professional memberships and counselling experience should accompany your submission.
Please include a passport-sized, high resolution, digital colour photo of yourself.
Content is to be relevant to the current journal theme.
Articles should be between 1500–5000 words and reflect a scholarly approach to the subject matter. Research and the substantiation of key points and arguments are expected.
Contributions are to be logically and clearly organised with use of appropriate nomenclature for professional counselling
Style may be narrative or analytical and stated in the third person.
Contributors may write from personal clinical experience in order to capture the essence of clinical work in the counselling field. Examples of this writing style may include case studies or individual case reports which provide a clinical exploration and discussion relevant to the current journal theme. Reference to literature that assists readers to understand the issues raised must be included.
A bibliography, APA style, should be included at the conclusion of your case study/practice reflection. Footnotes are discouraged and appendices are preferred.
A short paragraph on your professional interests, qualifications, professional memberships and counselling experience should accompany your submission.
Please include a passport-sized, high resolution, digital colour photo of yourself.
These should comply with the themed article guidelines and, in addition, articles submitted for peer review must be accompanied by a letter requesting such.
Master’s and Doctorate students may apply with an adapted thesis related to the journal theme.
A copy of the article is to be submitted with a separate page giving your name, address and contact details (email preferred). No identifying material (author or participants) is permitted within the body of the article.
Peer review is conducted by two reviewers who are familiar with the counselling field and are academically qualified. Peer review results in a higher standing for published articles having completed the peer review process.
The submission of articles implies permission for editorial process and changes to the article as deemed necessary. The articles are reviewed by the Journal Editorial Team and authors of articles selected for inclusion in the Journal will be informed by the Editorial Chair.
Publication includes electronic publication to the CCAA website.
A courtesy copy of your article with any editorial changes will be forwarded to your email address at the time of Journal publication, if you are not a Member of CCAA.
A complimentary copy of the Journal containing published articles will be posted to all contributors. Additional copies, if requested will be forwarded at a cost of $15 per copy (inclusive of postage).
Advertising space is available within the journal, subject to approval.
Content of advertisements may include services, products or opportunities relevant to counsellors and psychotherapists or the clients they serve. Rates and formatting requirements are available upon application to the editor editor@journal.ccaa.net.au. Administrator admin@ccaa.net.au
Our readership includes clinical counsellors, counselling supervisors, counsellor educators, counselling training college staff, social workers, psychologists, undergraduate and post graduate counselling trainees and our Associate Members such as pastoral carers and ministry team members.
We actively promote quality counsellor and psychotherapy education as well as books and counselling and psychotherapy resources.
