Professional Association of Biographical Counsellors

Biographical Counselling

is a holistic, integrative counselling approach that takes into account the psychological, social and spiritual dimensions of human experience. It offers a way of working that encourages people to find their own agency and creative freedom with their ideals, tasks and responsibilities. It aims to address issues on the level of healing and self development where crises and challenges become opportunities for growth and renewal.

ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION

Biographical Counselling is a counselling modality that offers a unique approach to both healing and self development that is - in its widest sense – holistic. It addresses the psychological, social and spiritual dimensions of human experience by considering three levels of human nature:

• Body - our physicality and how we care for our material, day-to-day needs and limitations
• Soul - our thoughts, feelings and behaviours
• Spirit - our deepest sense of the self and the world that resides in the invisible living principles that underlie existence.

Biographical Counselling considers the individuality and uniqueness of each person to be paramount. It invites people to come into relationship with their life stories and life experiences in order to become actively interested and engaged with the phenomena and mystery of Who am I?, What is my life task?, Why is this happening to me? Through conversation, artistic processes and mapping one`s biography, Biographical Counselling supports the exploration of these questions, strengthening our capacity to be responsible to ourselves, to others, and to our communities. By engaging in this way we become alive to a greater sense of purpose and meaning for who we are and what we do.