Counselling
Announcement, August 2010
I am pleased to say that my first book, My Other Self: Sexual fantasises, fetishes and kinks, will be published around the end of September as both a paperback and as an e-book. It will be available at www.myotherself.com.au, selected bookstores and Amazon online.
My work may be familiar to those in counselling industry through my role as IT Adviser to the Australian Counselling Association over the past 10 years, from my articles in the ACA’s journal and my writing for the Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors. While exploring and then writing about how people expressed their sexuality in both the real and virtual worlds, I found that community attitudes towards anything other than mainstream sexual practices remain deeply suspicious and judgemental. So began a 4 year project of gathering narratives and interviewing people who enjoyed a wide range of alternative sexual practices, and the result is My Other Self, the stories of ordinary folk quietly leading extraordinary private lives. As well as real-life stories and insights, it contains explanatory background information, links to related interests as well as jargon and search terms.
Lack of understanding and tolerance for difference means that most people whose sexual interests are outside the mainstream need to hide their true selves from family, friends and colleagues; so this book hopes to promote diversity and understanding and open the conversation around a wide range of sexual practices.
March 2010
2010 version of Resources for Counsellors
I believe this is going into the Autumn issue of Counselling Australia journal. Please note that links were all correct at the time of publication, however the online world being what it is, website addresses may change.
Missed one of my IT columns in the ACA journal? Just click and download!
Autumn 2010
Summer 2009
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Winter 2009
Autumn 2009
And don't forget I blog on all things IT at www.angelalewis.wordpress.com.
Social Networking Resources
As I promised in my article Social Networking: About People, Not
Technology (ACA Journal Vol 9 (4) 2009), here are some resources on
social networking.
A-Z of
Australian Business Using Twitter
5
elements of a Successful Facebook Page
Setting Up a
Delicious (social bookmarking) account
Pew Internet Report (2009) : Adults and Social Networking Sites
I'd love it if you come and join me on my Facebook page to help you get an idea of how it works, and to also take advantage of lots of IT tips and hints.
Newsflash!
November 2008 - Angela Lewis has won the ACA National Award for services
to the Counselling Industry for a third time!
Dr. Angela Lewis, Professional Counsellor
- Diploma of Professional Counselling, MAIPC (1997)
- Industry Advisor to the Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors since 2000
- Professional Member Australian Counselling Association (1996)
- IT Education advisor to the ACA since 2001.
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Dr. Lewis has twice (2003 & 2004) won the ACA National Award for exceptional services to the Australian Counselling Association and its Member Associations and the Counselling Industry as a whole.
January 2009
2009 version of Resources for Counsellors.
Please note that links were all correct at the time of publication, however the online world being what it is, website addresses may change.
October 2008
I was honoured this week by the unexpected privilege of being recognised professionally by the Australian Counselling Association, receiving Honorary Membership for my contributions to ACA over the past 8 years. I've been an active ACA member since its inception, enjoying publishing my regular columns in the Counselling Australia journal and the ACA Ezine. You can read the full announcement, which was published in this month's ACA Ezine.
January 2007
Over the years, I have been a regular contributor to ACA publications.
The ACA Magazine is published quarterly, and online access is free. The Professional Counsellor, the official journal of the AIPC, is also published quarterly and available online.
