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Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate or intimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by others) of an imbalance of physical or social power. This imbalance distinguishes bullying from conflict. Bullying is a subcategory of aggressive behavior characterized by the following three criteria: (1) hostile intent, (2) imbalance of power, and (3) repetition over a period of time.[2] Bullying is the activity of repeated, aggressive behavior intended to hurt another individual, physically, mentally, or emotionally.

Bullying ranges from one-on-one, individual bullying through to group bullying, called mobbing, in which the bully may have one or more “lieutenants” who are willing to assist the primary bully in their bullying activities. Bullying in school and the workplace is also referred to as “peer abuse”.  Robert W. Fuller has analyzed bullying in the context of rankism. The Swedish-Norwegian researcher Dan Olweus says bullying occurs when a person is “exposed, repeatedly and over time, to negative actions on the part of one or more other persons”, and that negative actions occur “when a person intentionally inflicts injury or discomfort upon another person, through physical contact, through words or in other ways”. Individual bullying is usually characterized by a person behaving in a certain way to gain power over another person.

What to expect from your first session

Introduction
The counsellor will introduce themselves to you and let you know their education and experience. You are free to ask the counsellor any questions about their qualifications and expertise.

Confidentiality
Everything discussed in the session is strictly confidential between the client and the counsellor. Following the ethical guidelines set out by APCP there are three exemptions to confidentiality

  1. If the client is a danger to or planning on harming themselves
  2. If the client is a danger or planning to hurt someone else.
  3. Child protection

 

If a child is in danger or at-risk confidentiality will be broken. If a client is over the age of 18 but suffered abuse when underage and the perpetrator has access to children, confidentiality will be broken.

These exemptions will be discussed in depth in the first session and if a disclosure is made during a session the counsellor will do everything they possibly can to support a client.

Booking Information

Time

Session are 50 minutes long. It is up to the client to arrive on time to a session otherwise their time may be cut short depending on appointment scheduling. Cancellations must be given 24 hours in advance to allow the counsellor to offer the time to other clients.

Cost

Your first session with Cogar Counselling is free. This is because the client and counsellor are getting to know each other and discussing the basic housekeeping elements of counselling e.g. cost, scheduling, type of counselling available…. This gives the client the option of getting to know the counsellor and deciding if they can trust and work with the counsellor.

€40 per session after

Discounts available for students.

Contracts

The client will then be given a counselling contract outlining the above and if the client agrees to work with Cogar Counselling, the client and counsellor will sign the contract.

Sessions

These sessions are available via zoom please leave that in the note section, if you would like a zoom session instead of in-person counselling session.

*Important*

*This form does not guarantee a booking on the date and time slot. Clodagh will be InTouch with you in regards to your booking date. 

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