Therapeutic Assignment Essay

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Assignment 1 Due date 30th April 2013 Melissa Richter 482283701 Unique Number PYC4809: 890871 Question 1: Identify the Organisation where you will work as a volunteer. Please indicate where the organisation is located by giving its physical and also its postal address. Life Line Pretoria Tel: 012 804 –1853 71 Watermeyer Street Val de Grace E-mail: counsellor@lifelinepta.org.za Question 2: Please supply the name and telephone number of the person who will act as you supervisor? Elize Sutherland 012 804 1853 Question 3 : Briefly describe the history and objectives o the organisation. LifeLine Pretoria has been providing a confidential counselling service to all members of the community who are in need or in crisis for the last 33 years. Trained counsellors who are skilled in the art of listening provide this service. They are committed to giving emotional support either telephonically or by face-to-face Interviews. LifeLine Pretoria strives to improve quality of life by providing emotional well-being and offering courses in self-awareness, communication and life skills. As a community based voluntary organisation, LifeLine involves the community at large and its resources to achieve their objectives. Background LifeLine was started in Sydney, Australia, in 1963 by Rev. Dr Alan Walker, in response to a desperate need in the community for a confidential crisis telephone counselling service. LifeLine has since extended that service by providing face-to-face counselling and unique training courses in communities and the corporate environment. Internationally there are 264 LifeLine centres in the world. It has

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