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Close encounters of the spiritualist kind

When it comes to practical and emotional advice, Daphne heeds the words of her lost loved ones. Find out how a spiritualist medium helps her stay in touch.

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Journeying home

A serious health scare was the catalyst to Chris beginning the process of understanding his experiences more clearly, and using that new insight to help other intersex people.

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Confession as therapy in the Middle Ages

The line between confession and counselling has been blurred for centuries.

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“I’ve never talked to anybody about this before”

Douglas is furious. He’s at crisis point and needs help. Read the first of his two sessions with psychoanalyst Susie Orbach.

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  • Make a new start today : New Start voluntary counseling and testing centre.
  • Make a new start today : New Start voluntary counseling and testing centre.
  • A rainbow against a blue background representing an advertisement for the counseling and advice services offered by the Hannöversche AIDS-Hilfe e.v. Colour lithograph.
  • The word 'AIDS' aflame against a quotation about silence from Dante's 'Inferno; advertising the counseling services of AIDS-Hilfe Weimar e.V. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • Cartoon gay men sitting chatting on chairs with speech bubbles containing information on Schwulenberatung, an open discussion group and counseling service for gay men. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • The message in Dutch 'As AIDS affects you ...' advertising a buddy (counseling) system for AIDS patients available from The Foundation v.z.w. in Brussels. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • The logo of the AIDS Linien, an AIDS helpline in Copenhagen, Denmark offering personal counseling with an interpreter in English, Spanish, Arabic, Serbo-Croation, German and French. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Series of red line figures in a variety of sexual coupling positions with the words 'Wie auch immer' [whatever] against a cloudy sky; an advertisement for the services of the AIDS health counseling offices in North Rhine-Westfalen. Colour lithograph.
  • A bare tree-like form against a washed grey background entitled "_Lebensmut [Life] von Silvia Ühla"; an advertisement for the counseling, therapy and advice services provided for those affected by AIDS by the Diakonisches Werk Stadtmission Bayreuth e.V. Colour lithograph.
  • A red condom among red roses with German text: "With my hands I will support you, on red roses I will bed you. Condoms protect."; an advertisement for safe sex by the AIDS counseling Kiel and AIDS-Hilfe Kiel e.V. Colour lithograph.
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