PUBLICATIONS
Beel, N., Taylor, S., & Chinchen, C. (2025). Shaping the profession: Australian counselling educators’ perspectives on professional identity, values, and education. Psychotherapy & Counselling Journal of Australia. https://doi.org/10.59158/001c.129711
Beel, N., & Purvis, M. (2024). Research preparation in Australian accredited counsellor education: A brief report. Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.59158/001c.126644
Saywell, C., Beel, N., du Plessis, C., & McMullen, C. (2024). Understanding the transition from psychology graduate to postgraduate counselling student. Australian Journal of Career Development, 33(2), 188-198. https://doi.org/10.1177/10384162241255803
Boerma, M., Beel, N., Neill, J. T., Jeffries, C., & Krishnamoorthy, G., Guerri-Guttenberg, J. (2024). Male-friendly counselling for young men: A thematic analysis of client and caregiver experiences of Menslink counselling. Australian Psychologist, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/00050067.2024.2378119
Boerma, M., Beel, N., Jeffries, C., & Krishnamoorthy, G. (2023). ‘It’s all about rapport’: Australian therapists’ recommendations for engaging adolescent males in counselling and psychotherapy. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 24(2), 805-817. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12716
Beel, N., & Jonathan, K. (2023). Patterns in making victims’ gender visible or invisible in news media reporting of Boko Haram’s massacres and kidnappings. International Journal of Communication, 7, 5708–5735. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/20829/4320
Beel, N. (2023). More than just counselling: Australian counsellor job advertisement trends. Psychotherapy & Counselling Journal of Australia. doi.org/10.59158/001c.77591
Beel, N., Chinchen, C., Machin, T., & du Plessis, C. (Eds.). (2023). Common client issues in counselling: An Australian perspective. University of Southern Queensland. https://usq.pressbooks.pub/counselling/.
Beel, N. (2023). Domestic violence. In N. Beel, C. Chinchen, T. Machin, & C. du Plessis (Eds.), Common client issues in counselling: An Australian perspective. University of Southern Queensland. https://usq.pressbooks.pub/counselling/chapter/domestic-violence/
Brown, J., & Beel, N. (2023). Depression. In N. Beel, C. Chinchen, T. Machin, & C. du Plessis (Eds.), Common client issues in counselling: An Australian perspective. University of Southern Queensland. https://usq.pressbooks.pub/counselling/chapter/depression/
Beel, N., Chinchen, C., Machin, T., & du Plessis, C. (2023). Introduction. In N. Beel, C. Chinchen, T. Machin, & C. du Plessis (Eds.), Common client issues in counselling: An Australian perspective. University of Southern Queensland. https://usq.pressbooks.pub/counselling/front-matter/introduction/
Boerma, M., Beel, N., Jeffries, C., & Ruse, J. (2023). Review: Recommendations for male-friendly counselling with adolescent males: A qualitative systematic literature review. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 28(4), 805-817. https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12633
Bayliss, L., Malhotra, A., Beel, N., du Plessis, C., Crathern, J., Hall, S., & Burton, L. (2023). Transformative change comes from more than structured content: Qualitative exploration of parent experiences of a post-separation group program. Family Relations, 72(5). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12836
Beel, N. (2022, Dec). Increasing your chances of employment as a counsellor. Psychotherapy and Counselling Today. 32-35. https://pacfa.org.au/common/Uploaded%20files/PCFA/PCT/PCT%20contents%202022/PCT2022_Beel.pdf
Beel, N., Brownlow, C., Jeffries, C., & du Preez, J. (2022). Show no weakness: Male-friendly counsellors’ descriptions of men. Australian Counselling Research Journal, 16(1), 12-22. https://www.acrjournal.com.au/resources/assets/journals/Volume-16-Issue-1-2022/Manuscript2%20-%20Show%20No%20Weakness.pdf
Beel, N., Hoare, N., Davies, M., O’Hara, D. J., & Preez, J. d. (2022). Applications and careers for counsellors and counselling psychologists. In T. Machin, T. Machin, C. Jeffries, & N. Hoare (Eds.), The Australian handbook for careers in psychological science (pp. 115-138). University of Southern Queensland. https://usq.pressbooks.pub/psychologycareers/chapter/applications-and-careers-for-counsellors-and-counselling-psychologists/
Beel, N. (2021). COVID-19’s nudge to modernise: An opportunity to reconsider telehealth and counselling placements. Psychotherapy & Counselling Journal of Australia, 9(1). https://pacja.org.au/2021/04/covid-19s-nudge-to-modernise-an-opportunity-to-reconsider-
telehealth-and-counselling-placements/
Beel, N. (2020). So you want to be a lecturer in counselling. Psychotherapy & Counselling Today. 2. 48-54.
du Plessis, C., Winterbotham, S., Fein, E. C., Brownlow, C., du Preez, J., McKenna, B., Chen, P., Beel, N., & du Plessis, G. (2020). I’m still in the blue family: Gender and professional identity construction in police officers. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-020-09397-9
Philip, K., Beel, N., & Machin, T. (2020). Understanding the cues and strategies counsellors use to develop rapport with clients through telephone counselling. Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia, 8(1). https://pacja.org.au/2020/07/understanding-the-cues-and-strategies-counsellors-use-to-develop-rapport-with-clients-through-telephone-counselling/
Beel, N. (2020). Tips for working with men for helping professionals: Creating male-friendly services. Retrieved from https://www.cdaa.org.au/blog/tips-in-working-with-men-for-helping-professionals-creating-male-friendly-services
Beel, N. (2019). Therapy dropouts and how to reduce them. Psychotherapy & Counselling Today. 1. 18-26.
Beel, N., Brownlow, C., Jeffries, C., & du Preez, J. (2019). Counseling men: Treatment recommendations from Australian men’s therapists. The Journal of Men’s Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/1060826519861969
Beel, N., Jeffries, C., Brownlow, C., Winterbotham, S., & Du Preez, J. (2017). Recommendations for male-friendly individual counseling with men: A qualitative systematic literature review for the period 1995–2016. Psychology of Men & Masculinity. doi:10.1037/men0000137
Beel, N. (2017, July). Counselling men: An introduction to male-friendly counselling. PACFA eNewsletter, pp. 5-8.
Beel, N. (2017). Do counsellors become more effective over time?. [online] Queensland Counsellors Association. Available at: https://qca.asn.au/research/counsellors-become-effective-time/
Beel, N. (2017, May). “But we do that too”! Terminology and the challenges in differentiating the counselling profession from other professions who counsel. PACFA eNewsletter, pp. 16-17.
Beel, N. (2016). Therapy that fits: Feedback informed, client directed counselling. In Noble, C. & Day, E. (Eds.), Counselling and Psychotherapy: Reflections in Practice (pp. 89-99). Oxford University Press
Beel, N. (2014). If it weren’t for those darned psychologists and social workers. Counselling Australia, 14(5), 4.
Beel, N. (2013). Domestic violence, gender, and counselling: Toward a more gender-inclusive understanding. Psychotherapy in Australia, 19(4), 44-52.
Beel, N. (2011). What can we learn from what works across therapies? Counselling Australia, 11(4), 14-18.
Beel, N. (2005). Counsellors’ conceptualisations and responses to challenging callers on a helpline. (Master of Counselling), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.
Beel, N., & Court, J. H. (1999). Ethical issues in counselling over the Internet: An examination of the risks and benefits. Clinical Psychologist, 4(2), 35-42.
Beel, N. (1998). The persuasion techniques of the Watchtower and Jehovah’s Witnesses. (Bachelor of Arts), Tabor College, Adelaide.
Presentations
Beel, N. (2025, Feb) Artificial intelligence and the counsellor. PACFA, online
Beel, N. (2020, Nov) Male-friendly counselling: Enhancing therapy work with men. The Professional Development People, online
Beel, N. (2017). Man-friendly counselling: What the literature recommends. Keynote presentation at the USC Counselling Research Conference, Sunshine Coast.
Beel, N. (2016, Sep). Counselling men: An introduction to man-friendly counselling. Workshop presented at the Transformation through Relationship: The Heart and Soul of Therapy, Melbourne, Australia.
Gender informed counselling – USQ Hervey Bay (online), Lifeline Hervey Bay, QCA (online) 2015
Mindfulness – USQ Hervey Bay 2014, 2015
Addressing therapy drop outs – USQ Hervey Bay, QCA (online) 2014
Introduction to Focusing Oriented Psychotherapy – USQ Hervey Bay 2014
Working with difficult clients – USQ Hervey Bay 2013
What works in counselling – USQ Hervey Bay 2013
Vicarious trauma – UnitingCare Communities Maryborough 2012
Couple counselling – UnitingCare Communities Maryborough 2012
Beel, N. (2011). What can we learn from what works across therapies? Paper presented at the Australian Counselling Association National Conference, Melbourne.
Introduction to Motivational Interviewing – Maryborough, 2009, Hervey Bay, 2008, Kingaroy, 2006, Gambling Help Conference, Brisbane, 2006
Introduction to addictions for telephone counsellors, Lifeline Maryborough, 2008
Introduction to listening skills – Steps Employment (pre-2006), Mission Australia (pre-2006)