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A Casual Chat about Counselling Training, Supervision, What Makes a Good Counsellor and More...

Today, in a casual chat I answer some of the most popular questions I get asked and explore all things counselling training, how you present yourself in supervision, finding the right course for you and more.If you would like to leave me...

April 29, 2025 • Season 4 • Episode 4 • 29:05

Tackling The Most Common Worries Faced by Student Counsellors - Client Edition

In the first of a series of episodes, I talk about some of the most common worries I hear from the student counsellors I work with, this episode relating to clients, I tackle worries such as 'What if I say the wrong thing?'If you would l...

February 14, 2025 • Season 4 • Episode 3 • 21:59

How to Deal With Feelings of Dreading Counselling Skills Practice.

If the thought of counselling skills practice at college leave you feeling fear or dread, you are not alone, this episode is for you. Today we explore how to re-frame your thoughts about it and how to begin to thrive during skills.If yo...

November 26, 2024 • Season 4 • Episode 2 • 22:30

Starting Your Level 4 Diploma in Counselling Soon and Feeling Nervous?

If you, like many others, are you starting a Level 4 Diploma in Counselling soon and feeling nervous, this is the podcast for you. I share some musings both from a tutors perspective but also from the perspective of how I have felt on my own tr...

September 02, 2024 • Season 4 • Episode 1 • 20:26

Money and the Counselling Profession; Discomfort, Guilt and Tips to help Manage.

Having worked with supervisee's and learning from my own battles around feeling guilty for charging for my counselling service, I want to use this space to have a frank and open conversation about money and the counselling world.If you ...

August 07, 2024 • Season 3 • Episode 10 • 24:16

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