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Counselling Tutor podcast — 412 episodes
383: Clinical will for Counsellors
382: Data security in the BACP Ethical Framework 2026
381: Amplify Intention – Ethical AI in Counselling Practice
380: AI and Regulation in Counselling Practice
379: Accountability and Responsibility in AI Counselling Practice
378 - AI, Bias and Critical Thinking in Counselling
377 - AI Apps and Depersonalisation in Counselling
376 - AI in Counselling Practice
375 - Confidentiality and Data Privacy in the Age of AI
374: AI and the Therapeutic Relationship
373 – Defensible Decision Making
372 - Understanding AI Categories in Counselling Practice
371: AI in Counselling – Have Therapists Been Left Behind?
370 - Grounding Techniques in Counselling Practice
369 - Working with Shame in the Therapy Room
368 - When Media Coverage Enters the Counselling Room
367: Talking to Clients About AI in Therapy
366 - New Police Guidance on Accessing Counselling Records
365 - When Is It the Right Time to Train as a Supervisor?
364 - Will AI Replace Counsellors and Psychotherapists?
363: Choosing the Right Online Tech
362: Working with Clients Who Have a Psychiatric Diagnosis
361: Managing Isolation in Counselling Practice
360 - Rupture and Repair in Counselling
359: Getting Over Cancellation Guilt
358: Letting Go of the Outcome in Counselling
357: Planning for Alternative Supervision Cover
356: Lying in Therapy
355: The Importance of a Clinical Will
354: Personal Triggers in Counselling Training
Special Edition: CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
353 - Understanding Autism and Attachment Difficulties
352 - Talking Honestly About Switching Supervisors
351 - Moral Injury in Therapy
350 - Starting as a Counsellor
349 - How Supervision Shapes Better Therapists
348 - Barriers to Diversity in Supervision
347 - Why Autism-Informed Therapy Matters
346: Triangulation and Trauma
345 - Working with Rehearsed Material
344 - Ethical Use of AI in Therapy
343 - Why Have an Online and Telephone Informed Supervisor?
342 - The Art of Apologising as a Counsellor
341: Everyday Trauma
340 - Can Clients Ask You to Delete Their Data?
339 - Dual Relationships in Counselling and Psychotherapy
338 - Supporting Suicidal Clients
337 – Talking to Children About Death
336 - Building your Counselling CV
335 - Extra-Therapeutic Factors in Supervision
Understanding Website Design for Therapists with Daragh McLaughlin
334 – Managing Triggers and Flashbacks
333 - Dunning-Kruger Effect in Trauma-Informed Therapy
332 - Developing an Online Mindset
331 – Ethical Dilemmas in Supervision
330 - Working with Clients Abroad
329 - Distinguishing PTSD and Complex PTSD
Special Edition: Expanding Therapeutic Approaches with NHS Policies
328: Professional Letter Writing
327 - 7-eyed Model of Supervision in Clinical Practice
326 - Ambiguous Loss
325 - Applying Attachment Theory
324 - Regulation of Counselling and Psychotherapy
323 - Engaging with Clinical Supervision
322 - Theory of Mind
321 - Online Counselling for Neurodivergent Clients
320 - Preparing the Therapeutic Environment
319 - Double Empathy Problem
318 - Autism and the Law
317 - Strengths and Challenges in Autism
316 - See the Individual, Not the Label
315 - Neurodivergence and Autism
314 - Perspectives and Definitions of Trauma
313 - What is Trauma-Informed Practice
312 - Working Within Your Competence
311 – Confidentiality Laws for Therapists
310 – Importance of PD Groups
309 – How to Recognise Vicarious Trauma
308 – Grounding Techniques for Trauma
Special Edition: The Importance of Human Connection in Counselling Training
307 – Neurodivergent-Affirming Therapy
306 – Recognising Suicide Risk in Therapy Clients
305 – Reasonable Adjustments in Counselling
304 - Autism-Informed Supervisor
303 – Safeguarding Clients in Online or Phone Therapy
302 – Shame in Supervision
301 – Skills-First Learning for Counsellors
300 – Trauma-Informed Interventions for Therapists
299 – Differences between Counselling Young People and Adults
298 – Self-Care for Counsellors
297 – Scams Targeting Therapists
Special Edition: Blogging for Therapists
296 – Counsellor Safety
295 – Outdoor Therapy for Children
294 – Linking Theory to Practice in Counselling
293 – EAP Counselling
292 – Working with Self-Harm in Therapy
291 – Counselling Neurodivergent Young People
290 – Trauma-Informed Therapist
289 – Why Become a Clinical Supervisor
288 – How Counselling Training Affects Your Personal Relationships
287 – Adoption Counselling
286 – AI and Confidentiality
Special Edition: SEO for Therapy Websites
Special Edition: CPCAB Taster
285 – Canine Therapy
284 – Dangers of Smart Devices in the Therapy Room
283 – Legal Obligations of Counsellors
282 – Counselling from Home
281 – Cancellation Policy for Therapists
280 – Overcoming Imposter Syndrome as a Therapist
279 – Complicated Grief
Special Edition – Website for Counselling Practice
278 – How to Deal with Ethical Issues in Counselling
277 – Discussing Payment with Therapy Clients
276 – Career Counselling
275 – Tax for Therapists
274 – Cultural Competence in Counselling
273 – How to Develop a Therapist Network
272 – Roleplaying Games in Therapy
271 – How Counsellors Can Use AI
Special Edition: Therapist Website
270 – Looking Up Therapy Clients on Social Media
269 – Compassion Fatigue in Counsellors
268 – Recovered Memory Therapy
267 – How to Write a Counselling CV
266 – Anti-Oppressive Practice in Counselling
265 – How to Set Up a Therapy Room
264 – Counselling a Client You Don't Like
263 – NCS Membership Benefits
262: Integrative and Pluralistic Counselling Difference
261 - Professional Conduct Procedures for Counsellors
260 – NCS Accreditation
Special Edition: NCS Accredited Register Programme
259 – Counselling Cult Survivors
258 – Touch in Therapy
SCoPEd: Summary of Views and Perspectives
257 – Counselling Muslim Clients
256 – TEAM CBT
Special Episode: Winston's Wish
255 – Note Keeping in Counselling Agencies
254 – Counselling Celebrities
253 – Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy
252 – Helping Clients with Trauma Bonding
251 – Difference between PTSD and Complex PTSD
250 – Counselling Terminally Ill Clients
249 – Stages of Grief
248 – SEO for Therapists
247 – Counselling for Adoption
246 – Advertising for Therapists
245 – Stages of Counselling
244 – How to Deal with Guilt in Therapy
243 – Circumstances That Complicate Grief
Special Edition: Kooth Counselling and Training
242 - How to Deal with Irrational Beliefs in Therapy
241 – How to Build a Therapist Website
240 – Counselling Clients with Body Dysmorphia
239 - Carl Rogers' Fully Functioning Person
238 – How to Get Counselling Clients
237 – Record-Keeping in Counselling
236 – Working with Eating Disorders in Therapy
235 – Making a Counselling Business Plan
234 – Using Humour in Therapy
233 – Focusing in Counselling
232 – Managing Vicarious Trauma
231 – Working with Couples in Therapy
230 - Metacognitive Therapy
Special Edition: Counselling Children and Young People
229 – Counselling Victims of Narcissistic Abuse
228 – Inner Child Work
227 - Counselling Autistic Clients
226 – How to Identify Vicarious Trauma
225 – Becoming a Clinical Supervisor
224 – Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Special Edition: CPCAB Progression Route
223 – Counselling Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse
222 – Time-Limited Counselling
221 – The Power Threat Meaning Framework
220 – Choosing a Clinical Supervisor
219 – Common Factors in Counselling
Special Edition – New Changes in the National Counselling Society
218 - Counselling Clients with Addiction
217 - Radical Empathy in Counselling
216 - Insurance for Counsellors
215 - Pre-Trial Therapy
214 - Social Media Considerations for Therapists
213 - Role-Playing Games in Therapy
212 – Psychosexual Therapy
211 - Self-Disclosure and Immediacy in Counselling
210 – Erotic Transference in Therapy
209 - Working as a School Counsellor
208 - Relational Depth and Trauma
207 - The Wounded Healer Counsellor
206 – Compassion Fatigue in Counselling
205 - How to Become a Counsellor in the US
Special Edition - New CPCAB Level 5 Qualification: Counselling Children and Young People
204 - What is Ambiguous Loss
203 - Counselling Clients with Sex Addiction
202 - Counselling LGBTQ Clients
201 - Non-judgemental Attitude in Therapy
200 - Working with Addictions in Therapy
199 - Resilience in the Counselling Practice
198 – Use of Silence in Counselling
197 - Academic Writing in Counselling
Special Edition – Q&A with the National Counselling Society
Special Edition – CPCAB's Online Courses
196 - Importance of Self-Care in Supervision
195 – Therapeutic Impasse
194 - The Shadow Self
193 - Tackling Destructive Thought Patterns
193 - Tackling Destructive Thought Patterns
192 – The Supervision Triangle
191 - Online Supervision Training for Counsellors
190 - Erikson's Eight Stages of Development
189 - Role of Parents in Mental Health
188 - Counselling for Personality Disorders
187 – Walk-and-Talk Therapy
186 – Understanding Your Attachment Style
Special Edition – National Counselling Society: Autonomy-Centred and Process-Centred Counselling Practice
185 – Choosing Online Therapy Platforms for Therapists
184 - GDPR for Therapists
183 – Online Therapy Research Findings
182 – Tasks of Supervision in Counselling
Special Edition – BACP on SCoPEd
181 – Neuroscience and Counselling
180 – Teenage Brain Development
179 – Counselling Research Projects
178 – Mental Health Models
177 – When Clients Don't Show Up for Therapy
176 – Working with Challenging Clients in Counselling
175 – Supervision for Online Therapy Work
174 – The Polyvagal Theory in Counselling Practice
173 – Talking about Sex in Therapy
172 – Working with Trauma in Counselling
171 – Assessment in Counselling
170 – Telephone Counselling Tips for Counsellors
169 – Client Information Sheet for Counselling
168 – Insurance for Online Counsellors
Special Edition – National Counselling Society Membership
167 – Therapist Boundaries When Working Online
166 – Is Online Therapy Effective?
165 – Is Online Therapy Safe?
164 – Online Therapy Contract
163 – Questions to Ask Counselling Placement Interviewers
162 – Counselling Clients on Medication
161 – Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication in Counselling
160 – Benefits and Challenges of Counselling Clients Online
159 – Challenges in Online Counselling Training
158 – BACP Special: Employment for Counsellors
157 – BACP Special: Starting a Private Practice in Counselling
156 – Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
155 – Blended Learning in Counselling Training
154 – Deliberate Practice in Counselling
153 – Attribution Bias and How It Matters in Counselling
152 – Applying Winnicott's Attachment Theory in Counselling
151 – Benefits of Getting a Level 5 Diploma in Counselling
150 – Single-Session Therapy
149 – CORE Assessment in Counselling
148 – Counselling for Substance Abuse
147 – Power Dynamics in Counselling
146 – ADHD Counselling
COVID-19 Special 02 – Online Counselling Supervision
COVID-19 Special 01 – Different Ways of Counselling during the COVID-19 Outbreak
145 – Working with Shame in Counselling
144 – Suicide Prevention for Counsellors
143 – Grief Recovery Method
142 – How to Create a Good Counselling Environment
141 – Pros and Cons of Integrative Counselling
140 – Counselling for Self-Harm
139 – Counselling a Grieving Child
138 – Id, Ego and Superego
137 – Counselling Suicidal Clients
136 – Best Practice in Taking Client Notes in Counselling
135 – Preparing for Counselling Breaks
134 – Giving and Receiving Feedback in Counselling Training
133 – Can You Become a Counsellor with a Criminal Record?
132 – Working within Your Competence in Counselling
131 – Personal Development Groups in Counselling Training
130 – How to Set Boundaries as a Counsellor
129 – Counselling Diverse Clients
128 – How to Find Counselling Placements
127 – Recording Therapy Sessions
126 – Is Counselling Accreditation Essential?
125 – How to Set Up a Private Counselling Practice
124 – Assessment Tools in Counselling
123 – Why Is There a Need for Ethical Frameworks in Counselling
122 – Counselling Session Role Play
121 – Counselling Assessment Criteria and Learning Outcomes
120 – Counselling Awarding Bodies
119 – Counselling Children of Narcissistic Parents
118 – Being the Adult in the Therapy Room
117 – Are the Core Conditions in Counselling Necessary and Sufficient?
116 – Counselling Supervision Models
115 – How to Grow as a Counsellor
114 – Counselling Reluctant Clients
113 – Therapeutic Use of Self
112 – Finding Work as a Counsellor
111 – Self-Disclosure in Counselling
110 – Dual Relationships in Counselling
109 – Counselling Angry Clients
108 – Personal Development as a Counsellor
107 – Group Supervision for Counsellors
106 – Unethical Behaviour in Counselling
105 – Counselling Placement Interview
Special Edition - National Counselling Society
104 – Confidentiality in HIV/AIDS Counselling
103 – Attachment Styles
102 – How to End a Counselling Session
101 – When Counselling Doesn't Work
100 – Success in Counselling
099 – How to Dress as a Counsellor
Special Edition – Counselling Clients with Autism
Special Edition – Studying with Dyslexia
098 – Use of Questions in Counselling
097 – 097 – Managing Anxiety in Skills Assessments – Personal Therapy for Counsellors
096 – Difference between Counselling and Psychotherapy – Developing Your Internal Supervisor
095 – Level Required for Qualification as a Counsellor – Working with Clients Who Have a Mental Health Diagnosis
094 – Can We Ever Be Truly Non-Biased? – GDPR
093 – Dyslexia and Counselling Studies – Immediacy as a Skill
092 – Developing Your Modality – Free Speech in the Therapy Room
091 – Struggling with Fellow Students – Phones in the Counselling Room
090 – Joining an Ethical Body – Sex in the Therapy Room
089 – Direct Questions from Clients – How Research Informs Practice
088 – Reflective Journal Writing – Working with Clients Going through Court
087 – Self-Harm – 'Shrinking' People
086 – Touch in Counselling – Working with Suicidal Clients
085 – 'Here and Now' in Counselling – Client Dependency
084 – Goal-Setting in Study – Fundamentals in Counselling
083 – Special Edition: Interview with Professor Tim Bond
082 – Effective Study – Taking Risks in Therapy
081 – Not Getting a Place on a Course – Timelines in Therapy
080 – Domestic Abuse – Trauma-Informed Practice
079 – Feelings of Incompetence – Working with a Third Person in the Room
078 – Using Quotations in Assignments – When Clients Never Return
077 – Age of Counselling Students – Working within Your Competence
076 – Working with Clients' Defences – Limits to Confidentiality
075 – Psychodynamic Theory – Transference
074 – Self-Concept – Attending
073 – Active Listening – The Caldicott Principles
072 – Empathy in Counselling – Stages of Counselling
071 – Dual-Process Model of Bereavement – Hard-to-Help Clients
070 – Recording and Transcribing Sessions – Contracting in Counselling
069 – Informing Clients of Your Student Status – Getting the Most from Your Placement
068 – Expressive Therapies – Reviews in Counselling
067 – Difference and Diversity in Counselling – Recognising Own Transference
066 – Is All Counselling Person-Centred? – Boundaries in Counselling
065 – Decoding Criteria – Making Referrals
064 – Language Use by Clients – Assessing Clients
063 – Patterns of Relating – Cyber Trauma – When Your Moral Compass Shifts
062 – First Contact with Clients – Philosophy of Martin Buber
061 – Ethical Dilemmas versus Ethical Conflicts – Rackets and Stamps in Transactional Analysis
060 – Self-Care for Counsellors – Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
059 – When Your Personal Beliefs Differ from the Client's – Eugene Gendlin's Focusing
058 – Law on Adoption Counselling – Brain Plasticity
057 – Explicit versus Implicit – Existentialism
056 – Spotting Subtle Themes in Counselling – Experiments in Gestalt Therapy
055 – Gender Equality in Counselling – Seven-Eyed Model of Supervision
054 – Mobile Phones in the Therapy Room – Separation Individuation Theory
053 – Writing a Journal – Self-Object Transference
052 – Self-Care in Skills Practice – Topdog and Underdog in Gestalt Therapy
051 – Organising Your Class-Notes – False Memory Syndrome
050 – Vocabulary in Counselling – Redecision Therapy
049 – Taking a Break for Self-Care – The Jonah Complex
Special Edition: Progression Routes
047 – Rise of Person-Centred Counselling in Europe – Endings in Counselling
046 – Coping with Stress as a Counselling Student – Trauma Bonds
045 – Dialogue in Therapy – Development of the Person-Centred Approach
Special Edition: Preparing to Work Therapeutically with Sexual Abuse and Trauma
044 – Getting into the Client's Frame of Reference – Existential Counselling
043 – Choosing an Awarding Body – Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
042 – Dealing with Client Anger in the Counselling Room – Secondary Loss
041 – Writing Case Studies – Carl Rogers' 19 Propositions
040 – Personal Boundaries – Melanie Klein's Object Relations Theory
039 – First Sessions with Clients – Integrative versus Eclectic Therapy
038 – Law in Counselling and Psychotherapy – Seven Stages of Process
037 – Transference and Countertransference – Unconditional Positive Regard
036 – Using Counselling Qualifications Overseas and in Other Roles – Congruence
035 – When a Client Judges You – Psychological Contact
034 – Safeguarding Computer Data – Margaret Warner and Fragile Process
033 – Counsellors in Schools – Postmodernism in Therapy
032 – Recent Changes in Counselling – Thematic Apperception Test
031 – Dealing with Your Own Emotions – Karpman's Drama Triangle
030 – Levels of Qualification – Tuckman's Team Development Model
029 – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
028 – Online Counselling – Cognitive Dissonance Theory
027 – Keeping a Journal – Bowlby and Attachment Theory
026 – Using Social Media as a Counsellor – The Oedipus Complex
025 – Introjected Values – Gerard Egan
024 – Choosing Your Modality – Irrational Thoughts
023 - Lone Working – Stereotypes
022 – Client Notes and Confidentiality – Actualising Tendency
021- Erotic/Eroticised Transference - Self-Care in Practice
020 – Gifts from Clients – Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs – Following Up Enquiries – Counselling Placements
019 – Reading Academic Books – Theory of Empathy – Requesting and Taking Payment – Insurance
Petruska Clarkson 5 relationship model - Research methadology for counsellors
017 - Defence Mechanisms - BACP Ethical Framework
CTP016 – Self Care – Gestalt and How to Improve your Counselling Skills
CTP 015 - Counselling young people - Scripts Injunctions and Drivers - Appropriate Referrals in Counselling and Progression
CTP 014 - Assignments - 19 Propositions - Rapport Building Integrative Counselling
CTP 013 - 3rd person in the room - 19 Propositions - Metaphor and Simile and Counselling Philosophy
CTP 012 - Self actualisation - Ethical Problem Solving - Seven Stages Of Process Part 2 and the difference between Counselling and Psychotherapy
011 - Note Taking - Transactional Analysis - 7 Stages of Process in Practice and Supervision
010 - REBT - Endings in Counselling and Ethics vs Culture
009 - Power in Counselling - Carl Rogers Biography - Skill of Challenge and Psychopathology vs Person Centred Therapy
008 - Real World Counselling Skills - Carl Rogers' Hidden Conditions - Immediacy and Therapeutic Process
007 - Phenomenology - Therapeutic Pace - Skill of Questioning and BACP Accredited courses
006 – Counselling assignment tips – Conditions of Worth – Focusing and Measuring self development
005 PD Group, Critique of Carl Rogers, Idiosyncratic Empathy and Counselling Placements
004 - Equality and diversity - configurations of self - opening a session - CPD
003 Transference - Countertransference - UPR - Paraphrasing
Parallel process - 7 stages of process - reflection as a skill
Contracting - The Core Conditions and the Skill of Silence