The National Code of Conduct for Health Care Workers (including Counsellors and Psychotherapists!): Is Your Practice Compliant?
There is a good chance the National Code of Conduct for Health Care Workers applies to your counselling or psychotherapy practice. There is…
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Don’t Put All Your Counselling Eggs in One Basket. Work on Income Diversification
If you spend any time in counsellor Facebook groups (or other notice boards), you may have noticed a recurring theme lately: Where have…
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AI Can’t Replace Human Connection: Why Counsellors Have Every Reason to Feel Optimistic
Artificial intelligence has dominated the headlines for the past two years. Every week seems to bring another story predicting that AI will replace…
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AI in Counselling and Psychotherapy: What Happens to Therapy Now That the Robots Have Arrived?
Artificial Intelligence is no longer something waiting in the wings. It’s already here, and AI in counselling and psychotherapy in ways that would…
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Change in Therapy: Why the Client Remains the Primary Agent of Change
What creates change in therapy? For many therapists, especially early in their careers, there can be a quiet assumption that change in therapy…
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What Clients Want (and What We Offer): Rethinking Preferences in Person-Centred Therapy
What Do Clients Want? Direction? No Direction? In a recent article, one of my heroes of Pluralistic Counselling Mick Cooper explores a question…
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Holding Attachment Theory Lightly: A Cautious Clinical Stance
Attachment Theory matters, but how much does it matter? I had a discussion recently with a client who claimed that certain behaviour was…
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Rethinking “Evidence-Based” Therapy: What Are We Really Measuring?
What if “evidence-based therapy” doesn’t mean what we think it means? The phrase “evidence-based therapy” has become a powerful buzzword in mental health—synonymous…
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When a Client (Secretly) Records a Counselling Session: Legal, Ethical, and Practical Considerations
Every now and then, situations arise in counselling practice that shake even seasoned counsellors. One such situation I read about recently was a…
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Exploring Counselling Supervision Models: From Developmental Growth to the RISE UP Framework
Supervision is a cornerstone of ethical and effective counselling and psychotherapy practice. It provides a space for us counsellors to reflect, learn, and…
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