Counselling Tutor podcast

In Episode 387 of the Counselling Tutor Podcast, your hosts Rory Lees-Oakes and Ken Kelly take us through this week's three topics:
Firstly, in 'Ethical, Sustainable Practice', they explore choosing a counselling supervisor - what is changing under the 2026 BACP Ethical Framework, and how supervision and competence fit into the new requirements.
Then in 'Practice Matters', Rory speaks with Joseph Harney about love in the therapy room - what therapeutic love is, and how to work with it ethically.
And finally, in 'Student Services', Rory and Ken discuss literature reviews - how to make sense of counselling research.

In Episode 386 of the Counselling Tutor Podcast, your hosts Rory Lees-Oakes and Ken Kelly take us through this week's three topics:
Firstly, in 'Ethical, Sustainable Practice', they explore cyber security for counsellors — what happens if your counselling practice is hacked, and the practical steps that protect you, your clients, and your reputation.
Then in 'Practice Matters', Rory speaks with Danuta Lipinska about counselling people living with dementia - and how to offer sensitive, ethical, person-centred support.
And finally, in 'Student Services', Rory and Ken discuss how to bring counselling theory and the client together - and why the work happens in reflection, not in the room.

In Episode 385 of the Counselling Tutor Podcast, your hosts Rory Lees-Oakes and Ken Kelly take us through this week's three topics:
Firstly, in 'Ethical, Sustainable Practice', they explore ethical decision-making - the six-question rationale in the 2026 BACP Ethical Framework.
Then, in 'Practice Matters', Rory speaks with Clare Ratcliffe about relational psychotherapy - how the therapist's presence and use of self shape therapeutic change.
And finally, in 'Student Services', Rory and Ken discuss reflective journals in counselling training - why they matter and how to keep them well.

In Episode 384 of the Counselling Tutor Podcast, your hosts Rory Lees-Oakes and Ken Kelly take us through this week's three topics:
Firstly, in 'Ethical, Sustainable Practice', they explore winding down or closing your counselling practice - what practitioners need to plan for both expected and unexpected endings.
Then in 'Practice Matters', Rory speaks with Wayne Williams about finding paid work after qualifying - how he secured counselling work within months of completing his training.
And finally in 'Student Services', Rory and Ken discuss choosing the right counselling study books - how to build a reading list without spending a fortune.

In Episode 383 of the Counselling Tutor Podcast, your hosts Rory Lees-Oakes and Ken Kelly take us through this week's three topics:
Firstly, in 'Ethical, Sustainable Practice', they explore the clinical will for counsellors — what it is, why it's becoming mandatory under the new BACP Ethical Framework, and what it should contain.
Then in 'Practice Matters', Rory speaks with Bernie Wright and Denise Corby from Nedde Training about autism and education - exploring the challenges families face and how therapists can support neurodivergent clients and their parents.
And finally, in 'Student Services', Rory and Ken discuss taking the fear out of fitness-to-practise assessments - examining what the assessment involves and how students can ease the anxiety around it.