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Boundaries in Counselling
238 – How to Get Counselling Clients
Boundaries in Counselling – Race, Culture and Anti-Discrimination in Counselling
In Episode 238 of the Counselling Tutor Podcast, your hosts Rory Lees-Oakes and Ken Kelly take us through this week’s three topics:
- In ‘Theory in Practice’, we’ll look at boundaries in counselling.
- Then in ‘Practice Partner’, Rory and Ken discuss how you might go about getting counselling clients – or more importantly, how clients might find you.
- And lastly in ‘Practice Matters’, Rory is speaking with Mamood Ahmad about race, culture and anti-discrimination in counselling.
Boundaries in Counselling [starts at 02:46 mins]
Boundaries are an important part of your work as a counsellor – both for you and your client.
The key points of this discussion include:
- In your position as counsellor, you have power. Boundaries are therefore put in place as a way to stop harm or damage to either you or your client.
- There are different types of boundaries:
- Client facing boundaries e.g. your working hours and when you’re willing to respond to clients.
- Time boundaries – keeping sessions to their set and contracted time.
- Legal and ethical boundaries.
- Touch boundaries – if instigated by the client and is purely for the client, it is up to you whether you allow this and where you set the boundary.
- Boundaries are fixed; they’re not something moveable.
- Boundaries require mutual understanding – they’re not just for you.
- Is someone presenting with something you don’t feel confident working with? Can you give this client the best service? Know your own boundaries and capabilities.
How to Get Counselling Clients [starts at 21:45 mins]
When it comes to opening your own practice, you will need to get counselling clients. In this section, Rory and Ken discuss a few ways you may go about obtaining these clients:
- Counselling directories – these will allow you to advertise your services, but it’s a crowded market with lots of other counsellors doing the same thing. If you have a specialism, this will help you to stand out and narrow down the competition.
- Local referrals – is there a local agency you can create a referral relationship with?
- Building relationships and networking is an important part of getting counselling clients.
- The client has a choice to make when looking for a counsellor – it is important to have a digital presence (e.g. website) so potential clients can learn more about you and how you work.
- Another option to look into to get counselling clients could be paid media.
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Race, Culture and Anti-Discrimination in Counselling [starts at 40:55 mins]
In this week’s ‘Practice Matters’, Rory speaks with Mamood Ahmad about race, culture, and anti-discrimination in counselling.
The main points of this discussion include:
- Without an understanding of the clients culture or ‘otherness’, we won’t be able to fully see the whole of the client, or meet them where they’re at.
- As Rory quotes, ‘the client can only go as far as the therapist has gone themselves.’
- Lots of different things make up a person: their upbringing, culture, race, and experiences.
- Everybody is the other – no one has had the exact same experience you have.
- Seek training in how to work with clients of differing cultures etc. so that you can be best in service of your clients.
- A question to think about: can you write an experience where power has been used against you?
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