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Presentations

Presentations in counselling refer to the issues and challenges clients bring to therapy, such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship difficulties. This section provides resources to help you understand, assess, and respond to different client needs effectively.
Addictions

Addictions in counselling explore the psychological, emotional, and behavioural aspects of dependency on substances or behaviours. This section covers the causes of addiction, harm reduction, recovery models, and therapeutic approaches to help you support clients in overcoming addiction and making meaningful changes.

Grief & Loss

Grief & Loss in counselling explores the emotional, psychological, and behavioural responses to bereavement and other significant losses. This section covers key models of grief, coping strategies, and therapeutic approaches to help you support clients through their unique grieving process.

Mental Health

Mental Health in counselling explores the complexities of psychological well-being, including common mental health conditions, resilience, and therapeutic interventions. This section covers key concepts, assessment, and support strategies to help you work effectively with clients experiencing mental health challenges.

Neurodivergence

Neurodivergence in counselling explores working with clients whose brains function differently from the neurotypical norm, including autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and other cognitive variations. This section covers strengths-based approaches, accessibility, and tailored support to create an inclusive and affirming therapeutic space.

Risk

Risk in counselling involves identifying, assessing, and managing potential harm to clients, including self-harm, suicide, safeguarding concerns, and crises. This section explores risk assessment strategies, ethical responsibilities, and best practices to help you provide safe and effective support.

Trauma

Trauma in counselling explores the psychological and physiological impact of distressing experiences and how they shape a person's thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. This section covers trauma-informed approaches, resilience-building, and therapeutic interventions to support clients in processing and healing from trauma.

Accommodating Client Preferences

When supporting autistic clients, counsellors need to create an environment that respects and accommodates the unique preferences and needs of…

Adverse Childhood Experiences

Dr Suzanne Zeedyk explores the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), covering their origins, implications for adult health, and relevance…

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Adverse Childhood Experiences can have lasting effects, but they don't define the future. This lecture explores the impact of ACEs,…

An Introduction to Suicide Awareness

In this lecture, Emma Chapman explores suicide awareness in counselling—helping you navigate difficult conversations, increase confidence in assessing risk, and…

Applying Neuroscience in Counselling Practice

Offering an accessible introduction to neuroscience, this session explores how understanding the nervous system can enhance therapeutic work, especially in…

Autism and the Law

Understanding autism and UK law is essential for ethical, inclusive counselling. This guide explores your legal duties—like making reasonable adjustments—and…

Autism Informed Practice

Gain practical tools and strategies to work effectively with autistic counselling clients.

Autism Masking

Lisa Cromar, person-centred counsellor and neurodiversity advocate, explores the impact of masking in autistic clients and shares creative, affirming ways…

Autism Strengths and Challenges

Autistic individuals bring unique strengths like attention to detail and deep focus, but may also face communication and energy challenges…

Avoiding Retraumatisation: Essential Strategies for Therapists

Retraumatisation can set back progress and harm trust—this guide explores how counsellors can create safer spaces, avoid triggers, and work…

Bereavement Awareness

Nicola Hughes, a creative counsellor, supervisor and trainer, explores how our own experiences shape the way we work with grief,…

Body Function and Trauma: A Guide for Counsellors on the Physiological Impact of Trauma

Trauma leaves a physical imprint, not just a psychological one. From chronic pain to substance use, the body often holds…

Brain Plasticity and Trauma

Discover how brain plasticity – known as the fourth force in psychology – connects neuroscience with therapy. Learn how trauma…

Childhood Experiences: Unraveling Their Mental Health Impact

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) significantly shape long-term mental and physical health. This article explores how understanding ACEs can inform trauma-aware…

Working with Clients Who Self-Harm

Explore why people self-harm, what it means for clients in distress, and how we can respond safely and ethically as…

Co-Dependent Clients

Emma Chapman explores how co-dependency develops, how it shows up in relationships, and how to recognise and support clients affected…

Codependency

Codependency affects a person’s sense of self, leading to people-pleasing, poor boundaries, and emotional enmeshment. Learn how to recognise signs…

Counselling Autistic Clients

, Lisa Cromar combines lived experience and professional expertise to offer a comprehensive overview of autism. You'll explore diagnosis, co-occurring…

Counselling Clients Experiencing Ambiguous Loss

Chloë Swinton introduces the concept of ambiguous loss and how it shows up in clients’ lives—whether through absence, illness, or…

Counselling Clients with ADHD

Samantha Davies explores how to support clients with ADHD through counselling, psychoeducation, and practical strategies. Drawing on personal and professional…

Counselling for Chronic Illness or Pain

counsellor and trainer Kelly Porch draws on personal and professional experience to explore the emotional impact of chronic illness and…

Understanding Trauma: Diverse Perspectives and Definitions of Trauma

Trauma isn’t one-size-fits-all. This article explores diverse definitions—clinical, relational, race-based—to help you form your own trauma-informed lens. Read more…

The Dual Awareness Model

The Dual Awareness Model helps trauma clients stay grounded by balancing awareness of past experiences with present safety. This guide…

Dual Process Model of Grief

The dual process model of grief recognises that healthy grieving involves both facing and avoiding loss. By oscillating between emotional…

How Trauma is Experienced and Its Impact on Your Clients

Childhood trauma can have a lasting impact on identity, relationships, and emotional responses, often lying dormant until triggered later in…

Implicit and Explicit Memory in Trauma-Informed Practice

Implicit and explicit memories shape how trauma is experienced and recalled. This guide helps therapists understand memory’s role in fragmented…

An Introduction to Anxiety Disorders

In this insightful lecture, Michelle Vickers shares personal and professional strategies for working with anxiety disorders, including her unique Fear…

Listening for Clues

Trauma often hides behind unrelated symptoms like chronic pain, fatigue, or decision-making struggles. This guide helps therapists recognise subtle signs…

Loss and Bereavement CPD for Counsellors

Explore key grief theories, types of loss, and how attachment affects mourning. Learn practical approaches for working with bereaved clients…

Loss and Bereavement in Children and Young People

Understanding how children grieve is essential for ethical and effective counselling. Learn how developmental stages, family dynamics, and communication style…

Marginalised Groups and Trauma

Clients from marginalised groups often face a dual burden: the compounding impact of trauma and discrimination. This guide supports counsellors…

Models of Mental Health

Explore the different models used to understand mental health—from medical and psychological to social and spiritual. Gain insight into how…

Online Counselling for Neurodivergent Clients

Counsellors must adapt their online approaches to better support neurodivergent clients, especially those with autism. This resource explores preferred communication…

Online Trauma Therapy -Effective Strategies for Counsellors

Online trauma therapy brings both opportunities and risks. This guide explores key strategies—like managing disinhibition, fantasy attachment, and safety planning—to…

Overview of Brain Function: Key Insights for Trauma-Informed Practice

Trauma affects how the brain processes danger, emotion, and memory—insight that’s vital for effective therapy. This article explores key brain…

Personal Preparation Plan for Trauma-Informed Practice

Working with trauma clients requires deep self-awareness and preparation. This guide helps you develop a personal plan that includes grounding…

Preparing the Therapeutic Environment

In contemporary counselling practice, the importance of preparing a therapeutic environment that respects neurodivergent needs—especially those of autistic clients—cannot be…

Recognising and Responding Safely to Possible PTSD

This guide helps you understand the differences between post-traumatic stress, PTSD, and complex PTSD—exploring signs to look for and safe…

Relational Depth: Healing Traumatised Clients

Trauma can fragment the self and dysregulate the nervous system, making relational depth vital for healing. This guide explores how…

Seeing the Individual Not the Label

In therapeutic practice, particularly with neurodivergent individuals, it is crucial to recognise the person beyond the diagnostic label. While diagnoses…

Sexual Abuse

Supporting clients through the trauma of sexual abuse requires emotional resilience, clarity, and care. Learn how to navigate complex dynamics…

Shame in Psychotherapy

Shame can hide behind anger, fear, or denial—yet it corrodes self-worth at the core. This powerful emotion often stems from…

Stockholm Syndrome

Stockholm Syndrome can mask itself within abusive relationships, creating complex emotional bonds. Learn how to recognise the signs, understand the…

Counselling Clients in Substance Misuse

In this lecture, counsellor Linda Mather offers an understanding of substances, why people use substances and ways in which to…

Supporting Clients through Life Transitions

Emma Chapman explores how life transitions impact clients and how counselling can help. You’ll learn to identify different types of…

Supporting Maternal Mental Health

This lecture explores the mental health challenges some women face during the transition to motherhood. You’ll learn how societal expectations,…

The 4 Tasks of Grieving

Grief isn't a linear journey—Worden's Four Tasks offer a more human, flexible approach. From accepting the loss to finding a…

The Double Empathy Problem

Understanding the Double Empathy Problem in Neurodivergent Therapy In therapeutic work, especially when engaging with neurodivergent individuals, communication challenges can…

The Importance of Psychoeducation in Trauma-Informed Practice

Psychoeducation helps clients understand their trauma responses, easing self-blame and encouraging healing—especially in survivors of abuse. This article explores how…

The Polyvagal System Explained: A Guide for Counsellors and Psychotherapists

The Polyvagal Theory helps explain why clients might shut down or become hyper-alert when stressed. This article breaks down key…

Three-Stage Recovery Model

Judith Herman’s Three-Stage Recovery Model offers a trauma-informed framework that guides clients from establishing safety to integrating their experiences into…

Trauma and Culture

Cultural competence is key to effective trauma therapy, especially with displaced or marginalised clients. This article explores how culture shapes…

Trauma Grounding Techniques

Trauma-informed grounding techniques help clients reconnect with the present, regulate their nervous systems, and feel safe. This guide explores methods…

Trauma Model Therapy

Trauma Model Therapy blends cognitive, psychodynamic, and experiential approaches to address trauma’s deep impact. This guide explores its core elements—attachment…

Trauma Resilience Model

The Trauma Resilience Model (TRM) equips therapists with somatic techniques to help clients regulate distress and build long-term emotional resilience.…

Understanding Trauma: Historical Contexts for Counsellors & Therapists

Trauma isn’t new—it’s been written into history long before PTSD had a name. This article explores its evolution, from ancient…

Using Trauma-Informed Grounding Techniques

This session with Emma Chapman explores trauma-informed grounding techniques and how to apply them safely in therapy. You’ll learn what…

Vicarious Trauma: How to Identify and Prevent It in Therapy

Vicarious trauma can affect counsellors working closely with traumatised clients, leading to burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary trauma. This guide…

What is Neurodivergence?

Neurodivergence has become a pivotal concept in therapeutic practice and broader societal discussions. As mental health professionals, understanding the scope…

What is Trauma-Informed Practice?

Trauma-informed practice is about more than being aware of trauma—it’s about actively shaping your therapeutic approach to avoid harm and…

Working with Addictions: Part 1

Offering an in-depth look at addiction, this session explores how it's defined, diagnosed, and treated—alongside its impact on mental health…

Working with Eating Disorders

This session with Bernie Wright offers a clear introduction to working with eating disorders. You’ll explore key types, red flags,…

Working with Grief and Bereavement

Dr Edith Steffen explores key grief theories, diagnostic issues, and the impact of COVID-19 on bereavement. You’ll also learn about…

Working with Moral Injury

Amy Launder introduces the concept of moral injury—how deeply held values can be challenged in high-stakes situations—and its emotional impact.…

Working with Personality Disorders

Martin Smith introduces personality types and disorders, exploring how traits impact behaviour and therapeutic work. You’ll learn the difference between…

Working Within Your Competence in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Maintaining professional competence is crucial to ensuring effective and ethical practice in counselling and psychotherapy. This article explores the concept…