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Unconscious bias in the therapy room: a practical guide for counsellors

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Unconscious bias isn’t a weakness. It’s the brain’s quick shortcut. In therapy, those shortcuts can quietly shape how we assess risk, set goals, listen, and end. This post discusses unconscious bias in the counselling room as well as suggesting some supervision questions to explore it to help protect the relationship and improve the counselling journey […]

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Reflective practice in counselling: using the Kolb Cycle

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As therapists we’re taught to reflect, yet it’s easy to slip into fault-finding. We replay a session, feel cross with ourselves, and then repeat the same patterns. Reflective practice offers a kinder, more useful alternative: notice what happened, learn from it, and make a small change next time. One simple exercise I return to is

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Reflection of an intergrative counsellor

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Reflection of an Integrative Counsellor: Growth, Change, and the Power of the Process When I first became a counsellor, my focus was outcome-driven—I wanted to make a difference. My goal was to help clients create better lives, and I worked hard, often seeking reassurance that I was making an impact. Over the past few years,

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