384: Closing Your Counselling Practice

In Episode 391 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 your clinical will executor - who is suitable for the role and where a clinical will can fail. Then in 'Practice Matters', Rory speaks with Dee Phillips-Duncan about online and telephone placement requirements - and whether they reflect what the public and students actually need. And finally, in 'Student Services', Rory and Ken discuss the self-doubt that surfaces when a client does not return - the familiar question of 'is it something I did?'

In Episode 390 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 counselling CPD - why current ethical standards matter, and why training and professional standards can no longer be separated. Then in 'Practice Matters', Rory speaks with Meg Moss about the accredited register - what it is, who oversees it, and why it matters to the public. And finally, in 'Student Services', Rory and Ken discuss what to do when client attendance doesn't go to plan - managing no-shows and the feelings they bring up.

In Episode 389 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 clinical supervision and line management - the separation of the two under the new BACP Ethical Framework 2026, and whether it could create more demand for clinical supervisors. Then in 'Practice Matters', Rory speaks with Dr. Paula Hall about working with sex and porn addiction - and how therapists can understand and respond to compulsive sexual behaviour. And finally, in 'Student Services', Rory and Ken discuss making sense of personal development groups - what they are for and why they matter in training.

In Episode 388 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 digital counselling room - confidentiality and data security in a connected, digital world. Then in 'Practice Matters', Rory speaks with Bianca Marie Ross about the Ross Neurodiversity Integration Framework - bridging the gap between insight in therapy and real-world change for neurodivergent clients. And finally, in 'Student Services', Rory and Ken discuss managing emotional overload in counselling training - the emotional journey of personal development and how to stay grounded through it.

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.

In Episode 382 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 data security in the BACP Ethical Framework 2026 - looking at what the new framework requires, why it matters, and how practitioners can protect client information across their practice. Then in 'Practice Matters', Rory speaks with Alison Letlow about working therapeutically with adult adoptees - exploring adoption as a lifelong experience and the attachment, identity, and loss issues that can arise in therapy. And finally in 'Student Services', Rory and Ken discuss planning ahead for placements - examining timing, mindset, and practical tips for securing a counselling placement, with insights from Sarah Henry.