The Counsellor Hub

Resources for Trainee & Newly Qualified Counsellors

Looking for counselling?

The Counsellor Hub is primarily for trainee and newly qualified counsellors. If you're looking for counselling support, you can explore counselling here.

Why I Created The Counsellor Hub

When I was training, I often found myself searching across dozens of websites looking for practical resources, honest reflections and answers to questions that didn't always seem to be covered in the classroom.

Since qualifying, building my own practice and supporting clients, I've continued writing the kind of resources I wish I'd had access to myself — grounded, practical and honest reflections on becoming a counsellor.

Whether you're looking for clinical ideas, professional development, private practice guidance or simply reassurance that you're not the only one finding parts of the journey difficult, I hope this hub helps.

Who This Hub Is For

The Counsellor Hub is for you if you're:

  • Beginning your counselling training

  • Preparing for placement

  • Approaching qualification

  • Starting or growing your private practice

  • Developing your confidence, professional identity or writing

Personal Therapy for Trainee Counsellors

Personal therapy is an important part of most counselling training and often becomes one of the most valuable parts of the journey.

I offer reduced-rate personal therapy (£40 per 50-minute session) for trainee and newly qualified counsellors, both online across the UK and in person in Manchester.

→ Find Out More About Personal Therapy

Explore The Hub

The Therapist's Toolkit

A collection of free resources for trainee counsellors, featuring practical tools, therapeutic reflections, metaphors, and clinical resources designed to support your development as a counsellor.

→ Explore the Therapist's Toolkit

Building a Counselling Practice

Practical guidance and honest reflections on building a counselling practice—from websites, SEO and AI visibility to finding your niche, writing in your own voice and creating a practice that feels authentic and sustainable.

→ Explore Building a Counselling Practice

Articles & Reflections

Reflections on counselling, placement work, men's mental health, grief, identity and the realities of therapeutic practice.

→ Explore Articles & Reflections

Recommended Reading

Books that have shaped my own development as a counsellor.

→ Explore Recommended Reading

Practice Development Sessions

Sometimes a resource or article isn't quite enough.

If you'd value a conversation focused entirely on your own practice, I offer Sunday Morning Practice Development Sessions for trainee and newly qualified counsellors.

We can explore things such as:

  • Your website

  • SEO and AI visibility

  • Finding your niche

  • Writing in your own voice

  • Your Google Business Profile

  • Ethical marketing

  • Building a sustainable private practice

  • Whatever feels most useful to you at this stage

£99 · One 60-minute online session

No course. No membership. No pressure.

Just an honest conversation about your practice.

→ Explore Practice Development Sessions

Questions from Trainee & Newly Qualified Counsellors

If you're currently training, preparing for placement or beginning your own private practice, you may have a different set of questions. Here are some of the things I'm most often asked by trainee and newly qualified counsellors.

Continue the Conversation

If you'd like to keep up with my latest writing, professional reflections and resources, you can also find me here:

  • Yes. I offer reduced-rate personal therapy (£40 per 50-minute session) for trainee and newly qualified counsellors, online throughout the UK and in person in Manchester.

  • Yes. Where required, I'm happy to provide confirmation of attendance for your training provider.

  • Yes. You're welcome to arrange a free 30-minute telephone or online conversation to discuss your training requirements and decide whether we're the right fit.

  • Yes. The Me In Time Resource Library contains practical tools, therapeutic questions, reflections, recommended reading and guidance on building a counselling practice. → Explore the Training & Qualifying Resources

  • Yes. Alongside the free Building a Counselling Practice series, I offer one-off Sunday Morning Practice Development Sessions for trainee and newly qualified counsellors looking for an honest conversation about websites, confid

Still Looking for Something?

The Counsellor Hub will continue to grow, but it won't answer every question.

If there's a topic you'd like me to explore, a resource you'd find helpful, or you'd like to ask about personal therapy or practice development, you're very welcome to get in touch.

→ Get in Touch