by Gareth Taylor | Nov 4, 2026 | Blog
“I’m fine.” It is a phrase many of us use without really thinking about it. Sometimes it means exactly what it says. At other times, it can be a way of closing down a conversation before it has properly begun. For some men, saying “I’m fine” does not necessarily mean...
by Gareth Taylor | May 19, 2026 | Blog
Online supervision is now standard practice across the UK counselling profession. That shift happened quickly – accelerated by the pandemic and made permanent by the realisation that it works. Most professional bodies accept online supervision as meeting their...
by Gareth Taylor | May 19, 2026 | Blog
Starting your placement is one of the most significant moments in your training. All the theory, all the skills practice, all the personal development work – and now you’re sitting with a real person, in a real session, carrying real responsibility for how...
by Gareth Taylor | May 19, 2026 | Blog
Every therapist encounters ethical dilemmas. Not occasionally – regularly. They come in all shapes and sizes. A client discloses something that raises a safeguarding concern but asks you not to act on it. A dual relationship develops that you didn’t...
by Gareth Taylor | May 19, 2026 | Blog
This work gets into you. That’s not a warning. It’s just true. You sit with people’s pain, week after week. You hold grief, fear, shame, rage – things that most people in ordinary life never encounter at that intensity. You stay present with...
