Thinking about becoming a counsellor but not sure where to begin? Explore what counselling training involves, what you already bring and how to find the right starting point.

What qualifications do I need? How long will it take? Can I train alongside work and family life? We answer five of the questions we're most often asked about training to become a counsellor.

Returning to study as an adult can bring pressure to catch up, keep up and understand everything quickly. But counselling training asks for a different kind of learning: one that develops through reflection, practice and integration over time.

Why do assessors keep asking you to explain your thinking? A reflection on single-, double- and triple-loop learning, and why ‘showing your workings out’ matters in counselling training and practice.

What can happen when learning becomes genuinely collaborative? A reflection on adult learning, shared meaning-making and the moment the FECit© model emerged from a Training for Counsellors learning group.