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092 – Developing Your Modality – Free Speech in the Therapy Room – Working with Diverse Client Groups<\/h1>\n\t
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In episode 92 of the Counselling Tutor Podcast, Ken Kelly and Rory Lees-Oakes talk about whether and – if so – when it is advisable to add to your original modality. In ‘Practice Matters’, Rory discusses the issue of free speech in the therapy room. Finally, the presenters look again at working with diverse client groups.<\/p>\n\t

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Developing Your Modality (starts at 2.15 mins)<\/h2>\n\t

In our Counselling Tutor Facebook group<\/a>, the question was recently asked: how long do you need to practise your original modality before you learn another?<\/p>\n

With an apology for the male terminology, Rory uses the terms also applied in a 2012 article by Caro Bailey in Therapy Matters<\/i><\/a> (the journal published by the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy): apprentice (e.g. when you’re a student), journeyman (e.g. once you’re qualified) and master craftsman (e.g. after you’re accredited – generally not before 450 hours’ practice).<\/p>\n

Ken and Rory offer the following tips:<\/p>\n