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100 – Success in Counselling<\/h1>\n\t

Celebrations in the Counselling Room – Achieving 100 Client Hours<\/h2>\n\t
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Ken Kelly and Rory Lees-Oakes are very proud and excited to present the 100th<\/sup> episode of the Counselling Tutor Podcast<\/strong>! There have been over 600,000 downloads<\/strong> of the podcast since it began – that’s about the population of Glasgow – with a total running time of over 20 years (day and night)! To mark this special episode, Ken and Rory focus on the theme of celebration<\/strong>, looking first at owning your success<\/strong>. In ‘Practice Matters’, Rory then explores his experience of celebrating clients’ success in counselling<\/strong>. Finally, the presenters talk about reaching 100 client hours<\/strong>, and how to mark this huge achievement.<\/p>\n\t

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Owning Your Success (starts at 2.13 mins)<\/h2>\n\t

It can be hard for counsellors and psychotherapists to own their success, especially when imposter syndrome<\/a> <\/strong>kicks in, with its typical thoughts of: ‘Am I good enough?’, ‘Everyone is better than me’ and ‘I don’t deserve to do well.’<\/p>\n

From a theoretical point of view, these derive from introjected values and conditions of worth – but understanding this doesn’t mean we are immune from such things ourselves.<\/p>\n

If you are struggling with imposter feelings, try writing down all you have achieved and reflecting on this<\/strong>. It can be easy to get lost in the detail as you slog through your studies, and to lose sight of the bigger picture of all you have already achieved.<\/p>\n

As Confucius said, ‘A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.’ Ken reminds us that as you are climbing the mountain, do take a moment every now and then to turn away from the rock-face, see how far you have already climbed, and look at the view<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

When a client who is finishing thanks you for all your help, it’s all too easy to feel and claim you did nothing, handing all the credit to them.<\/p>\n

Of course, the client does need to engage and be open to change for counselling to make a difference, but it’s important too that you don’t deny your own role in walking that path with them<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Moreover, showing we can accept compliments helps clients to do so themselves<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ken sets an example to us of how to take pride in our achievements<\/strong> by reviewing the success of Counselling Tutor<\/strong> since the first podcast went out in January 2016:<\/p>\n