Types of Counselling Jobs

Different counselling roles across various settings including private practice, schools, workplaces and healthcare. Articles examine specific client groups and emerging areas like online counselling.

Career Counselling

A careers counsellor helps you work through job changes, skill development and career decisions in a confidential, pressure-free setting.

Counselling in the Workplace

Workplace counselling helps stressed employees manage anxiety and depression while improving mental health, job satisfaction and productivity.

Counselling Self Harmers

Professional counsellors help people who self-harm work through emotional pain in a safe, confidential space.

Counselling Supportline Training

Telephone counsellors need proper training to handle callers dealing with depression, abuse, stress and other serious issues.

Counselling Victims of Alcohol, Drugs and AIDS

Counsellors supporting clients with alcohol, drug, and AIDS issues need to understand each person's specific challenges and provide appropriate care.

Counselling Within a General Practice

GP practices offer counselling services to help patients manage stress, anxiety, depression and relationship problems within primary care.

Counselling Young People

Young people can access counselling for emotional support, family issues and behaviour problems in a safe, confidential space.

Eating Disorder Counselling Support

Eating disorders stem from emotional struggles, not food obsession, counselling can help you or someone you know recover.

Web Cam Counselling

Get face-to-face therapy from home using web cam counselling via video call and internet connection.

What Is Lay Counselling?

Lay counselling offers informal support between professional therapy sessions for people dealing with emotional difficulties.

Working from a Private Practice

What you need to know about setting up and running your own counselling practise as a self-employed therapist.