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My personal experience of email counselling
Back in 2017 I decided to give email counselling a go. In the beginning I wasn’t sure if it would work. I had so many questions … Would I

Chloe Foster
2 min read


Bisexual vs. pansexual
Bisexuality and pansexuality. What do these words mean? Are they same? Why it matters. Learn the myths and why there is so much confusion.

Chloe Foster
4 min read


My Year - Reflections of 2023
Chloe's reflections of 2023 and a sneak peek at plans for 2024 for email counselling training.

Chloe Foster
8 min read


My Year - Reflections of 2022
Are you curious and want to learn more about me, and my year?
- what I've been up to
- why I do what I do
- sneak peek at plans for 2023

Chloe Foster
6 min read


What is asexuality?
An asexual person can be straight, gay, bi or queer.
So I put together some great resources to help more counsellors and the wider

Chloe Foster
3 min read


Do LGBTQ Labels Matter?
Labels give us the vocabulary to discuss oppression, they help us to discuss power structures which is what enables inequality to exist.

Chloe Foster
3 min read


Do you talk about sex with your clients?
Are you a counsellor who finds it difficult to talk about sex in the counselling room?

Chloe Foster
2 min read


Suicide in the counselling room
LGBTQ people are, sadly, statistically at higher risk of suicide.
Did you know?
46% of trans people had suicidal thoughts in the last year

Chloe Foster
2 min read


2020 - My reflections
In the counselling world - in March 2020 - Covid restrictions forced counselling to move online overnight. This was a strange and incredibly

Chloe Foster
4 min read


Are you cisgender?
When I first started running LGBTQ awareness workshops for counsellors a few years ago it was very common for almost the whole room full of

Chloe Foster
3 min read


Trans clients? 4 Things you need To know as a counsellor
LGBTQ clients, particularly those who are transgender are quite rightly very wary of professionals.
It is quite likely your clients will

Chloe Foster
3 min read


Coming Out Day – do we need it?
When working with clients who are thinking about disclosing who they are, I find that many find the concept of “inviting in” very helpful in

Chloe Foster
3 min read


What is bierasure?
Today is Bi Visibility Day. Every year on the 23rd September people wave their blue, purple and pink flags and scream out to be noticed.

Chloe Foster
3 min read


Suicidal ideation in LGBTQ clients
My boss used to say to me that I was the only youth worker who had so many suicidal clients. I wondered why. Was I doing something wrong? No

Chloe Foster
3 min read


Who am I? - Part 2
I am very passionate about education and training. Since 2003 teaching and training has been a part of my life... working as an activity

Chloe Foster
4 min read


Is Online CPD the future?
When I reflect back on face-to-face CPD I remember the early alarm and rainy dark mornings to get to an unfamiliar venue. The frustration of

Chloe Foster
3 min read


A year in the life of Sussex Rainbow Counselling
As the New Year begins I have decided to write a summary of a year in the life of Sussex Rainbow Counselling. The year started with the fir

Chloe Foster
3 min read
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