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
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Chloe Foster
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
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
- 4 min
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
- 3 min
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
Bisexual vs. pansexual
Bisexuality and pansexuality are two identities that I repeatedly see counsellors getting confused about when I meet groups of...
Chloe Foster
- 3 min
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
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
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
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
- 4 min
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
- 3 min
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
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