Chloe Foster2 minDo you talk about sex with your clients?Are you a counsellor who finds it difficult to talk about sex in the counselling room?
Chloe Foster3 minDo 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 Foster2 minSuicide in the counselling roomLGBTQ people are, sadly, statistically at higher risk of suicide. Did you know? 46% of trans people had suicidal thoughts in the last year
Chloe Foster4 min2020 - My reflectionsIn the counselling world - in March 2020 - Covid restrictions forced counselling to move online overnight. This was a strange and incredibly
Chloe Foster3 minAre 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 Foster3 minBisexual vs. pansexualBisexuality and pansexuality are two identities that I repeatedly see counsellors getting confused about when I meet groups of...
Chloe Foster3 min4 Things you need To know - counselling trans clientsLGBTQ clients, particularly those who are transgender are quite rightly very wary of professionals. It is quite likely your clients will
Chloe Foster3 minWhat is asexuality?Asexuality Awareness Week is the last full week of October. So I put together some great resources to help more counsellors and the wider
Chloe Foster3 minComing 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 Foster3 minWhat 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 Foster3 minSuicidal ideation in LGBTQ clientsMy 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 Foster4 minWho am I? - Part 2I am very passionate about education and training. Since 2003 teaching and training has been a part of my life... working as an activity
Chloe Foster3 minIs 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 Foster3 minDuring the COVID-19 lockdown, is it OK for trainee counsellors to offer email counselling?There is no option at the moment to go out and see a counsellor in their office, so online counselling has surged. However, in lockdown
Chloe Foster3 minA year in the life of Sussex Rainbow CounsellingAs 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