What is the disinhibition effect?
Disinhibition is the ability to relax and no longer feel shy to open up about true feelings. Email counselling is the most powerful when it
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Chloe Foster
2 min
Are misunderstandings more common in email counselling?
Learn why misunderstandings can happen in email counselling and how to manage rupture and repair.
Chloe Foster
4 min
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
6 min
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
3 min
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
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
Polyamory - What is it?
Polyamory means more than the simple media messages of having multiple partners and lots of sex. Polyamory is a subset of ethical or consens
Chloe Foster
3 min
My year - 2021 Reflections
A round up of what I have been up to in 2021.
Learn more about my work to help counsellors actively include and attract LGBTQ+ clients.
Chloe Foster
3 min
Why Sharing Pronouns Helps Clients
Have you seen she/her, he/him or they/them on email signatures or social media bios recently?
Maybe you've spotted mine?
Chloe Foster
4 min
Pronouns in the Counselling Room
- Why pronouns matter in the counselling room
- Pronoun privilege
- Pronouns and gender diversity
- Why we shouldn't guess client's pronouns
Chloe Foster
4 min
Why LGBTQ+ people need inclusive healthcare
Why LGBTQ+ people need inclusive and healthcare and what's going wrong in UK mainstream services for lesbian, gay, bisexual & trans people.
Chloe Foster
3 min
I passed my NCS quality check
As a counsellor and trainer, I’m so committed to helping fellow counsellors build confidence and knowledge working with LGBTQ clients so we
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
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
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
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Chloe's book recommendations - Part 3
Queer Sex: A Trans & Non-Binary Guide to Intimacy, Pleasure & Relationships
Juno interviews trans & non-binary people about sex, desire and
Chloe Foster
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Chloe's book recommendations - Part 2
This book explains how to use language & pronouns in a respectful way & lists lots of detailed information about medical transition such as
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