Welcome to the counselling tutor podcast. The must listen to podcast for students of counselling and psychotherapy.

Here are your hosts, Rory Lee's Oaks and Ken Kelly. Hi, I'm Rory and with me as always is Ken. How are you doing, Ken?

I'm exceptionally well. Thank you for asking

Rory and how are you joining us today on the counselling tutor podcast. We both hope that you are well.

This is episode 187 and we've got three topics we're going to be looking at today with our student

check-in where we kind of recognise something that students may come across in their

counseling training. We're going to be speaking about CBT, that's cognitive behavioral therapy,

and more specifically, the use of homework in CBT. We then check in with our digital counseling

revolution where we recognize that technology now forms a large

part of how students train in counselling training, how therapy is delivered and how therapy

is consumed by our clients. Technology is playing more and more of a part. And today we're going to

be speaking about asynchronous communication, so that's text and email. And we we're going to be speaking about asynchronous communication, so that's text

and email. And we're specifically going to be speaking about the timings of such communications.

And then to end episode 187, we go into our practice matter section. That's where we dip our

toe into something we may come across in practice. And today we have Simon Heath who's going to be

speaking about ecotherapy. And he recently did a lecture for us in our councillor CPD library. And he's

going to be sharing a little bit about echotherapy and about topics from the lecture that he delivered for us.

But starting off with that student check-in, CBT and the use of homework.

When I hear the word homework, Rory, ice goes cold.

I remember school, hated homework.

But it's a good thing, isn't it, when you relate it to CBT?

It is a good thing when you relate it to CBT.

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