364 - Will AI Replace Counsellors and Psychotherapists?
Counselling Tutor podcast
Kenneth Kelly
4.8 • 657 Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2026
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 364 of the Counselling Tutor Podcast, your hosts Rory Lees-Oakes and Ken Kelly take us through this week's three topics:
- Firstly, in 'Ethical, Sustainable Practice', we explore the question 'Will AI Replace Counsellors and Psychotherapists?', examining how AI is currently used in mental health care and what this might mean for the future of the profession.
- Then in 'Practice Matters', Rory speaks with Mahmoud Ahmed about his newly published book A New Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy, which calls for embedding diversity, equity, and context at the heart of practice.
- And finally, in 'Student Services', Rory and Ken explore what happens when your counselling course ends but your placement hours are incomplete – offering guidance on how to stay motivated and complete the journey.
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| 1:06.9 | Hello and welcome to episode 364 of the counselling tutor podcast. |
| 1:13.4 | I'm Rory and my guest today is Mahmoud Ahmed, |
| 1:17.5 | a British psychotherapist and writer |
| 1:19.4 | whose work invites us to think more deeply |
| 1:22.4 | about the relationship between mental health, culture and lived experience. |
| 1:28.7 | Mahmoud is particularly known for his reflections on Islamophobia and racism and for reminding |
| 1:35.5 | us that emotional distress doesn't exist in a vacuum but is shaped by the social and political |
| 1:42.8 | worlds we live in. |
| 1:44.9 | His work gently challenges therapists to reflect on power, identity and difference |
| 1:51.0 | and to practicing ways that are thoughtful, ethical and genuinely inclusive. |
| 1:57.5 | He joins us today to discuss his latest contribution to the field of psychotherapy. |
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