Largely for historical reasons, the introduction of licensing laws and the development of general attitudes toward psychotherapy and counselling regulation have proceeded very differently depending on where you are in the world, especially in the United States.

Choosing a counsellor well-suited for your own particular needs and preferred ways of working is no small task, but a little preparation can make the job easier. The separate section on Finding Counsellors helps with the problem of finding them in the first place.

Consumer credit counselling is not counselling at all in the sense used across the rest of this site, but if you’ve arrived here looking for information about credit counselling, this page is designed to help with a brief overview of the area.

What does supervision mean in the context of counselling or psychotherpay? In the interests of both clients and practitioners, most professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy require members to incorporate supervision into their clinical practice.

With myriad combinations of types, locations, frequencies and costs for counselling, how do you even begin trying to find a counsellor or therapist? This section helps to answer that question, while the page “About Selecting a Counsellor or Therapist” helps in the job of evaluating individual counsellors.