What is Study Help and how does it support assignments?

Created by Colette Kelly, Modified on Tue, 5 May at 1:33 PM by Colette Kelly

At a Glance

Study Help is the section dedicated to the part of your training that often makes the difference between passing and rewriting: the assignments themselves. It's the bridge between knowing the content and being able to demonstrate that knowledge in the format your course requires.

What's inside Study Help

Assignment exemplars — examples of past assignments that have actually passed, so you can see what "good enough" looks like

Mapping your work to criteria — how to read what an assignment is really asking, and how to make sure your answer matches

Academic writing — structure, argument, plain language

Reflective journals — what they should look like, and how to write one that actually demonstrates reflection

Personal development mapping — how to evidence your PD journey for assessment

Case studies — how to write them up, what assessors are looking for

Placement support — how to find one, how to choose the right one, and how to work in it once you're there

Why exemplars matter

The single biggest frustration we hear from counselling students is this: "I don't know what good enough looks like."

You can read the criteria. You can read the textbook. You can ask your tutor. But until you see an actual assignment that passed — written by someone like you, in the format your course expects — it's hard to know whether what you're writing is on track.

The exemplars in Study Help close that gap.

"My portfolio passed first time with no amends and I attribute that to your guidance."

"Being put on the right track was all that was needed."

A note on reassurance

If you have ever rewritten an assignment three times and still felt unsure, you are not alone — and you are not failing. Most students experience this. Study Help is built to give you what most courses can't always give: clear, concrete examples of what your work needs to look like.

Want to know more?

You can see everything that's inside — and current membership options — at the Student Library page.

If you have a specific question we haven't answered here, email us at support@counsellingtutor.com — a real person will reply within 24 hours.