What is the Student Community?

At a Glance

Every member gets access to the Student Community — a private Facebook group with around 6,000 members. It is the largest counselling student community in the world, and it is moderated and supported by the Counselling Tutor academic team.

Why the community exists

Counselling training can be a lonely experience. You might be the only mature student in your cohort, or the only career changer, or the only one who feels like everyone else is "getting it" while you're not. That isolation feeds the impostor syndrome — the quiet voice that says "maybe it's just me."

It isn't just you. The community is where you find that out.

What members use it for

• Asking questions about theory, skills, and assignments — and getting answers

• Sharing breakthroughs and struggles — without performance, without judgement

• Finding peers at your level — Level 2, Level 4, degree, masters; whatever stage you're at

• Recommendations — for books, placements, supervisors, and post-qualification options

• Long-term professional networks — many members who started as study peers have qualified and now refer clients to each other

How it's moderated

The group is moderated by a member of the Counselling Tutor team who teaches on our courses. They oversee the conversation, answer questions when they can, and forward anything trickier to the academic team — who reply and post the answer back into the group.

This means it's not just a social space. It is a rich learning environment, backed by real academic support.

A note if you are not on Facebook

The community currently lives on Facebook. We know that doesn't suit everyone. If you don't use Facebook, you won't lose out on essential information — important updates from the team are shared by email — but you won't have access to the day-to-day peer conversations.

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.