The Messed Up Counsellor
Counsellor Ian Wallace shares advice and support to help you navigate the complicated modern world.
Episodes

4 days ago
4 days ago
14 min
Episode 124 The maze of clinical diagnosis what’s our role. Do we need a diagnosis to offer therapy, does it get in the way or help the Client or us.

Aug 17, 2026
Aug 17, 2026
13 min
Episode 123 Its that time of year what am I going to do with the exam results now. How does it affect me and the moving on process to the next stage of your life.

Aug 10, 2026
Aug 10, 2026
24 min
Episode 122 Working environments and how different models relate to different Clients. Office, home or outside what do we do and why.

Aug 3, 2026
Aug 3, 2026
22 min
Episode 121 Self-disclosure is it any good and how far do we go. What’s helpful in self-disclosing and where do we stop, is it for the clients benefit or ours.

Jul 27, 2026
Jul 27, 2026
20 min
Episode 120 Climate change and our personal reaction to it. Should we have an opinion that we share and how do we change our work to accommodate it.

Jul 20, 2026
Jul 20, 2026
22 min
Episode 119 Self-employed the baby you’ve created and how to manage and nurture it within this world of therapy.

Jul 13, 2026
Jul 13, 2026
23 min
What is transference and how do we work with it. Understanding this concept and how valuable it can be to the work we do in the space between.

Jul 6, 2026
Jul 6, 2026
20 min
Episode 117 Counselling in another country and things to think about keeping us and the Client safe. In this world of connection across countries, what do we have to think about in providing our work and how difficult and sometimes illegal it could be.

Jun 29, 2026
Jun 29, 2026
19 min
How does life change and how do we cope with seeing a new understanding of mortality or coping with the changes we cant control.

Jun 22, 2026
Jun 22, 2026
18 min
Episode 114 Looking forward to the summer and why that helps us to lift mood and make us able to cope with the hard times in the long nights.






