I follow the professional and ethical codes set out by my accrediting organisations and so I do not ask Counselling/Psychotherapy clients for testimonials. The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) strongly advises caution, requiring members to uphold ethics by ensuring confidentiality, protecting client autonomy, and avoiding exploitative dual relationships. Furthermore, the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) state: “11.3 The psychotherapist undertakes not to make or support unjustifiable statements relating to particular therapies or therapists or include testimonials from clients in any advertising material.” – UKCP Ethical Principles and Code of Professional Conduct ​ The reasons for this are multiple, but not least because each client is unique and therefore should not be asked to base their expectations on the experiences of another counselling or therapy client. Also, to do so may breach client confidentiality or make clients feel uncomfortable. Lastly, any Psychotherapist or counsellor would be able to simply make up their own ‘testimonials’ and publish them as legitimate client testimonials in their advertising material, which may mislead would-be clients. However, I can honestly and safely report what clients frequently tell me: They feel safe and empowered within my sessions, they find our work useful, and it enables them to be consistently engaged with the therapeutic process to achieve inner changes that they often have not managed to find in other therapy experiences. Also, I have delivered countless educational, personal development and professional training events and workshops in the past and am able to present some feedback and evaluative comments from the various attendees here. They do not offer a clear window into the experiences of therapy clients, unfortunately, but they may be informative or helpful if you are trying to establish perceptions of me as a teacher-practitioner.