Sit with an AI client who doesn't make it easy, get honest feedback on what you actually did, then write it up properly. It works out what you keep getting stuck on and builds you practice for it. No classmate watching, nothing riding on it — and a structured reflection at the end you can keep for placement or your OPD record.
Free — no card needed. Five full sessions and five skill drills to start.
“It was very thorough and gave a lot of insight on what can be improved.”
Mikaela, psychotherapist
A client who was sent by his boss and doesn't want to be there, and the feedback that comes after.
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You can name every microskill in the textbook. Then a roleplay partner goes quiet, or gets defensive, and you hear yourself asking another question just to fill the space. Placement is coming and the only practice you've had is twenty minutes with a classmate who was just as nervous as you.
Classroom roleplay means practising on someone who knows you, in front of people, once or twice a semester. It's the least like a real first session that practice could possibly be. Here every client is a stranger, and a different one each time.
Reflective essays and placement logs are assessed work. Written a fortnight later from memory, the specific moment that actually mattered has already gone fuzzy.
The scenarios you most need to rehearse — disclosure of self-harm, a client in acute distress — are exactly the ones nobody lets you practise until you're already in the room.
Most practice tools give you a roleplay and stop. The Debrief watches what comes up across your reflections, and when the same thing keeps appearing it writes you a scenario aimed at exactly that.
You practise. Roleplay a client, get feedback on what you did.
You write it up. One tap turns the session into a structured reflection.
A pattern surfaces. Filling silences has come up four times now.
It builds you a client who leaves long silences — and you practise it straight away.
Nothing is automatic. Suggestions only appear if you ask for them, and you can dismiss any of them. Your reflections stay yours — nobody sees them unless you choose to bring them to supervision.
Start free. Five full sessions and five skill drills, no card needed.
Roleplay client sessions with an AI that stays in character, in the approach you're practising — person-centred, motivational interviewing, narrative, gestalt and others. The feedback afterwards tells you how well you actually used it. Never the same client twice: run the same scenario again and you get a different person with their own reason for being guarded. Plus short drills on single skills like reflection of feeling or sitting with silence.
Start free →Finish a roleplay, hit reflect, and it's already laid out: what happened, how you felt, what worked, what you make of it, what you'd do differently. (Gibbs' reflective cycle, if your course has covered it.) Talk it out loud if writing is the hard part. After a few entries it shows you what keeps coming up — and this is the bit nothing else does: it will build you a roleplay aimed at that weak spot, and you can start it there and then. Exports to Word or PDF for a placement log or your OPD record.
Try it free →For qualified practitioners with a live caseload. Enter a real (de-identified) client's presentation and pick two or three approaches to compare side by side, with a non-diagnostic note on referral considerations. Current options include CBT, ACT, DBT, psychodynamic, solution-focused and person-centred.
See pricing →There's also a $12/mo Practice tier for unlimited role-play and drills on their own, and $55/mo for all three modules. Billed annually saves roughly two months. Full pricing below.
“The realistic scenarios within this app have helped me build confidence, refine my communication, and practise different counselling approaches in a safe environment. Through the feedback provided I have been able to realise my therapeutic style and the shifts in my approach when working with the client in the scenarios. It’s an innovative and engaging resource that I highly recommend to counselling students and clinicians looking to strengthen their abilities as a therapist.”
Chloe, crisis supporter and counsellor
“I’ve been using your app and it’s fantastic! Don’t know how you did it.”
Jenny
“I had a go at your AI counselling training and I found it really useful. I’ve done the Lifeline digital training for volunteers, and I think their training is missing a tool like the one you developed.”
Carol, crisis line volunteer
“It was very thorough and gave a lot of insight on what can be improved, and gave a more quick and accurate feedback.”
Mikaela, Psychotherapist
Both Australian peak bodies require ongoing professional development every year. For a lot of it, the certificate isn't enough on its own. You're expected to show what you made of it.
OPD points per membership year, across at least two separate activities.
Hours of professional supervision every year, alongside the OPD points.
CPD hours per membership year. Passive learning needs a written reflective review for each activity.
The written reflection is the part nobody helps with. The certificate lands in your inbox, then sits there while you try to remember what you actually took from it three weeks later.
Reflective Practice walks you through Gibbs' six steps. Speak it or type it — it comes out structured, and exports to Word or PDF for your record.
It also reads across your entries and tells you what keeps coming up. Which is worth having before supervision: the hour goes quickly, and turning up with a written record beats trying to remember. It doesn't replace supervision, nothing does, but it gives you something to bring to it.
The Debrief isn't an accredited CPD or OPD provider and doesn't award points or hours. Those come from the learning activity itself. What it gives you is the structured written reflection and exportable record that both bodies expect you to keep. Requirements change; check the current ACA OPD Policy or PACFA CPD Standard for what applies to your membership.
Following PACFA's AI Good Practice Guideline: the counsellor stays accountable and in control, AI use is disclosed, and nothing here overstates what a model can actually do.
Compare Approaches and Reflective Practice both run an identifier check before anything is stored — client-identifying detail is flagged, not filed away.
Every reflection walks the same six steps — what happened, how you felt, what was good and bad, what sense you make of it, what else you could have done, what you'll do next time. It's Gibbs' reflective cycle, and it means you end up with a considered record rather than a diary entry — which you can export to Word or PDF for a placement log or your own CPD records.
If your reflections point at a recurring weak spot, The Debrief can suggest a matching roleplay scenario — always opt-in, always dismissable, never triggered without you.
AI processing currently takes place on servers in the United States, including for de-identified reflections and case notes. Moving that processing to Australian-hosted infrastructure is in progress. Full detail is in the privacy policy.
Five full sessions and five skill drills, no card needed. After that, every plan below includes unlimited role-play and drills — the difference is what else you get. Cancel any time.
Unlimited role-play sessions and skill drills, with practice feedback every time. Every scenario, every approach.
Start free →Everything in Practice, plus the Gibbs-cycle journal, patterns across entries over time, reflections on real client work, and Word or PDF exports for placement logs and CPD records.
Start free →Everything in Practice, plus case reasoning: compare how two or three modalities would approach one de-identified case, with a reasoning trail and a non-diagnostic note on referral.
Start free →All three modules, and the full loop they make together: practise, reflect, spot what keeps coming up, then practise that specifically.
Start free →All prices in Australian dollars, no GST. Payment is handled by Stripe, so card details never touch this app. Professional development is generally tax deductible for practising counsellors — your accountant will know how it applies to you. Reflecting on a training role-play is free on any plan; the paid tiers cover reflections on real client work.