How to use TheraMentor in your training programme

A practical guide: what you want to achieve, what you gain and how to fit it, step by step, into your programme.

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1. The gap TheraMentor fills

Trainee therapists need more practice than classes and supervision can fit. TheraMentor fills exactly that gap: a space where they practise specific skills without needing an instructor's time on every attempt, and where every supervision session starts from concrete material.

Typical goals for a programme:

  • more practice opportunities between classes and supervision,
  • trainees who arrive at supervision with their own reflection and specific questions,
  • a shared language for skills (empathy, active listening, professional boundaries, reflection, open questions),
  • a safe space to make mistakes before working with real clients.

2. What it brings to your programme

  • Time: repetition happens without an instructor present for every attempt.

  • More meaningful supervision: meetings start from material (reflections, excerpts, questions) rather than from zero.

  • Consistency: every trainee gets feedback on the same criteria after each session.

  • Flexibility: practice in text or voice, whenever and wherever it suits the trainee.

  • Bridge to practice: working on cases with pseudonyms prepares trainees for real clinical work.

  • Humans stay in charge: TheraMentor suggests, the supervisor and trainee decide. TheraMentor's suggestions are kept apart from the trainee's own observations.

3. A 45-minute class with TheraMentor

  1. 20 minutes

    Theory

    The instructor presents a skill, e.g. active listening.

  2. 15 minutes

    Practice

    Trainees practise with a virtual client in TheraMentor.

  3. 10 minutes

    Reflection

    They discuss the experience, the difficulties and the feedback with the instructor.

A virtual practice session
A virtual practice session
Structured feedback
Structured feedback

4. How it fits your course: a 4-week pilot for 5–10 trainees

A ready-made example you can try with a small group.

What the pilot needs

1 skill · 5–10 trainees · 1 supervisor or instructor · 4 weeks

How much time it takes

Trainee: 1–2 short sessions a week (e.g. 15 minutes) plus a few minutes of reflection.

Supervisor/instructor: no time during practice; supervision starts from the reflection.

  1. Week 1: getting to know it

    • Each trainee runs a first virtual session with a virtual client of their choice.
    • They read the feedback and write a short reflection.

  2. Weeks 2–3: focused practice

    • 1–2 short sessions a week on the skill being taught (e.g. open questions).
    • Try a different approach or virtual client to see how the session changes.
    • Anyone with a real case works on it in My Cases with a pseudonym and talks it through with the Mentor.

  3. Week 4: bring it to supervision

    • Each trainee brings a reflection and one point that troubled them.
    • The supervisor uses it as a starting point and remains responsible for the educational interpretation.

  4. After the pilot

    • Talk with trainees: what helped, what didn't.
    • Decide: continue, change the skill, or extend to another group.

5. What trainees and the supervisor do

  • Before

    Trainee
    Chooses virtual client and approach
    Supervisor / instructor
    Sets the skill and the context

  • During practice

    Trainee
    Runs sessions in text or voice
    Supervisor / instructor
    Does not need to be present

  • After

    Trainee
    Reads feedback, writes a reflection
    Supervisor / instructor
    Asks about the reflection in supervision

  • Progress

    Trainee
    Compares their reflections over time
    Supervisor / instructor
    Discusses development with the trainee

  • Cases

    Trainee
    Records with a pseudonym and talks to the Mentor
    Supervisor / instructor
    Supervises the case as usual

TheraMentor supports practice and educational feedback. It does not replace human supervision and does not certify clinical competence. Supervisors do not automatically see sessions; trainees bring to supervision what they choose.

6. How you will know it helps

After the 4 weeks, ask:

  • Are reflections becoming more specific?
  • Do trainees bring more focused questions to supervision?
  • What do they say helped and what didn't?
  • Do they use it without being reminded?

If you see none of these, there's no need to continue.

7. How we start

  1. You send us a short email, even if you haven't decided anything yet.
  2. We set up a short conversation to see how it fits your programme.
  3. Together we discuss how trainees will get access.
  4. You tell trainees it's a practice space and start with week 1 of the guide.

8. FAQ

Trainees need more practice than classes and supervision can fit. TheraMentor adds practice and feedback in between, without needing an instructor's time on every attempt, and brings concrete material to supervision.

No. The supervisor and instructor remain responsible for the training and its interpretation. TheraMentor is a space for practice and reflection between meetings.

For example empathy, active listening, reflection of feeling, open questions and professional boundaries.

Structured feedback based on specific therapeutic skills, as a starting point for reflection and discussion with the instructor. They then write their own reflection.

They can choose between CBT, humanistic, general and integrative approaches.

No. It fits between classes and supervision.

We suggest short sessions, e.g. 15 minutes.

We recommend pseudonyms and no identifiable details.

Send us an email and we'll set up a conversation.

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A short email is enough. You don't need to have planned a pilot.