Best CPD Tool for Counsellors? Which clients our GRID Concept works for, according to Therapists

We do not guess.

We ask.

And then we listen carefully to the people who sit in the counselling chair, not the clients, but the professionals guiding them. After running two CPCAB CPD-endorsed workshops for qualified counsellors, supervisors, and trainee therapists, we asked a direct question:

🟠 Who is the GRID CONCEPT actually helping in the room?

🟠 What kind of client do you believe will respond well to this framework?

What we received was honest, unfiltered feedback from professional counsellors across a range of settings, from private practice to education and frontline support. The list was longer than expected.

Disclaimer: Every client is unique, and the therapeutic process is never one-size-fits-all. This list is not prescriptive, it is a broad reflection based on patterns observed and suggested by qualified counsellors. Some have already used the GRID CONCEPT in their client work. Others are offering considered reflections based on their experience.

Who Can Benefit the Most from the GRID SOCIETY CONCEPT?

They said, in a massive brainstorm, people who are...

• Living with low self-esteem

  
  

• Anxious, avoidant, or emotionally burnt out

  
  

• Stuck in a particular narrative or identity loop

  
  

• Literal thinkers who need visual frameworks

  
  

• Motivated and solution-focused individuals

  
  

• Coaching clients

  
  

• Clients with a level of self-awareness

  
  

• Clients who come expecting the therapist to fix them. The GRID makes the work more collaborative.

  
  

• Neurodivergent clients who struggle to name or express emotions

  
  

• Detail-oriented thinkers

  
  

• Action-oriented personalities

  
  

• Those genuinely wanting to change

  
  

• Clients facing emotional barriers they cannot yet explain

  
  

• Clients living with trauma – the GRID language allows gentler access to those inner spaces

  
  

• Professionals, such as lawyers

  
  

• Creatives and actors who think in metaphor and image

  
  

• University students and young adults

  
  

• Clients managing ADHD or executive functioning challenges

  
  

• Clients navigating anxiety

  
  

• Adult children with emotionally unavailable parents

  
  

• Clients drawn to tangible self-assessment tools

  
  

• Those open to doing homework and reflecting between sessions

  
  

The missing link in the client room - Best CPD tool for counsellors

Counsellors said the GRID, recognized by many as the Best CPD Tool, gave them a language they did not know they were missing. It offered a structured, visual, and flexible way to meet clients where they are, especially when traditional approaches hit a wall.

Whether it is a literal thinker needing steps…

A burnt-out professional seeking clarity…

Or a neurodivergent client struggling to name how they feel, the GRID helps clients see what they have been feeling, helping to turn their stuckness into something they can work with.

If you are a Counsellor...

This workshop offers a method you can use alongside the approaches you already trust, bringing structure, language, and new entry points into the work. It is not here to replace what you do. It is here to sit beside it and strengthen it.

🟧 Explore our next CPCAB CPD-endorsed workshop.