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Therapy role-play by voice call
Talk the session through with a client who answers in a natural voice and pauses where a person would pause. Practise pacing, silence and tone, none of which a transcript can show you, then see all of it in your debrief.
Your phone or laptop’s microphone is enough. Captions are available.
What you practise in voice role-play
Phone and telehealth sessions, and learning to respond in the moment, with no time to redraft.
Pacing
Slow down. Speed up when the client does. Follow their rhythm rather than your own.
Silence
After an emotional moment, leave the silence alone. New therapists rush to fill it; the client usually needed it.
Talk-time
Keep the session with the client, and listen more than you speak. If you are talking more than they are, stop and ask yourself why.
Tone
Stay warm and steady in your voice when the conversation gets hard, and hear afterwards whether you did.
Practise across Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), including CBT-I for insomnia, ERP for OCD and trauma-focused CBT for PTSD, as well as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), each following a published treatment model. There is also Mentalization-Based Treatment, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Motivational Interviewing, Schema Therapy and more. See every therapy
Your debrief
Feedback after every session
A call adds your voice to the debrief, on top of everything you get in chat.
- Talk-time balance between you and the client
- Interruptions
- Pauses after emotional moments
- Your core therapy skills, questions and reflections
What you need
A microphone (the one built into your phone or laptop is fine). No camera.
How a session works
Choose a case
Each client comes with a history, a presentation and measures. Read the referral as you would on placement, then begin.
Hold the session
The client responds to how you work. Make your mistakes here, where they cost nothing; hints come only if you ask for them.
Review and grow
A clear debrief on the core skills of your model (the CTS-R for CBT). Then take any one skill into a focused drill and work on it until it holds.
Voice role-play: questions
Does the client sound natural?
Yes. A natural voice with natural pauses, in English, or Malayalam for some clients.
What feedback do I get after a call?
Everything from chat, plus your voice: how the talk-time split between you, where you interrupted, and whether you left a pause after the emotional moments. Each observation comes with one concrete thing to try.
Will I get hints during the call?
Only if you ask. By default the session runs without interruptions, and you get full feedback at the end.
Can I try a call free?
Your free session with Maya is in chat, with a brief call if you like, and you can apply for a scholarship at the same time.
Meet Maya for free.
A short session in chat, with a brief call if you like. Apply for a scholarship at the same time.