ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the way in which the first postgraduate training for would-be counsellors in primary care settings was developed. Training and education must also be proper and fitting for the student. The examination of the students demonstrates that to enable the student to become an excellent practitioner in the primary care context does require a significant amount of new learning as well as a sharp reorientation from previous learning and practice. As a result of examining both the students and courses that have been developed and taught, certain areas of teaching stand out as being both proper and fitting and therefore appropriate to the task of preparing the practitioner. It is appropriate that students working at a postgraduate level should expect to be both recognised as skilled practitioners and properly rewarded for their work. For the primary care service, the clients and the practice of counselling/psychotherapy, appropriate levels of competent practice are vital.
