I have a dedicated workspace at home, equipped with a high quality microphone and headset, and a high resoultion camera. The area is well lit, quiet, and well suited to online counselling via video.
Setting up my home office was part of my pandemic coping strategy. At the start of the pandemic, having spent a tremendous amount of time indoors I became acutely aware of the undifferentiated nature of my day. To maintain a work life balance as a self-employed person, it is often recommended that you have a separate space for work if at all possible (Kreiner et. al., 2009, p. 716-7, Ashforth et. al., 2000, p. 482). That recommendation was also useful to me as a student. At one point, I delineated the transition between these aspects of my daily life with a change of clothing (Ashforth et. al., 2000, p. 478).
Eventually, I arranged things so that my bedroom was free of anything work or school related. This is now a perfect space for the next phase: counselling during practicum.
References
Ashforth, B. E., Kreiner, G. E., & Fugate, M. (2000). All in a day’s work: Boundaries and micro role transitions. Academy of Management Review, 25(3), 472–491. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMR.2000.3363315
Kreiner, G. E., Hollensbe, E. C., & Sheep, M. L. (2009). Balancing borders and bridges: Negotiating the work-home interface via boundary work tactics. Academy of Management Journal, 52(4), 704–730. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMJ.2009.43669916