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As they struggle to keep up with technical aspects of information and communication technologies (ICTs), many tertiary student counsellors may overlook or feel unqualified to consider the significance of psycho-social aspects of ICTs in the lives of students they see for counselling. In this article the importance of the emerging fields of cyberpsychology and cybersociology in relation to tertiary student counselling practice is explored. It is argued that talking about computers and online experiences in counselling sessions may enhance the face-to-face counselling process. A number of references are supplied to aid the further exploration of this topic.