Counselling Courses

Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling

This level 4 Diploma is concerned with the training of counsellors to a professional level of competency.
Learners will develop the knowledge, skills, and self-development from their level 3 experience.
They would also develop a deep knowledge of CBT, as a core model, in conjunction with Psychodynamic (Attachment)) and Humanistic (Existentialism) models.

Who is the course for?

This course is suitable for those trainees having completed the Level 3 Certificate in Counselling or equivalent and who wish to train to become a qualified counsellor working in an agency setting or independently.

Outline

The course incorporates a theoretical module (i.e. counselling theories relevant to the descriptor), professional framework module (e.g. ethical practice), group training supervision, counselling skills practice and an ongoing process group. The structure of the course also involve full day Saturdays. Trainees need to secure a supervised client work experience (i.e. placement). Trainees are also expected to complete 20 hours of personal therapy during the life of this course.

Trainees will learn to work with more implicit patterns of relating, working at relational depth and will increasingly become clear on the types of clients and settings they can work with. This counselling programme provides a balance of theoretical input, practical and experiential learning, understanding of professional context for counselling work, and focuses on counselling as a contracted professional relationship as opposed to using counselling skills. The evidence based portfolio system of assessment is encouraging trainees to know their capabilities and limitations, and is in line with the increasing demand for evidence of competence within the mental health field.

Certificate in Therapeutic Counselling
Supervision

A course for experienced, practicing counsellors to achieve the skills required to supervise trainee and experienced counsellors working at levels A and B.

Course Content
1. Model and supervise the professional framework
2. Model and supervise the skilled use of the relationship
3. Model and supervise the use of theory and research on diversity
4. Model and supervise a user-centred approach to the work
5. Model and supervise the skilled use of the self
6. Model and supervise the coherent use of theory, research and
skills
7. Model and supervise the self-reflective practitioner

Certificate in Counselling Skills

The course focuses on the theoretical concepts and skills needed as the foundation for beginning client work experience within a counselling agency setting.

This is a practical course with an emphasis on learning through doing (experiential), which will give you the opportunity to practise counselling skills, and to prepare for supervised work with clients.
This course aims to prepare trainees to use a professional and ethical framework within a counselling setting, gain an understanding of the counselling relationship, understand diversity issues, increase self-awareness, develop an understanding of the counselling process, and prepare to use supervision.
Some of the theoretical aspects covered on this course include Person-Centred, Existential, Psychodynamic, and Cognitive-Behavioural counselling.
Successful completion of this course leads to L4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (LARS Reference 50092534), that gives the individual a qualified counsellor’s status.