Counselling Skills Certificate

Counselling is rapidly growing as a profession and is increasingly valued in education, medicine, the caring field and most workplaces. Our part time courses in Counselling provide high quality humanistic training in counselling skills and professional counselling through a variety of graduated programmes. Students with additional qualifications/credit can progress from Certificate level to degree level in five years. The BA (Hons) in Humanistic Counselling is also an excellent development for students already holding a Diploma in Counselling. The Certificate in Counselling Skills is a free-standing course which has two modules, Phase 1 and Phase 2. Each module is worth 15 credits and to enhance the quality of learning, the course offers a high staff to student ratio. Both phases combine humanistic theory, values and ethical practice in relation to counselling skills used in one-to-one, face-to-face situations and in wider social contexts at work and in the community.

Indicative Course Content Phase 1

• Philosophy of Humanistic Practice
• Carl Rogers Core Conditions
• Acceptance
• Empathy
• Genuineness
• Presence
• Effective Listening
• Non-verbal and Para-verbal Communication
• Giving and Receiving Constructive Feedback
• Introduction to Transactional Analysis
• Introduction to Transference
• Loss and Change
• Perceptions and Attitudes towards Diverse Cultural Forms

Indicative Course Content Phase 2

• Exercises to Continue Self Awareness
• Resistance and Reluctance
• Immediacy
• Defences
• Challenges (Self and Others)
• Johari Window
• Appreciation of Difference
• Hierarchy of Human Need
• Group Process and Dynamics
• Practice in Small Groups
• Peer Assessment of Taped Interaction
• Core Conditions of Humanistic Practice Accentuated
• Transactional Analysis
• Transference
• Feedback

Why this Course?

• A free-standing course
• Two entry points for Phase 1 (September and January) and Phase 2 (January and April) enabling credits to go forward to a Professional Counselling Course for qualification, if desired
• Open access
• Acceptance via application form and reference, plus interview (where applicable)
• Aimed at people from all walks of life who wish to enhance their existing skills, for use personally and in a wider context. Also for those who wish to develop their self awareness and enjoy the experience
• Ideal course as a feeder into a professional qualification in Humanistic Counselling
• High staff to student ratio

Entry Requirements

Open entry for students by application and reference.