 Counseling is a demanding profession which requires strong self awareness, significant knowledge of theory, good understanding of the application of theory to practice, real insight into other people and their concerns and issues, knowledge about psycho-pathology and mental health issues.>
Good counselor develop the capacity to be unconditionally accepting of other people, highly empathic, non judgmental and able to cope with the distress of their clients. Good therapists have the capacity to be both sensitive listeners and tough challengers, able to be present and transparent with their own feelings in an authentic way.
This demanding and nationally respected programme will enable you to acquire these above attributes and knowledge and understanding and provides a clear route to qualification for mature students wishing to enter this growing profession. It is aimed at applicants who have had some experience of life and have a desire to enable others to help themselves to lead a more fully functioning life.
This is an outstanding course, easy to follow and suitable for all levels of counseling study by all types of professionals working within the many caring professions, social welfare, education, health, nursing, various one to one-face to face counseling scenarios, through email counseling and over the telephone help and support-counseling.
A very practical and stimulating course to assist learning in a wide field of helping and caring professions-services which offer guidance and support, information and personal advice. This course offers an excellent guide for the correct application of communication and basic counseling skills.
This course offers a step-by-step guide to counseling practice and takes you through the counseling process from the initial first meeting and assessment, right through to end of the counselor-client relationship, providing advice on how to structure and manage therapeutic work in many aspects of the therapeutic relationship.
Upon completion of this course, you will have a good degree of knowledge in the various counseling skills needed to assist a client in making changes in their life.
Course Covers
- The theory
- Acceptance of others
- Therapy conditions
- Metaphors and similes
- Empathetic understanding
- Distancing
- Congruence
- Speaking
- Communication
- Listening to all of the person
- Skills of correct attention, two way communications, reflective listening
- Fears
- Self Disclosure
- Judging
- Positivity
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- Deception
- Meeting the client
- Framing
- Psychological contact
- Keeping the contact
- Therapeutic process
- Subtle and emotional contact
- Starting and ending the counselling session
- Trust
- What can counselling actually do
- Physical touch
- Boundaries
- Counsellor care
- Relationship skills
- Negotiating with colleagues and managers
- Positive use of communication skills
- Understanding the perspectives of clients
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Course Modules
- Module 1 Overview of Counselling & Psychotherapy
- Module 2 Psychodynamic Theory
- Module 3 Counseling Skills Development
- Module 4 Person Centred Therapy
- Module 5 Gestalt Therapy
- Module 6 Art Therapy
- Module 7 Bodywork experience
- Module 8 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
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