Certificate In Counselling
Skills
Certificate
In Counselling Skills with author and tutor Laurel Alexander
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR THE CERTIFICATE IN COUNSELLING SKILLS
To qualify for entry to the Certificate in Counselling Skills,
you should be over 21 and have good English reading and writing
skills.
You need to be willing to discuss some of your thoughts and feelings
with other students and your tutor. You also need to be willing
to give and receive feedback from your peers.
In addition, you will have an interview with the course tutor.
WHO IS THE COURSE FOR?
This course is suitable for:
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anyone who wants to develop counselling skills for use in their
work
- those seeking a foundation in counselling skills before moving
onto a Diploma course
- helping professionals seeking to improve their service
- those who use helping skills in their work who require CPD points.
COURSE ACCREDITATION
The Certificate in Counselling Skills will
provide you with a professional qualification and is independently
accredited by the National Council of Psychotherapists (NCP) at
Affiliate Level. The NCP is one of the longest established and
prestigious societies of its type in the UK, being formed in 1971.
Visit their website at www.ncphq.co.uk. Following
successful completion of this course, you are eligible for membership
of the NCP and can be entered onto their register. You can also
apply for insurance.
COURSE RECOGNITION
Wellness for Life is a recognized and authorized course
provider of the Complementary
Medical Association (CMA). As a Wellness for Life
student, enrolment on the Certificate in Reiki II will enable you
to directly join the CMA as a student member. Upon successful completion
of Reiki II, you can upgrade your membership and obtain insurance
with the CMA to practice.
This course has UKRLP registration and is on the UK Register for
Learning Providers.
WHERE AND WHEN THE COURSE RUNS
The Certificate in Counselling Skills begins 28 September 2010
and runs until 15 June 2011 in Brighton, Sussex for 30 weeks.
The course runs on Tuesday evenings 7pm - 9pm.
The group is kept to a maximum of 6 students to facilitate individual
learning.
ASSESSMENT
Assessment for the Certificate in Counselling Skills occurs
through supervised skills development and a reflective learning
journal
with occasional additional tasks (which you include in your
learning journal).
SYLLABUS
MODULE 1: Defining counselling: the helping process, different
helping modalities, counselling approaches, working within a code
of ethics, defining basic counselling skills, using counselling
skills in context, Johari Window
MODULE 2: Core conditions of counselling: empathy,
unconditional positive regard, genuineness, confidentiality, valuing
diversity MODULE 3: Showing attention and interest: verbal
and non-verbal language
MODULE 4: Exploration skills: attention giving,
active listening, creating space, managing silence, effective questioning,
permissions to talk, structuring the beginning, middle and
end
MODULE 5: Understanding skills: paraphrasing, reflecting
feelings, understanding the clients internal frame of reference,
offering
challenge and feedback, managing resistance, self disclosure,
summarizing
MODULE 6: Action skills: negotiating tasks, goal setting,
creative thinking, problem solving, action planning,
evaluation
MODULE 7: Improving clients self talk: cognitive reframing,
rules, perceptions
MODULE 8: Coaching, demonstrating and rehearsing. Coaching
clients in relaxation
MODULE 9: Ending the helping process: making
referrals MODULE 10: Evaluating and developing
your own work. Supervision. CPD
The sessions aim to introduce the
fundamental aspects of counselling skills. A theoretical base
is offered together
with experiential exercises which complement the academic learning.
In addition students are given the opportunity to practice counselling
skills and give constructive feedback to their peers.
| IMPORTANCE OF SELF DEVELOPMENT
The healing process of your client is of vital importance,
but even more so is your own self development. The Certificate
in Counselling Skills has a strong focus on self-awareness
for each student as a firm and ongoing foundation for both
personal and professional development. The level of self
development is high, both in terms of what you formally learn
and apply in practice and also in how you become aware and
work with your own personal growth. The course doesn’t
offer personal therapy and any issues that arise, may need
therapy outside of the course. |
FEE
The fee of £699 includes:
- A professional qualification in Counselling Skills accredited
with the National Council of Psychotherapists to Affiliate
Level (ANCP
would go after your name)
- A Certificate in Counselling Skills recognised by the Complementary
Medical Association (CMA) and membership of the CMA
- An experienced tutor
- Learning material plus textbook Basic Counselling Skills
by Richard Nelson-Jones
Payment options:
1. Complete fee in advance with 10% discount
(£630)
2. Two installments: £399 upon enrolment plus one further
installment of £300
You can pay by cheque, BACS or online.
STEPS FOR ENROLMENT
These are the steps you need to take if you would like to enroll
on the Certificate in Counselling Skills:
- Complete the enrolment
form and send to Laurel Alexander,
101 Osborne Road, Brighton, Sussex BN1 6LW or send by email to
info@laurelalexander.co.uk
- You will then be contacted for an interview
- Following a successful interview, you will be required to
pay, which you can do online, by cheque or BACS
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Certificate in Counselling Skills - Full
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£ 630
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Certificate in Counselling Skills - 1st
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£ 399
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Certificate in Counselling Skills - 2nd
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