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.

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WHO IS THE COURSE FOR?

This course is suitable for:

  • 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.

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COURSE ACCREDITATION

National Council of Psychotherapists (NCP)

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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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STEPS FOR ENROLMENT

These are the steps you need to take if you would like to enroll on the Certificate in Counselling Skills:

  1. 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
  2. You will then be contacted for an interview
  3. 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 Fee (with Discount)

£ 630

Certificate in Counselling Skills - 1st Installment

£ 399

Certificate in Counselling Skills - 2nd Installment

£ 300

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