Certificate in Counselling Skills drafted
Program start date | Application deadline |
2023-09-18 | - |
Program Overview
Overview
Counselling is rapidly growing as a profession and is increasingly valued in education, medicine, the caring field and most workplaces.
If you’re looking to become a professional counsellor, our Certificate in Counselling is the ideal first step to start your training.
With this Level 4 course, you’ll begin to develop your counselling skills and understanding. After completing this programme we offer the next stage in counselling training: BA (Hons) Humanistic Counselling. During this BA (Hons) degree you will become a fully qualified counsellor after completing all practical and academic requirements of the second year.
Who is this qualification for?
This course is ideal if you:
Program Outline
Teaching and Assessment
How you will learn
The Certificate in Counselling Skills is a free-standing course that has two modules, Phase 1 and Phase 2. There’s a total of 20 sessions (10 in each phase) with two entry points for Phase 1 (September and January) and Phase 2 (January and April).
Both phases combine humanistic theory, values and ethical practice to counselling skills used in one-to-one, face-to-face situations and wider social contexts at work as well as in the community.
The sessions at the University are delivered on weekday evenings and Saturdays to give you flexibility around your current commitments.
The Course
What you will study
You will study a range of topics during the course. The topics you will study could include:
Indicative Course Content Phase 1:
Indicative Course Content Phase 2:
Careers
Where you could go after your studies
You can apply for progression onto the BA (Hons) Humanistic Counselling once you complete this Certificate.
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.
As a student in the department, you will also have access to a range of opportunities, including: