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Students
Tuition Fee
Per course
Start Date
Medium of studying
On campus
Duration
2 months
Program Facts
Program Details
Degree
Diploma
Major
Workplace Skills
Area of study
Education | Health
Education type
On campus
Timing
Full time
Course Language
English
Intakes
Program start dateApplication deadline
2023-09-18-
About Program

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:

  • Want to begin your training as a professional counsellor.
  • Want to change your current career to become a counsellor.
  • Wish to understand and adopt counselling skills to your current role.
  • Or would simply like to improve personal and professional relationships.
  • 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:

  • 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


  • 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:

  • Study abroad
  • Erasmus
  • Internships
  • Placements
  • Voluntary research assistance

  • Student

    BA (Hons) Humanistic Counselling "Chichester came highly recommended for this course. It is the only course I have ever participated in my lifetime that has changed my life and given me a direct route into my chosen career, it has essentially created that career for me. I am working in a private counselling practice, and this course has not only given me the skills to be successful and additionally the confidence and courage to step out of employment into self employment. I think the changes people have seen in me personally, as well as the success in my new career is the biggest recommendation that can me made."
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