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Introduction and Certificate in Counselling Skills
This course is the foundation for all future counselling courses and teaches the basic skills that counsellors require to work effectively with clients. It leads to competency in the use of counselling skills in a variety of settings and is based on Person Centred models & Gerard Egan's 3-stage model of helping.
As part of this course, you will undertake training and experience in;
What Counselling is and is not
Code of ethics
Active Listening Skills
Confidentiality
Counselling approaches and theories
Counselling Model
Competency awareness
Self awareness
Counsellor qualities
Listening Skills within the counselling relationship
Attending skills
Empathy
Congruence
Unconditional positive regard
Building relationships
The clients perspective and state of readiness
Counselling language
The clients story
Paraphrasing and summarising
Feelings and reflection
Identifying strengths and resources
Identifying themes, patterns and discrepancies
Immediacy
Introduction to challenge and Goal Setting
Openings and endings
Setting the scene for counselling
Supervision
Building a help file
Building a referral file
Advanced Certificate & Advanced Diploma in Counselling Skills & Theory
(2 years)
Value of Theory
Person Centred Approach – Carl Rogers
Cognitive Behavioural Theory – Ellis, Beck and Pavlov
Grief and Loss – Kubler Ross and Bowlby
Overview of Gestalt
Psychodynamic Approach and Sigmund Freud
Spiritual Aspect of Psychodynamic Theory - Carl Jung
Theories of childhood development – Winnicott and Klein
Transactions Analysis - Berne
Divorce and Dysfunctional Families
Sexual Differences
Working with Addictions
Bereavement and Loss
Theory of attachment
Suicide and working with the families of suicide victims
Mental Health and depression
Mindfulness and Acceptance
Working with Abuse
Self Esteem building
Working with groups
Self Harm and Eating disorders
Introduction to CBT
Working with Phobias
Introduction to working with Art in therapy
Setting up a counselling practice
Advanced Diploma in Counselling Skills and Theory
Can only commence once the basic skills;advanced skills & Theory and Diploma courses have been satisfactorily completed.
The diploma also holds more academic standing, which in turn may lead to the student progressing onto a degree level course or hold a higher non-degree qualification.
The tasks will be
3 Case studies
3 transcript which will have evidence of underpinning theories used within the sessions and the counselling models used.
100 clinically supervised hours started during your advanced Certificate year
Final Essay
Diploma In Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
The course will cover
What makes CBT different
Who benefits from CBT & where it can be effective
The history of CBT
Cognitive dissonance
CBT Framework
Sigmund Freud & Defence Mechanisms
Carl Jung—Archetypes and Functions
Aaron Beck—Human cognition and Beck scales
Albert Ellis—REBT
National Occupational Standards
Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT)
Cognitive Re-structure Therapy (CRT)
Attributional Therapy
Stress Inoculation Therapy (SIT)
Becks Scales
Behaviour patterns & Thinking Errors
Mind and body reactions
Phobias
Core beliefs
Therapies that complement CBT
Depression
Technique
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