Counselling and Psychotherapy (Level 4) Course

A distance learning course is the ideal way to gain a Counselling & Psychotherapy award. Whether you're looking to go on to further education, improve your job prospects or expand your knowledge, distance learning Counselling Psychotherapy is a flexible and convenient course, which allows you to comprehensively prepare for an exam or career through home study. What's more, because the distance learning Level 4 Counselling Psychotherapy course is a fully comprehensive course, no prior knowledge is required.

Why not completely change the direction of your life? If you like working with people and helping others overcome their problems, our Counselling and Psychotherapy course could provide the stimulus you require.

Many people today need Counselling to help them cope with problems such as Personality Disorder, Eating disorder, OCD, Addiction, Anxiety, Depression, Divorce, Sexual Orientation to name but a few.

And that’s where you could come in. This distance learning Counselling course will provide you with an excellent foundation. Combined with our "unique" practical training, in which you will be allocated a client who you will assist via the telephone (subject to you passing your interview), this will allow you to take the first steps to becoming a qualified Counsellor.

Course Key Topics

The Counselling and Psychotherpay course is divided into twelve comprehensive modules.

Module 1: The basics of Counselling and Psychotherapy

• What is counselling and psychotherapy?
• When is a counsellor not ready to counsel?
• Who needs counselling?

Module 2: Models and approaches of therapy

• CBT
• Hypnotherapy
• DBT
• Drama and art therapy
• Psychotherapy and psychodynamic psychotherapy
• CAT
• Person-Centred
• Solution focused therapy
• EMDR
• Gestalt therapy

Module 3: Types of counselling

• Addiction
• Anxiety
• Divorce
• Stress
• Sexual orientation
• PMS

Module 4: Accompanying treatments

• Antidepressants
• Sleeping tablets
• Minor tranquilizers

Module 5: Mental Health conditions

• Depression
• Eating disorders
• Personality disorders
• Schizophrenia
• Gender identity disorder

Module 6: Delivery of Counselling and Psychotherapy

• Individual counselling
• Group therapy
• Couples therapy
• Family therapy
• Online counselling
• Telephone counselling
• SMS text counselling
• Video Counselling

Module 7: Listening skills and Validation

• Stages of listening
• Types of validation

Module 8: How to help someone in a crisis

• Suicide
• Self harm
• Eating distress
• Relationship breakdown

Module 9: Common problems in Counselling and Psychotherapy

• Supervision
• Communication problems
• Power and control issues
• Aggression
• Safety issues

Module 10: Abuse and Trauma

• Staying safe
• The Law
• Sexual offences Act
• Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims bill 2003
• Rights of victims
• Injunctions
• Evidence
• Court order
• Reporting abuse
• Inner child
• After abuse
• Trauma work

Module 11: Useful strategies

• Toolbox
• Halting protocol
• Writing letters
• Feeling safe
• Transactional object
• Breathing exercises
• Mindfulness
• Splitting
• Projective identification
• Stabilisation
• Homework
• Diary
• Boundaries

Module 12: Being a Therapist

• Confidentiality
• Registration and Accreditation
• Insurance
• Professional development
• Working ethically

Home Study Tutor Support

You will be provided with comprehensive materials designed to provide you with everything required to complete Counselling and Psychotherpay course. You will have your own personal tutor helping you with your course work and with any questions you may have. Plus you can contact our Student Advisors by email or phone for all the practical advice you may need – so we really are with you 100%.

What's more, you'll have access to the online student portal, where you can interact with other students, browse our resource library and manage your account.

The tutor for this course has now set up a forum for all of his students studying Abuse and Trauma and related courses. This will assist you with your studies as not only will you get full tutor support from a professional tutor for the duration of the course but you will also get help from other students who are studying at the same time as you and get an insight into other related courses by talking to students studying them. You can ask other students questions about your course or theirs, and they will try to help you.

This is a great community for all those students who wish to interact with others in the same situation as theirs and get friendly advice and share ideas and comments.

You will be able to interact with students studying the following courses:

- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Understanding Eating Disorders
- Introduction to Counselling
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Working with a Diagnosis of Personality Disorder

Your tutor will provide all the details of how to get onto this forum if you decide to order the course.

Course Assessments

The Counselling and Psychotherapy course is comprehensive and covers a wide variety of topics such as types of counselling, listening skills, crisis mediation, bereavement, stress problems, depression, eating disorders, alcohol, drug and substance abuse and much more.

This course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following standard guidelines. This means that your certificate of achievement will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

When you have completed the programme, your tutor needs to verify that you have worked through all parts of any Workbooks, Activities and Exercises successfully.

Upon verification of the activities, exercises and assignments, a nationally recognised certificate will be awarded by IQ as confirmation that your written work has met all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for the programme.

What's Included? What do I get when I enrol?

Your course fee covers everything you will need to successfully complete the Counselling and Psychotherpay home study course and earn your certificate:

1. All textbooks, study folders, and/or online learning aids designed for distance learning
2. A full range of student services, including:

• Tutor marked assessments (TMAs)
• Access to the online student portal (Student Chat, Forums and Online Support Resources)
• NUS Extra Card (discounted membership)
• Comprehensive Study Guide & Study Plan
• Guide to Effective Study Techniques
• How to approach exams without fear

3. A Certificate of Achievement upon successful course completion directly from the awarding body
4. One year's educational support by e-mail, post, fax or phone
5. Free postage and packaging for UK mainland students

This Counselling and Psychotherpay course is a Level Four course and as such will require students to have a good level of literacy and general education at least up to GCSE C grade. In other respects the course is open to any one with a genuine and positive attitude to the subject, and no prior knowledge is needed. The course could be particularly helpful for anyone working on a day-to-day basis with people such as Prison Officers, Health Workers, Care Workers, Police Officers and so on.

Counsellor

As a counsellor, you would give people time, attention and a safe, confidential environment to help them explore their feelings. People can seek counselling for many reasons, including relationship difficulties, bereavement, or wanting to improve the way they deal with everyday life.