Counselling Skills Advanced (Level 3) Fast Track Course

COURSE OVERVIEW

A distance learning course is the ideal way to gain a Counselling Skills - Advanced qualification. Whether you're looking to go on to further education, improve your job prospects or expand your knowledge, distance learning Counselling Skills - Advanced 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 Counselling Skills - Advanced Fast Track course is a fully comprehensive course, no prior knowledge is required.

Counselling can enable a person to clarify their thoughts and feelings in order that they might arrive at their own decisions and even comfortably initiate major changes in their lives.

There is a real danger that counselling is losing touch with its roots as, on an ever increasing level, counsellors are working on a long-term basis with clients who are severely disturbed. Counselling was never intended for such a field but was originally developed for those persons who had vocational or educational problems, those with life crises and those who wished to explore and develop further.

This course is designed to enhance the knowledge, skills and awareness of students who are seeking to mature and grow within their chosen fields.

How is course structured?

The Level 3 in Counselling Skills - Advanced is divided into six comprehensive modules.

Module 1 – Course Introduction – Philosophy and Design

1.1 Introduce and discuss the philosophy and design of counselling
1.2 Summarise the following:

• Eclecticism
• Integration

1.3 Analyse how a psycho-social tradition is perceived
1.4 Evaluate what is represented by psycho-social approach

Module 2 - Effective Communication

2.1 Discuss your understanding of communication giving its categories and purposes
2.2 Examine what communication is used for
2.3 Analyse the two areas of communication
2.4 Explain when you would use empathy

Module 3 - Motivational Interview and Dynamics of Recovery

3.1 Examine processes to assist your client in decision making and effecting changes in his life
3.2 Discuss the contemplation stage
3.3 Summarise your understanding of the term ‘relapse'

Module 4 - Dealing with Denial describes the various aspects of denial and show how it manifests itself

4.1 List the different levels in Valliant’s hierarchy of defences
4.2 Discuss the purpose of denial
4.3 Identify the appropriate time to use hard confrontation

Module 5 - Working with the Family Analyse the role that family members play in the counselling process

5.1 Discuss how the absence of the “key member” can be beneficial in a counselling session
5.2 Identify three types of “joining'

Module 6 - Marital Counselling

6.1 Discuss marital counselling and show the importance of communication
6.2 Define the causes of marital crises
6.3 Evaluate what is achieved by the giving and receiving of feedback

The good news is that no prior learning knowledge or experience is essential to take this course.  This course is openly available to anyone wishing to learn more about Counselling Skills and would like to take part in a highly rewarding home study course. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and study further, so we try to keep our entry requirements to a minimum.

You have the freedom to start the course at any time and continue your studies at your own pace for a period of up to 12 months from initial registration with full tutor support.