Counselling Studies BTEC (HND) Course

The counselling vocational training course will prepare you to enter a higher education degree programme, or enter directly into employment in management.

You will have the opportunity to learn about child, relationship, family, bereavement, addiction, and debt counselling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and much more.

You may take up to 2 years to complete this course and you will receive unlimited tutor support throughout.

BTEC (Business Technical Education Council) courses are vocational-related training courses that prepare you to enter either into a higher education degree program, or directly into employment. BTECs are developed with key representatives from their respective industry and are built to progress the learner along a vocational path. The courses are continually updated with employers’ needs in mind so that you are given the knowledge, skills and tools most suitable for your field. BTECs also provide direct advancement into university programmes.

BTEC HNDs (Higher National Diplomas) are at the fifth level of the BTEC scale. They are worth 240 credits and are equivalent to a Foundation Degree or HE (Higher Education) Diploma.

Financing Your HND Counselling Studies Course

While our 'Fees' tab below shows only full payment options, we do offer alternatives for financing your BTEC course. You can either pay everything up front so you don't have to think about it again, or we have an instalment payment plan available, whereby you pay a deposit of £194.44 plus 17 monthly intalments of £194.44.

This comprehensive course is made up of 16 units, each unit covering an essential aspect of coaching:

Unit 1: Using information, communication and technology (ICT) in Counselling Studies

Unit 2: Introduction to counselling, Part 1

Unit 3: Introduction to counselling, Part 2

Unit 4: Child counselling

Unit 5: Relationship counselling

Unit 6: Family counselling

Unit 7: Bereavement counselling, Part 1

Unit 8: Bereavement counselling, Part 2

Unit 9: Addiction counselling, Part 1

Unit 10: Addiction counselling, Part 2

Unit 11: Addiction counselling, Part 3

Unit 12: Debt counselling

Unit 13: Introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Unit 14: CBT: Interventions allied to techniques and individual problems

Unit 15: CBT: Internal and external contributing factors

Unit 16: CBT: The intervention approaches

What Can I Do After Completing This BTEC Counselling Course?

Once you have successfully completed this course you will be able to use your HND in Counselling Studies as a qualification to enter into university, complete a final year of study, and obtain a full degree.

To view direct progression routes from BTEC HND, and the range of worldwide universities this qualification is recognised by, please download this Progression Details Document. Please note: this list is not exhaustive.

In addition, the download file also contains the professional bodies you will be entitled to join after completing BTEC HND studies. Please note the professional body will depend upon your course title. Please also note: the list is not exhaustive.

Here is an updated list of UK Universities which will accept the BTEC HND as a qualification with which you can top up with a third year at university to gain a full degree.

This course is suitable for anyone wishing to learn the knowledge, skills and tools essential to the many facets of counselling. 

All students must be 17 years of age and above to complete this course. Students should have completed a Level 3 Diploma or A level standard course (or equivalent) before successfully achieving the Level 5 qualification. All of our Level 3 courses meet this requirement.