Counselling Skills and Studies

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In general, very well written and would recommend to anyone who is either starting a counselling Course or would like to know more about Counselling.

Assessment is by short written essays, case studies, presentations based on groupwork and self-reflective accounts, and the development of counselling skills and self-knowledge. Everyone is different, and the study time required varies topic by topic, but, as a guide, expect to schedule up to five hours of self-study for each hour of teaching. Fiona is an experienced counsellor, supervisor and trainer and was Head of Qualifications at CPCAB for 13 years before moving to BACP to take up a series of roles as Head of Professional Standards, Chief Professional Standards Officer and Deputy CEO until 2023. Our online personal statement tool will guide you through every step of writing the personal statement part of your application.The Certificate in Therapeutic Skills and Studies will introduce you to counselling theory and support you in developing foundational counselling skills that are required prior to commencing further therapeutic training. Tuition fees for students continuing on their programme in following years may be subject to annual inflationary increases.

Before studying this course, you will ideally have studied the Counselling Concepts programme as this course builds on the skills and ideas acquired in the level 2 course. It will be an excellent resource for all counselling learners (and their tutors) where ever they are training. She has always championed vocational training as an important route into the counselling profession and has a background in delivering counselling programmes in Further Education.It may be possible to transfer these credits from your previous study to Birkbeck or another institution. This practical guide will provide readers with the ideal 'way-in' to counselling, whether they are looking to use counselling skills to enhance their existing helping role or are taking their first steps towards becoming a professional counsellor. It will also be relevant and of benefit to anyone wishing to enhance their interpersonal skills in their work, for example, nursing, social work, youth work and teaching.