Course Description
The combined Life Coaching and Counselling Diploma will give you a necessary edge in the competitive Life Coaching and Counselling industry. As a Life Coach you will encourage and assist people as they make life changes and aim for new goals and ambitions.
Combining the Life Coaching Diploma with the Counselling Diploma will enable you to provide further support to your client and help them deal with the stresses and pressures that these adjustments can bring. On the course you will learn the major principles of Life Coaching and how to establish a successful Life Coaching business as well as a deeper understanding of the ideas behind counselling.
Our aim is to provide you with the best deal available, therefore registration fee, certification fee and full tutor support is included in the course price for you.
Previous Knowledge Required
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 life coaching and counselling and would like to take part in a highly rewarding home study course. 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.
Support
You will receive the course manual, assignments and study guide plus tutor support by mail and email. Our student support team are also available for any other queries that you may have whilst completing your course. You can be assured that unlimited support is available for your home study course, so there is no need to struggle or feel isolated during your studies.
Assessment
Completing a series of tutor marked assignments will lead you to the highly acclaimed Level 3 Diploma in Counselling and Diploma in Life Coaching.
Modules
- Combined content of Counselling and Life Coaching Diploma
- Life Coaching
- What is meant by Life Coaching?
- Skills of Effective Coaching
- Areas of Life Coaching?
- Skills required for effective coaching
- Life’s journey
- Let’s coach
- Life Coaching as a Career
- Overview
- Counselling
- Module 1: Introduction
- What counselling is and isn’t
- Why counselling might be needed
- Module 2: Counselling theory
- Counselling approaches
- Beginning a counselling session
- Verbal and non-verbal language
- Active listening skills
- Using effective questioning
- Paraphrasing & reflecting feelings
- Giving and receiving feedback
- Module 3: Working with feelings
- Modes of thinking
- Beliefs
- Motivating others
- Challenging
- Responding to negativity in others
- Managing change
- Module 4: Goal Setting and moving on
- Facilitating problem solving
- Generating creative solutions
- Negotiating tasks
- Referrals
- Ending the helping process
- Counselling and self awareness
- Counselling as a career
Awarding Body
Ascentis is a Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) approved national awarding body that designs user-friendly qualifications and supports these with the highest possible standard of customer service. Ascentis is therefore able to offer a comprehensive ladder of opportunities to centres and their learners, starting at Pre-Entry programmes and progressing to QAA-recognised Access to HE qualifications or professional Further Education Teaching Certificates.
9 Higher Education Credits are available upon completion of this course.
