OS022 Advanced Counsellor and Psychotherapist

Advanced Counsellor | Psychotherapist | Level 4

Counsellors provide a valuable service which requires a solid knowledge of the skills and techniques used to meet client’s needs.

Course Description

Advanced Counsellor and Psychotherapist

Counsellors provide a valuable service which requires a solid knowledge of the skills and techniques used to meet client’s needs.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are an essential prerequisite for counselling, as you must be able to listen, set goals and explore developments.
• Develop your ability to survey a range of differing situations, understanding the problem and its severity.
• Examine the factors that lead to the issue and how it develops, and become familiar with the models and types of therapy and the attached theories.
• The in-depth course will also explore the regulation of the profession and how trainees and qualified counsellors will be affected. You will also be given information on how to set up your own practice.

All course materials will be delivered to you by post or via email, so it couldn't be easier. Our experienced and friendly tutors will help you every step of the way by phone and email.

You can work at your own pace. Completed coursework can be delivered by post or via email, so handing in an assignment is simple.

Achieve your dream career and equip yourself with the skills you need for your long term success. Home learning is simple and stress-free, so enrol with us today!

Course Content

Module 1: Defining counselling and psychotherapy

• Theoretical perspectives
• Development of counselling and psychotherapy
• Similarities and differences between counselling and psychotherapy
• Counselling and psychotherapy in context

Module 2: Core values and skills in counselling and psychotherapy

• Building the client-therapist relationship
• Competency skills
• Communication
• Applications of skills
• Transference and counter transference
• Monitoring generic skills

Module 3: Models and approches in counselling and psychotherapy

• The psychodynamic approach
• Humanist/person-centred approach
• Personal awareness
• Experiential focusing
• Behavioural and cognitive approaches
• Using behavioural methods
• The systems model
• The psyhosocial/life stage model

Module 4: Counselling specialities

• Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
• Assessments strategies and skills in CBT
• Relationship counselling
• Family counselling
• Bereavement counselling
• Addiction counselling

Module 5: Psychotherapy specialities

• Neuro linguistic programming (NLP)
• Brief therapy
• Transactional analysis (TA)
• Gestalt therapy

Module 6: Practitioner strategies

• Business issues
• The therapy contract
• Therapist responsibilities
• Health, safety and regulations
• Client assessment

Previous Knowledge Required

No previous knowledge required.

Support

You may start at any time and have a full year to complete your studies. This is much longer than you need, so you can take your time. This course is designed to be flexible around your lifestyle! The course is designed for study by distance learning at home or at work. Students will receive all course materials by post or online, plus tutor support by email.

Assessment

The Advanced Counselling and Psychotherapist course assessment takes the form of a series of written assignments, which are submitted and marked by your tutor. There is no external examination required.

Modules

• Module 1: Defining counselling and psychotherapy
• Module 2: Core values and skills in counselling and psychotherapy
• Module 3: Models and approches in counselling and psychotherapy
• Module 4: Counselling specialities
• Module 5: Psychotherapy specialities
• Module 6: Practitioner strategies

Awarding Body

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a level 4 NCFE Award certificate of achievement. That means that it is independently accredited at a level of learning equivalent to level 4 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland (in which case GCSE's are at levels 1 and 2 and A Levels are at level 3).

This learning programme has been scrutinised and approved by an independent panel of experienced educational professionals and is quality audited biannually by NCFE.

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