This is an excellent course for people who wish to advance or change their career into counselling with a focus on nutrition, or for those already working in the health industry who wish to enhance their knowledge!
Recent research in nutrition and health services indicates there is an increasing need for counsellors to have specialist knowledge in the area of nutrition, weight loss and children's nutrition whilst still maintaining professional counselling skills and practice. You should enrol in this course if you are genuinely seeking to develop counselling skills, understand counselling techniques and work with people who are focussed on improving their health through nutrition.
Health promotion in education is also another huge development area and requires people who know the facts about nutrition and also understand the importance of counselling...
COURSE STRUCTURE
This course is made up of 9 modules: 6 compulsory and 3 electives which you can choose to ensure the course is tailored to your needs or choice! (click on each module below for more details)
6 Compulsory Modules include:
1. Human Nutrition I
2. Human Nutrition II
3. Human Nutrition III
4. Introduction to Psychology
5. Counselling Techniques
6. Counselling Skills I
Choose 3 Modules from the following electives - click on the links to help you decide which one you want to study:
Children's Nutrition
Sports Nutrition
Nutrition for Weight Loss
Theraputic Nutrition
Professional Practice in Counselling
Counselling Skills II
MODULE OUTLINES
Human Nutrition I
There are nine lessons in this course as follows:
Introduction to Nutrition.
The Digestive System
Absorption and Enzymes
Energy Value and Foods
Carbohydrates and Fats
Proteins
Vitamins and Minerals
Water
Nutrient Disorders
Human Nutrition II
The content of each of the eight lessons is outlined below:
Cooking And Its Affect On Nutrition
Food Processing And Its Affect On Nutrition
Recommended Daily Intake Of Nutrients
Vitamins
Minerals
Planning A Balanced Diet
Assessing Nutritional Status And Needs
Timing Of Meals, And Needs For Special Groups
Human Nutrition III
The content of each lesson is outlined below:‑
Problems with Eating
Dental Problems
Fibre and Bowel Diseases
Different Ways of Eating
Food Toxicity
Food Toxicity
Detoxification/Body Cleansing
Consulting/ Giving Advice
Intoduction to Psychology
This course will help you to analyse aspects of a person's psychological state and apply derived knowledge to motivate that person. There are seven lessons in this course:
Counselling Skills I
This course involves 8 lessons:
Learning Specific Skills - Learning methods; the counselling rold
Listening and Bonding - Meeting and greeting; helping the client relax; listening with intent
Reflection: Paraphrasing - Reflection of feeling; client responses to reflection of feelings; reflection of content and feeling
Questioning - Open and closed questions; other types of questions; goals of questioning
Interview Techniques - Summarising; confrontation; reframing
Changing Beliefs and Normalising - Changing self-destructive beliefs; irrational beliefs; normalising
Finding Solutions - Making choices; facilitating actions; gestalt awareness; psychological blocks
Ending the Counselling - Terminating the session; closure; further meetings; dependency, confronting dependency.
Counselling Techniques
The course is divided into eight lessons as follows:
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy l: Freud (& Erikson); Jung
Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy ll: Adler
Humanistic/Existential Approaches I: Gestalt Therapy; Fritz Perls
Humanistic/Existential Approaches II: Person-Centred Counselling; Carl Rogers
Rational Behavioural Therapy: Albert Ellis
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Aaron Beck
Behavioural Therapy:
Solution-Focused Counselling:
ELECTIVES
Children’s Nutrition
There are 10 lessons in this module as follows:
Introduction to Child Nutrition
Nutrition for Pre-Pregnancy
Nutrition in Pregnancy
Nutrition in Infants
Nutrition in Childhood
Nutritional Concerns
Healthy Eating Behaviours
Issues in Child Nutrition
Childhood Obesity
Diet Plans
Sports Nutrition
There are 9 lessons as follows:
Introduction to Human and Sports Nutrition
Energy
Energy in the Athlete’s Body
The Training Diet
The Competition Diet
Fluids
The Athlete’s Body Composition
Weight Management
Training for Size and the Use of Sports Supplements
Nutrition for Weight Loss
Understanding Obesity
Nutrition Basics
Diets
Preventing Obesity
Treating Obesity
Modifying Eating Behaviour
Restricting Calorie Intake
Medical Conditions: Hormones, Drugs, Eating Disorders
Planning a Diet
Therapeutic Nutrition
There are 9 lessons in this course:
Introduction to Therapeutic Nutrition
Allergies and Intolerances
Diabetes
Heart Disease, Hyperlipidemia and Artheriolsclerosis
Renal/Kidney Conditions
Cancer
Digestive Disorders - Esophaegus, Small Intestine, Colon,
Other Metabolic Conditions (eg. Liver, Gall bladder, Pancreas, etc)
Strategic Diet planning for a medical condition
Counselling Skills II
The course is divided into eight lessons as follows:
The Counselling Session
Focus on the Present
Telephone Counselling
Dealing with Crises
Problem-Solving Techniques I: Anger
Problem-Solving Techniques II: Depression
Problem-Solving Techniques III: Grief and Loss
Problem-Solving Techniques IV: Suicide
Professional Practice in Counselling
The course is divided into seven lessons as follows:
Understanding Counselling: The client-counsellor relationship; Effective counselling; Counselling the counsellor; Counsellor’s values; Multicultural counselling
Ethics & Confidentiality: Needs; A code of ethics; Informed consent; Right to privacy; Legal requirements; Use of psychometric tests; Ethics and multiple relationships; Keeping records.
Understanding the Self: Self-awareness; Self-monitoring; Self-concept; Social Perception; Attribution theory; Implicit personality theory; Relationships; Social exchange; Love and intimacy.
Personality: What is a healthy personality?; Trait approach; Psychodynamic approach; Humanistic approach; Social learning and cognitive approaches.
Emotions & Behaviour: What are emotions?; Emotions and Counselling; Effect on communication, Aspects of emotions, Emotional expression and counselling.
Supervision: Why supervision?; Working with others; Quantity and effectiveness of supervision; Personal counselling; Dependency; Types of supervision.
Referral Practice: Counselling v mental health issues; Secondary care counsellors; Abnormal psychology; Anxiety; Depression; Schizophrenia; Personality disorders.
Become a counsellor with specialist knowledge in nutrition!
This is an excellent course to enrol in if you are interested in working with people in a counselling capacity where you need knowledge of general human nutrition, children's nutrition (including expectant mothers and infants), therapeutic nutrition, nutrition for weight loss and weight maintenance or even sports nutrition.
Counsellors provide guidance for clients and a support system, rather than working with the deeper levels of the psyche. Many people need guidance on nutrition for example during pregnancy or support during a weight loss program. Others may like to find out about how to support people throughout a disease when nutritional knowledge and emotional support go hand in hand. Coeliac Disease is an example of a medical condition related to diet and nutrition which if not treated can result in patients who have a high probability of being diagnosed with infertility, autism, depression and migraine headaches where counselling would be beneficial to support people and help them cope with any such diagnosis.
