Online Training-Counselling and Care"Train to be a life coach and help others. A more indepth certificate course to equip the life coach with essential skills."
What is Counselling?
Many people go through times when they find their lives overwhelming or distressing. This may be due to bereavement, illness, family crisis, relationship breakdown and so on. They may find it hard to cope or not have the resources to deal with the problem. Counselling can help them to retain their self-sufficiency, build better relationships and help them to make and act on their choices. Before moving on to specific skills, it is important to just repeat what counselling is.
Counselling means different things to different people. It is not a get well quick option, offering quick answers, but is asking the person to engage in a process and an exploration. There are many definitions of counselling. A simple version is that counselling is a working relationship where the client is helped to manage what is happening in their life and to explore their life. It is a form of psychological or talking therapy that offers people the ability to change how they live and feel. The aim of counselling is to provide the client with a more satisfying experience of life. Everyone has different needs, so counselling can be concerned with many different aspects of a person’s life.
The Certificate comprises of 6 modules
Module 1. Introduction to Psychology Module 2. Psychology and Counselling Module 3. 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.
Module 4. Life Coaching
Modules 5 and 6. Choose any two modules from the following :
Counselling Skills II
Crisis Counselling
Counselling Techniques
Grief Counselling
Crisis Counselling
Aged Care & Counselling
Professional Practice in Counselling
Biopsychology I
Stress Management
Careers Counselling
Click here for detailed outlines for the above modules
If you are unsure of enrolling straight onto a Certificate course, you may wish to consider some of the following individual modules - http://www.acsedu.co.uk/Courses/Psychology/COUNSELLING-SKILLS-II-BPS110-458.aspx Counselling Skills II
http://www.acsedu.co.uk/Courses/Psychology/COUNSELLING-SKILLS-l-BPS109-475.aspx Counselling Skills I
http://www.acsedu.co.uk/Courses/Psychology/COUNSELLING-TECHNIQUES-BPS206-467.aspx Counselling Techniques
If you would like to see our range of psychology books, please visit - http://www.acsbookshop.com/books_productcategory.aspx?id=14
For more information on the range of careers available in psychology, have a look at - http://www.thecareersguide.com/articles.aspx?category=14
We have some interesting articles on psychology and counseling at - http://www.acs.edu.au/psychol/
Fee Payment Options You can pay either
Full Fees
As a two part payment plan
As a four part payment plan
If you pay in full on enrolment, the fees are discounted.
More Information on ACS Distance Education and our courses
Who are our tutors?
Our tutors are all highly experienced and professional, knowledgeable in their field of study. We have staff from around the world, enabling us to gain a wide variety of perspectives. We have a school in the UK and in Australia. If you would like to have a look at our tutors, then click on the “The School” in the boxes above and choose “The Staff” option.
Sample Course Notes
Our courses are all written by highly qualified tutors and writers, who also teach on the courses, so know them well. We strive to update our courses and improve them with new information, methods and knowledge on an ongoing basis. If you would like to see examples of some of our courses, then choose the “Enrolment” option above, and then click on “Sample Course Notes”.
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We offer three learning methods – e-learning, correspondence and online. If you are not sure which is the right choose for you, then click on the “Enrolment” box above, then “Learning Methods.”
How Long will it take to complete the course?
This obviously varies from student to student. Some students will have more time for study than others. Some students may work quicker than others, so it is an individual thing. We estimate that most students will take, for example, 4 – 6 months to complete a 100 hour individual module, but we allow up to 12 months for you to complete it.
Longer courses will obviously take longer. You can find more information on the length of time required and so on the “Enrolment” box, then selecting “Terms and Conditions of Enrolment.”
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