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Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy
(Certificate in Counselling Skills)
This course is for people who already use counselling skills in the course of their work, either paid or voluntary, or who wish to acquire these skills to develop their work potential. This course enables people to practice counselling skills in a variety of settings.
The Certificate Course starts in January
The Certificate Course is complete in itself, or can act as one of the requirements for those who wish to train as counsellors on the Postgraduate Diploma / MA in Psychodynamic Theory and Practice. Counselling Skills training is also a pre-requisite for many other counselling training courses.
Mode 3 (January start)
In response to growing demand we have revised our January start option and converted it to a seven month accelerated version. This will enable participants who are keen to start on a training leading to a license to practice to embark on their studies in September or October of the same year, instead of having to wait from December until the start of the next academic year.
So that all the required course elements can be covered the timetable for this route includes three weekend modules.
Term dates are: (these dates may not be strictly adhered to but they give guidance to how the timing of the course will be structured).
Term 1: Week commencing 5 January - 20 March 2009
Reading Week: 9th February - 13th February 2009
Term 2: 20th April - 6th July 2009
Reading Week: 25th May - 29th May 2009
The weekend modules are as follows:
10th & 11th January 2009
14th & 15th March 2009
27th & 28th June 2009
The course takes place on Tuesday evenings (6.00 pm - 9.30 pm)
- Selection criteria and application
Candidates should usually 25 years of age. or over at the time of
application
Candidates should be engaged in work or planning to be engaged in
work (either paid or voluntary) which requires the use of counselling
skills.
No formal prior qualifications are required, although a level 2 introductory counselling course is strongly recommended. There are required reading and written assignments during the course of the training.
Candidates should be personally suitable to engage in and benefit
from the training.
Assessment
Evaluation is continuous throughout the course with elements of self,
peer and staff evaluation.
There are two written assignments required (approximately 1,000
words each). One on the use of counselling skills and one on self-
development.
Qualification
For the award of the certificate, demonstration of a level of
competence in counselling skills and theory is required, as well as
participation in, and an expected 100% attendance at, both the
seminar and groups.
- Fees;
- Registration with WPF £100
- Tuition fees
- £850 payable by monthly standing order (This is less than the comparable WPF courses running in London, however this may vary depending on the final number of candidates on the course)
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