Counselling Course: An Introduction
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COVID-19 update: arrangement of our courses
We are now delivering courses online and in-person. Please check the delivery format of each class before enrolling.
Please note that course materials (excluding prescribed texts) are shared electronically within 48 hours of course commencement. Printing is not available.
Counselling is being increasingly sought as the pressures of work and personal life continue to increase. This reflects the rapidly changing world we live in and the increasing choices we face as individuals. This counselling course introduces you to the concepts that underpin counselling so that you can offer this assistance to your work colleagues, employees, family members and network of friends when needed.
This course is designed for a work setting but is equally applicable for family and friends.
Outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- appreciate the basics of the counselling process
- have a practical understanding of how to counsel work colleagues, employees, family, friends
- identify the importance of maintaining a healthy distance during the counselling process
- manage special situations involving anger, depression, grief and loss
- enable counselling to become part of one’s everyday life skills.
Content
- Exploring emotions
- Building rapport and helping to relax
- Active listening skills
- Reflection of content
- Reflection of feelings
- Identifying the real problem
- Summarising
- Reframing
- Probing
- The 'five whys'
- Generating options
- Reframing
- Encouraging self-generation of options
- How and when to add options
- Developing an action plan
- The client choosing the preferred option
- Facilitating action
- Encouraging change
- Establishing a follow-up mechanism
- Professional issues
- The counselling environment
- The need for confidentiality
- The influence of the counsellor’s values and beliefs
- Looking after yourself with healthy boundaries
- Dealing with particular problems
- The angry client
- The depressed client
- Grief and loss counselling
- The suicidal client
Intended audience
Designed for those who have had little to no prior experience in counselling.
Prerequisites
None
- Delivery modes
- Face-to-face, presenter-taught workshop
- Online workshop via the platform Zoom
Materials
You will be provided with a link to download and access course materials prior to class.
Features
- Expert trainers
- Central locations
- Course materials – yours to keep
- CCE Statement of Completion
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...| When | Time | Where | Session Notes |
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| Sat 1 Jun 2024 | 9am - 5pm (UTC+10:00) | Room 303 - Face-to-face (CCE Building, Newtown) |
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| Sat 24 Aug 2024 | 9am - 5pm (UTC+10:00) | Face-to-face (venue TBA) - Face-to-face (venue TBA) |
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What others say.
- The course content itself was good and thorough. I think it's definitely suitable for people who are considering a career in counselling. I liked the way the facilitator introduced the stages of counselling in a straightforward and pragmatic way.
- The course and tutor were amazing! Already recommended the centre to friends and family who may wish to enrol in other courses :)
- The course, Counselling: An Introduction was great. There was a good balance of theory and practical scenarios. The tutor was very knowledgeable and able to cater for a very diverse group of participants.