Certificate in Therapeutic Communication

The Institute of Counselling was founded in 1985 as a Christian based, not for profit independent educational body. It is committed to promoting pastoral care throughout the services it provides.

The Aims of the Institute of Counselling are:

The Institute provides a wide range of counselling and related courses. Students enrol with assurance and confidence on our quality courses, which are fully backed by the experience and resources of the Institute of Counselling.

In its early years the Institute offered only courses in Clinical and Pastoral Counselling, within a pastoral context. Since 1985, over 18,000 students from the UK and overseas have enrolled on these courses.

In recent years, has also produced a selection of further courses which follow the clinical person-centred approach developed by Carl Rogers and others.

The Institute is committed to providing counselling skills training to all who will benefit from the courses. On this basis a non-discriminatory policy is operated with regard to students' background, culture, ethnic origin, gender, age or creed.

Certificate in Therapeutic Communication

This single module introductory course in Therapeutic Communication leads to the award of the Institute's Certificate in Therapeutic Communication.

This dynamic course is designed to provide a comprehensive and practical understanding of Therapeutic Communication. It teaches a person-centered approach to communicating effectively with others, offering the student a clinical and pastoral perspective on client care. The course uses a number of communication models, to help identify communication skills and promote positive thinking as a means of enhancing the therapeutic process.

Therapeutic communication is an essential element in the healing process and, although not all people want to be counsellors, all
caregivers and practitioners need to be able to communicate
effectively with their clients.

Therapeutic communication is about providing companionship, emotional support and information about solving life’s problems. It is about how to move from understanding the person to putting that understanding into words. The aim of therapeutic communication is to examine what the therapist can say that can contribute to the process of healing and change.

The course is ideal for those who already have some therapeutic and/or leadership experience. Students enroling on this course may be nurses, allied health professionals, social workers, pastors, teachers, life coaches, managers and leaders.

This is an outstanding course and is suitable for all types of professionals working with individuals and groups who wish to further develop communication skills and foster relationships with others.

The ten lessons include illustrations and short practical exercises which will help you to become familiar with your newly acquired skills. Five of the ten lessons conclude with a case study assignment. Your responses to each assignment are individually assessed by your course tutor, who will also offer guidance and feedback.

This course offers an excellent approach for appropriate application of therapeutic communication including:

• An introduction to therapeutic communication
• Development of therapeutic communication
• Core qualities of therapeutic communication
• Self development
• Developing qualities and skills
• Personality types
• Loss and bereavement
• Challenging prejudices
• Therapeutic communication in the workplace
• Therapeutic communication in practice

(10 lessons with 5 assignments)

Therapeutic communication is at the ‘cutting edge’ of client care.

The course is designed for six months part-time study, although students may spread their studies over a full year if they wish.