Advanced Counselling Level 4 Award Course – Endorsed
Course
Distance
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Advanced
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Methodology
Distance Learning
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Duration
12 Months
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Start date
Different dates available
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Online campus
Yes
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Delivery of study materials
Yes
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Support service
Yes
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Virtual classes
Yes
Advanced Counselling Level 4 Course: Advanced Counselling provides an in-depth look into the different models and types of therapy, and the skills you will need in order to help you work with clients effectively. The course explores development and attachment theories, communication skills (such as empathy, clarification and challenge, goal setting, and listening) as well as values and anti-oppressive practice.
This home learning course also addresses the current issues surrounding regulation of the profession and how this will affect trainee and qualified counsellors, as well as information regarding setting up your own practice.
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Start date
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About this course
The course explores development and attachment theories, communication skills (such as empathy, clarification and challenge, goal setting, and listening) as well as values and anti-oppressive practice. The course also looks at the current issues surrounding regulation of the profession and how this will affect trainee and qualified counsellors, as well as information regarding setting up your own practice.
This course will allow students with previous counselling knowledge to study at a higher level and fill any gaps within their knowledge.
Students looking to enrol onto this course should meet the following criteria:
Be aged 16 Years or above
Previous knowledge of the subject would be an advantage Possess a solid knowledge of the english language
Have access to a PC and the internet for the duration of the whole course
Basic computer skills: e.g Word processing, emailing, uploading documents etc
Have a genuine desire to succeed
The course has been endorsed under the ABC Awards’ Quality Licence Scheme & is offered in partnership with Kendal Publishing. This means that Kendal Publishing Ltd has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet certain quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to an Ofqual regulated qualification but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills towards regulated qualifications in the future.
Students are able to enrol online at any time of the year. No specific enrolment dates.
Once your information is received one of our course advisers will provide you with further information via email or telephone.
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Subjects
- Psychology
- Listening Skills
- Communication Skills
- Adult care
- Communication Training
- Counselling
- Counsellor
- Advanced
- Therapy
- Personal skills
Teachers and trainers (1)
Allocated Upon Enrolment
Tutor
Course programme
Learners will complete 7 units of study in total as listed below.
Unit 1: Models of Therapy
- Analytic Psychology – Carl Jung
- Dreams
- The Psyche
- Dynamics
- Psychoanalytic Psychology
- The Oedipal Crisis
- Freud’s Theories
- Therapeutic Method
- Behaviourism
- Humanistic Psychology
- Carl Rogers
- Erikson
- Cognitive Behavioural Approaches
Unit2: Types of Therapy
- Gestalt
- Person-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Schema Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- What Techniques Do DBT Therapists Employ?
Unit 3: Working as a Counsellor
- Work Settings
- Regulation
- Communication
- Common Problems
- Barriers to Communication
- Effective Communication
- Communicating with Children
- Goal Setting
Unit 4: Power, Listening and Progress
- Being Assertive
- Good Practice
- Empathy
- Oppression
- Power
- Monitoring Progress
- Reflection
Unit 5: Professional Practice
- Ethics and Dilemmas
- Good Practice
- Benefits and Issues of Registration and Accreditation
- Professional Liability Insurance
- Setting Up a Private Practice
- Professional Witness / Expert in Court
- Accountability
Unit 6: Crisis work, Disorders and Illness
- DSM
- Self-Harm
- Suicide
- Abuse and Trauma
- Working with Specific Issues
- Eating Disorders
- Depression
- Stuttering
- Cancer
- Dissociate Disorders
- Schizophrenia
Unit 7: Useful Strategies: Therapist’s Toolbox
- Tools and Interventions
Learners will be required to complete a series of tutor marked assignments ( normally 1 after each unit) as they progress through this course. Each assignment will contain a variety of tasks/questions. These assignments are assessed by your tutor to monitor progress. You will be provided with constructive feedback to help you in completing each unit to the required standard.
Additional information
Advanced Counselling Level 4 Award Course – Endorsed