Counselling Children & Adolescents (Level 4) Course

Unit 1: History of Counselling

• History of counselling
• Theories and theorists
• Jung
• Rogers
• Skinner
• Ellis
• Maslow

Unit 2: Childhood and Children

• Defining childhood
• Historical perspective of childhood
• Child development related to counselling
• Language
• Cognitive structure and input
• Vision
• Hearing
• Socialisation
• Attachment
• Bowlby's theory

Unit 3: The Cognitive Approach

• Approaches within cognitive behavioural therapy
• The ABC Model
• The triadic structure of CBT
• The Socratic method
• Counselling techniques
• Further cognitive strategies
• Organising sessions and programmes
• Reading emotional feelings in behaviour
• Behaviour and beliefs

Unit 4: The Person-Centred Approach

• Background
• The inner self
• PCT process
• PCT application
• PCT and transference

Unit 5: The Therapeutic Relationship and Ethics

• The child-counsellor relationship
• Ethics for counselling
• BACP ethical framework
• CPCAB model of service levels
• Legislation and consent

Unit 6: The Therapeutic Environment

• The play therapy room
• Selecting media
• Imagination
• Setting up a practice

Course Enrolment Fees

Our aim is to provide you with the best deal available, therefore the registration fee, certification fee and full tutor support is included in the course price for you. The enrolment fee for the Level 4 Counselling Children and Adolscents home study course is £436.25, though for a limited time we are offering you the opportunity to pay only £349 which is a 20% discount if you enrol online and pay in full.