Counselling Skills Advanced (Level 3)

COURSE OVERVIEW

A distance learning course is the ideal way to gain a Counselling Skills - Advanced qualification. Whether you're looking to go on to further education, improve your job prospects or expand your knowledge, distance learning Counselling Skills - Advanced is a flexible and convenient course, which allows you to comprehensively prepare for an exam or career through home study. What's more, because the distance learning Level 3 Counselling Skills - Advanced course is a fully comprehensive course, no prior knowledge is required.

Counselling can enable a person to clarify their thoughts and feelings in order that they might arrive at their own decisions and even comfortably initiate major changes in their lives.

There is a real danger that counselling is losing touch with its roots as, on an ever increasing level, counsellors are working on a long-term basis with clients who are severely disturbed. Counselling was never intended for such a field but was originally developed for those persons who had vocational or educational problems, those with life crises and those who wished to explore and develop further.

This course is designed to enhance the knowledge, skills and awareness of students who are seeking to mature and grow within their chosen fields.

How is course structured?

The Level 3 in Counselling Skills - Advanced is divided into six comprehensive modules.

Module 1 – Course Introduction – Philosophy and Design

1.1 Introduce and discuss the philosophy and design of counselling

1.2 Summarise the following:

• Eclecticism
• Integration

1.3 Analyse how a psycho-social tradition is perceived

1.4 Evaluate what is represented by psycho-social approach

Module 2 - Effective Communication

2.1 Discuss your understanding of communication giving its categories and purposes

2.2 Examine what communication is used for

2.3 Analyse the two areas of communication

2.4 Explain when you would use empathy

Module 3 - Motivational Interview and Dynamics of Recovery

3.1 Examine processes to assist your client in decision making and effecting changes in his life

3.2 Discuss the contemplation stage

3.3 Summarise your understanding of the term ‘relapse'

Module 4 - Dealing with Denial Describe the various aspects of denial and show how it manifests itself

4.1 List the different levels in Valliant’s hierarchy of defences

4.2 Discuss the purpose of denial

4.3 Identify the appropriate time to use hard confrontation

Module 5 - Working with the Family Analyse the role that family members play in the counselling process

5.1 Discuss how the absence of the “key member” can be beneficial in a counselling session

5.2 Identify three types of “joining'

Module 6 - Marital Counselling

6.1 Discuss marital counselling and show the importance of communication

6.2 Define the causes of marital crises

6.3 Evaluate what is achieved by the giving and receiving of feedback

Home Study Tutor Support

You will be provided with comprehensive materials designed to provide you with everything required to complete your Counselling Skills - Advanced course. You will have your own personal tutor helping you with your course work and with any questions you may have. Plus you can contact our Student Advisors by email or phone for all the practical advice you may need – so we really are with you 100%.

What's more, you'll have access to the online student portal, where you can interact with other students, browse our resource library and manage your account.

Course Assessments

The Counselling Skills - Advanced courseis marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following NCFE guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

We send the full course out with the units listed above, you then read through the course in your own time and complete the assignments which you send to your tutor for marking. There is no word count for these assignments. However, one sentence answers will be rejected and you will have to re-submit it for marking.

Upon verification of the activities, exercises and assignments, a certificate of achievement will be awarded by the national awarding organisation NCFE, as confirmation that your written work has met all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for the programme.

Course Duration

We recommended you spend approximately 110 hours of your time studying for the Counselling Skills - Advanced course. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 2 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 4 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Get started today, and you can earn your Level 3 NCFE Award in Counselling Skills - Advanced in as little as six months, or take up to a year, if you prefer – the choice is yours.