Level 2 Award in Counselling Skills

Students will learn how to:

Work within the limitations of the helping role

Establish boundaries for helping work

Communicate empathic understanding

Focus on the subject’s agenda

Understand the importance of self-awareness in helping work

Use listening and responding skills

Use review and feedback to develop initial counselling skills

The qualification consists of a single unit which develops the learners knowledge of counselling skills.

This qualification is intended for individuals who want to improve their interpersonal and communication skills; who want to learn initial counselling skills, in order to help and support others either in a voluntary or employed capacity; or who want to find out more about counselling. The course does not teach you to be a counsellor, but it may help you to decide whether or not this is a career you might want to pursue.

There are no specific entry requirements however learners should have a minimum of level one in literacy or equivalent (GCSE). However, we require full commitment and willingness to reflect on skills and engage with some abstract concepts of counselling.

Training Qualifications UK Level 2 Award in Counselling Skills

What could the qualification lead to?

Successful learners can progress to other qualifications such as:
TQUK Level 2 Award in Introduction to Counselling Theories
Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills

After requesting information, we can either email you a list of units and assignments involved with the course or alternatively talk through the units and assignments with clients over the phone. We also provide a guide explaining how our online platform works.

Upon purchase of the course, customers will receive login details for our online learning platform via email. This will be followed by a welcome call from a member of our team, this welcome call gives learners a guide on how to submit work and also gives the learners a chance to ask any questions.