NCFE Level 3 Diploma in Counselling Skills (January 2019)

Overview of the course:

It is aimed at learners who wish to continue to become qualified counsellors. It can also be useful for those wanting to enhance their current role if that role consists of communicating on a one to one basis or which involves a lot of interactions with people i.e. mentors, coaches, teachers, social workers, nurses etc. .

Topics:

Unit 1: Developing Counselling Skills
• Building on the core counselling skills from level 2
• Practising establishing and developing a counselling relationship
• Being able to effectively use core counselling skills
• Practising concluding a counselling relationship

Unit 2: Theoretical Approaches in the use of Counselling Skills
• Evaluating key elements of counselling theories like psychodynamic, humanistic and cognitive behavioural therapy and understanding the significance of the theories to counselling practice

Unit 3: Working Ethically with Counselling Skills
• Gaining an understanding of the context in which counselling and referral processes are made while maintaining ethical standards

Unit 4: Counselling Skills and Diversity
• The implications of applying counselling skills in a diverse society

Unit 5: Counselling Skills and Personal Development
• Understanding how self reflection contributes to personal development
• Understanding how you react with others