Counselling Skills (Higher Certificate)

Course details

The Higher Certificate in Arts Counselling Skills course is being offered to students who have successfully completed the One Year Certificate in Counselling Skills or its equivalent. It aims to consolidate and expand upon the One Year Certificate foundational training, thus providing students with an introduction to counselling for use in their existing work or voluntary settings. The course also aims to facilitate interested students to reach the level of training and development required to work with clients during the professional practitioner training programme.

COURSE CONTENT

• The course is offered over two semesters from September to May. Each semester has 5 modules. The following are the key components of course content:

PART I COUNSELLING THEORY

• Ego states –Theory and Application
• Life Script - Theory and Application
• Group process - Theory and Application
• Developmental theory

PART II COUNSELLING SKILLS

• Level 2 Counselling skills – theory and practice
• Writing a Counselling Process review
• Counselling skills practice, review and feedback
• Counselling skills application

PART III EXPERIENTIAL GROUP PROCESS

• The purpose of the Experiential Group Process module is to provide the students with a facilitated group experience through which they will have the opportunity to develop, expand and consolidate Personal process competencies which are necessary for their development as Counselling trainees.

AWARD

The Higher Certificate is awarded on the basis of satisfactory attendance as well as the submission of written work and the satisfactory completion of practical and experiential assignments. The Higher Certificate recognises that the student has undertaken a comprehensive training in Counselling Skills which should enable him/her to practice a full range of counselling skills within a pre-existing role. It is not a professional qualification in Counselling and does not qualify the holder to practice as a Professional Counsellor.