Basic Counselling Skills Temasek Polytechnic
Price: SGD 535

    Course details

    This course will help participants to identify the qualities of an effective para-counsellor. Participants will be taught on the use of appropriate questioning, probing and problem-solving techniques to help individuals.

    Who Should Attend

    New entrants to counselling.

    Course Outline

    Enhance awareness of the counselling process

    • Describe a counselling model 
    • List the key features of a counselling relationship 

    Apply some basic counselling skills

    • Support a colleague in distress 
    • Enhance own work-relationships 
    • Improve self-awareness and self-development 

    Practice Counselling Skills

    • Listening skills 
    • Attending skills 
    • Empathy skills 
    • Paraphrasing skills 
    • Questioning skills 
    • Probing 
    • Clarifying 
    • Challenging 

    Putting it all together: the Counselling Process

    • Initial contact 
    • Rapport building 
    • Decision making 
    • Implementation 
    • Termination 

    Certification

    Participants will be issued with a Certificate of Performance upon meeting 75% of the required course attendance.

    Updated on 22 November, 2018

    Job roles this course is suitable for:

    Psychologist , Psychology Lecturer , Behavior Therapist

    About Temasek Polytechnic

    The TP family is a caring one, held together by the poly-wide system known as the Campus Care Network where lecturers and students provide support for each others' needs. Students have access to many state-of-the-art facilities, from computer labs and media studios to our sports complex and Olympic-sized swimming pool. These facilities augment the education our students receive to ensure they graduate as well-rounded, industry-ready professionals. Temasek aims to prepare school-leavers and working adults for a future of dynamic change, with relevant knowledge, life-long skills, character, and a thirst for continuous improvements.

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