Advanced Counsellor & Psychotherapist

Do you have great ability to listen, communicate effectively, empathise, and engage on a personal level without making judgement?

If so, with this course you could develop yourself further and consider becoming a practitioner who would support individuals who require assistance to overcome problems within their lives.

As a counsellor your job is to help your clients to explore their feelings, understand their situations and make positive changes in their lives. Our Advanced Counsellor and Psychotherapist Level 4 course can help you to intensively engage with your clients and develop a deeper understanding of the expectations of your profession.

The best part is, you can undertake this course from the comfort of your own home, whenever you are able. By taking your learning into your hands, you can continue to prioritise the other commitments life throws your way. You will be sent all your learning materials and assessments, and your expert personal tutor will be there to offer support and feedback. Our friendly student support team will also be on-hand to answer any questions you may have.

Certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included

Course Benefits

This course will:

• Allow you to explore elements of your job you’ve previously not been involved in.
• Supply you with the theoretical knowledge to develop your current skills and take on greater responsibilities in your role.
• Challenge your understanding of counselling and psychotherapy.
• Support you in your mission to explore client feelings, their situations and the changes they need to make in order to achieve a more positive outcome.
• Improve your communication and interpersonal skills so you can succeed in listening, setting goals and exploring client development.

Course Units

• Unit 1: Defining Counselling and Psychotherapy – theoretical perspectives; development of counselling and psychotherapy, and their similarities/differences, and counselling and psychotherapy in context.
• Unit 2: Core Values and Skills in Counselling and Psychotherapy – building client-therapist relationships; competency skills; communication; applications of skills, and monitoring generic skills.
• Unit 3: Models and Approaches in Counselling and Psychotherapy – psychodynamic approach; humanist/person-centred approach; personal awareness; experiential focusing; behavioural and cognitive approaches; using behavioural methods; the systems model, and the psychosocial/life stage model.
• Unit 4: Counselling Specialities – cognitive behaviour therapy; assessment strategies and skills in CBT, and relationship, family, bereavement and addiction counselling.
• Unit 5: Psychotherapy Specialities – neuro-linguistic programme; brief therapy; transactional analysis and gestalt therapy.
• Unit 6: Practitioner Strategies – business issues; the therapy contract; the psychotherapist’s responsibilities and client assessment.

Assessment

Our Advanced Counsellor and Psychotherapist course is assessed based on a series of written assignments that will marked by your personal tutor upon your submission. Over the course of these assignments – which need to be completed within 12 months of your enrolment – you will be tested on your course knowledge, competencies and ability to apply them within a practical setting.

There is no exam to sit. Your certification will be based purely on the outcome of your written assignments.

In addition, you can start this course at a time of your choosing, enabling you to fit it around your current work commitments and responsibilities. Our course is completely flexible allowing you to study at your own pace and on your own terms – all from the comfort of your own home.

Support

Upon registration you will receive immediate access to a course manual, your assessments and a comprehensive study guide. In addition, you’ll receive the continuous support of your very own personal tutor as well as access to our student support team who’ll always be on hand – via mail and email – to answer all your queries and concerns. No matter your question, you can benefit from their instant support for the full 12 month duration of your course (should you choose to study for that long).

No previous knowledge is required to enrol onto this course; however some students may find it beneficial to complete the Level 3 Counselling course first before registering.

Students will be able to apply for counselling related roles, upon completion of the course.

Some may also wish to progress to a higher level related course.