Part 2: Counselling Studies will help them take their understanding further by considering in detail important theories and professional issues, preparing them to work as a professional counselor. course is mapped to external benchmark standards and curricula (for example QAA standards, BACP core curricula) Once you’ve completed your core training, you may wish to specialise in a specific area. This may require additional training, for example courses in addiction or bereavement counselling. Or you may wish to go into private practice and want training in setting up and running a business. Are your studentslooking to use counselling skills to enhancetheir existing helping role? Are they taking the first steps towards becoming a professional counsellor? This practical guide will providereaders with the ideal way-in , showing them what helping and counselling is all about.

I find this book informative. It breaks everything down and shows good examples. Covers main theorists and the main approaches. Easy enough to follow for beginners. (RB 2017-01-17) --ReviewWe recommended a three stage route which can take three or four years. As well as attending tuition, you’ll spend a lot of time on independent study, placements, supervision and, in some cases, personal therapy. Stage 1: Introduction to counselling Are your students looking to use counselling skills to enhance their existing helping role? Are they taking the first steps towards becoming a professional counsellor? This practical guide will provide readers with the ideal ‘way-in’, showing them what helping and counselling is all about. This qualification is designed to give learners the underpinning knowledge, skills and competencies to use counselling skills ethically and safely in a variety of contexts and roles.

BACP membership - your course tutors may recommend that you join BACP, or you may decide for yourself you want access to our support and resources. See Student membership for further information and current costs Those who want to improve their professional and personal relationships as part of personal development course and practice requirements satisfy BACP membership and individual accreditation training requirements

Counselling Skills and Studies

I found it useful with information laid out in clear and simple terms...there have been a couple of times when another book has been too confusing and I have been able to have it explained clearly by the CPCAB book. -- Bea Craig childcare - as counselling or psychotherapy is often a second career, you may have a family to look after whilst you train You may apply for a place on a training programme prior to taking the Certificate in Therapeutic Skills and Studies. Who is the course for? Anthony Crouchis a counselling psychologist and the founder and CEO of CPCAB and the Counselling Channel. His passionate belief in high quality counselling training led to the development of the CPCAB model in the early 1990s which has been reviewed regularly over the past two decades to incorporate the latest research on effective counselling. Anthony is also the author of Inside Counselling (SAGE, 1997). therapeutic competences - for example, monitoring and evaluation, relationship building, communications, strategies and interventions, self-awareness, reflective practice and use of supervision

knowledge based learning - for example, psychological theories and their application to practice, philosophy, human development, common medications, ethics and the law, functioning of groups and supervision research awareness - for example, critical awareness of research findings, methodology and application

for Stage 3: Core practitioner courses you can search our accredited courses directory. These are courses that have been assessed by us as providing a high quality of training. (There are many other non-accredited courses, but we can only recommend those we have assessed.) You must have undertaken counselling skills training, e.g. our Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills or equivalent units/qualifications of at least 75 Guided Learning Hours. self-awareness - your understanding of yourself, your thoughts and values and how you function internally and in relation to others, possibly gained from having personal therapy The Student Loans Company is a non-profit making, government-owned, organisation which provides loans and grants to students in universities and colleges in the UK. The types and amounts of student finance you’ll receive will depend on where you live. See also: