Course description
Advanced Counsellor & Psychotherapist Level 4
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.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
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.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive certification from National Institution of Qualifications (NIOQ) and a Learner Unit Summary (which details of all the units you have completed).
This course has been designed to meet the requirements of specific learners or employers. It is endorsed by National Institution of Qualifications, meaning the course has undergone external quality checks to ensure that they are maintained and delivered to an excellent standard.
National Institution of Qualifications are a national certificating organisation. Endorsement of our courses ensures learners have access to high quality materials that cover all learning outcomes, helping them to achieve their potential.
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.
Training Course Content
Unit 1: Defining Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Theoretical perspectives
- Development of counselling and psychotherapy, and their similarities/differences
- 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
- 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
- The psychosocial/life stage model
Unit 4: Counselling Specialities
- Cognitive behaviour therapy
- Assessment strategies
- Skills in CBT, and relationship, family, bereavement
- Addiction counselling
Unit 5: Psychotherapy Specialities
- Neuro-linguistic programme
- Brief therapy
- Transactional analysis
- Gestalt therapy
Unit 6: Practitioner Strategies
- Business issues
- The therapy contract
- The psychotherapist’s responsibilities
- Client assessment
Course delivery details
For online based courses, you will study your course and submit work online. Paper based courses are the same as online, but with additional printed study packs sent to you.
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.
From supporting the development of your communication and interpersonal skills, to strengthening your ability to survey differing situations; our online course can help you to recognise the varying stages of severity in each case, so you can devise an appropriate course of action.
Theoretical perspective, personal awareness, experiential focusing, cognitive approaches, behavioural methods, assessment strategies, relationship/family/bereavement/addiction counselling… In just 180 hours, our in-depth course can expand your approaches to therapy; their various types and theories, and their applications, so you can achieve a level of confidence that is certain to enrich the experiences of your clients and the life situations they are facing.
Our course will also explore the regulations of this profession and how trainees and qualified counsellors may be affected.
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