Course description
If you want to make a profound impact in the lives of those needing support during trying times, the Stress Counselling Level 3 online course is the perfect course for you.
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Training Course Content
Unit 1: Counselling skills
- Core skill sets
- The scope of counselling
- Theories
- Core competencies and values of counselling
- The aims and objective of counselling
- The counselling relationship
- Basic ethical principles of counselling
- Transference and counter transference
Unit 2: Counselling approaches
- The psychodynamic approach
- The humanist approach
- The cognitive approach
Unit 3: Understanding stress
- The stress reaction (biological and psychological)
- How individuals cope with stressful situations
- Stress disorders
- Heightened accessibility
Unit 4: Application of theories and models
- Crisis intervention for stressful situations
- ABC method
- Iceberg Theory
- Self-awareness
- Loss and grief
- Problem management
- Dealing with false memories and reprocessing
Unit 5: Stress counselling in action
- Family issues and family stress
- Identity stress
- Ethical dilemmas
- Stress of addiction
- Bereavement stress
- Depression
- Workplace stress
- Trauma stress
Unit 6: Being a stress counsellor
- Legal and moral rights
- Ethical codes
- Confidentiality
- Complaints
- Data protection
Course delivery details
Split into 6 units, every element of this course seeks to expand your understanding of stress counselling, so you can achieve the theoretical knowledge you need to apply these skills within real and practical settings.
This course is assessed using a series of written assignments that are designed to test your knowledge of the course materials. These will need to be sent to your personal tutor for marking, whereupon they will supply you with helpful tips and feedback. No external examinations are required.
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