Stress Counselling QLS Level 3

What is stress counselling? Stress counselling will see a counsellor and client explore and understand where the stress is coming from. They will then work together to find specific solutions that will help the client combat it. This flexible course is the perfect solution; you'll examine a range of counselling approaches and models used in stress counselling without having to attend any classes. This course is perfect for those already involved in a counselling role and would like to expand their skills to understanding stress or those with a keen interest in the subject. You can work at your own pace. Completed coursework can be sent via post or email, so handing in an assignment is simple. This course is approved by the ACCPH (Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists), at the end of this course students will be able to join and become a member of the ACCPH. The ACCPH is an independent self-regulated professional body for counsellors, psychotherapists and hypnotherapists. What next? There are several avenues you can go down once you have successfully completed this course. You could take a look at our other counselling  courses, or you could further your education by studying a counselling degree at university. If you want to work in counselling using your Stress Counselling Level 3 qualification, here are just a few of the jobs you could explore (depending on your credentials):

• Counsellor
• CBT therapist
• Mental health therapist
• Intervention therapist
• Wellness therapist
• Psychotherapist

Awarding body This course has been endorsed by the Quality License Scheme for its high-quality. The Quality Licence Scheme, endorses high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This course and/or training programme has been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This course and/or training programme is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. Your training provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the Learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.

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