Modules
Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
Unit 1
Introduction to Counselling Skill Theories
- The significance of Counselling Theory
- Competences to use core Counselling skills
- Using Counselling skills to establish a helping relationship
- Communicating empathic understanding
- Using range of counselling skills to facilitate the helping interaction
Unit 2
Diversity and Ethics in using Counselling skills
- Ethical framework of Counselling
- Using Counselling skills safely in variety of context and roles
- Establishing and sustaining boundaries
- Establish the nature and limits of confidentiality
Unit 3
Counselling skills and personal development
- Self-awareness and self-understanding
- Working within personal limits of ability
- Explore and challenge personal issues, fears and prejudices
- Difference between character and personality and how this drives behaviour
Unit 4
Seven helping and Counselling processes
- Client factors
- Counsellor factors
- Relational factors
- Treatment factors
- Professional factors