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This workshop offers an ideal starting place for candidates seeking pre-entry requirements for further training in both counselling and counselling psychology.

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    • Duration: 5 days
    • Fees: £1,250

Counselling Skills Workshop Course overview

This popular course has run successfully for a number of years and has appeal and relevance to those seeking to enhance their interpersonal skills in the workplace.

The course is an excellent introduction to counselling skills and prepares students for professional level training in Counselling Psychology.

Workshop Tutors

Dr Charlotte Whiteley is an experienced group facilitator who integrates a wide variety of experiential teaching strategies in her approach to training. Charlotte is experienced both clinically and academically as a chartered counselling psychologist and systemic practitioner.

Dr Helen Damon is a chartered counselling psychologist and play therapist. She currently works as a Visiting Lecturer on the DPsych Counselling Psychology at City and previously worked as a Senior Lecturer. Her clinical experience includes work in the NHS, charitable, educational, and private sectors.

Dr Elaine Mayon-White is experienced in delivering CPD and group facilitation to fellow healthcare professionals.  Elaine is trained in a range of teaching strategies and is also part of the teaching team for the Counselling Psychology Doctorate Programme.
Elaine is experienced in clinical and academic work as a Charted Counselling Psychologist.

Who is it for?

This workshop is for those who wish to develop themselves further, both personally and as a counsellor.

Timetable

The workshop will be taught over five days from 10am to 4pm.

Please note dates advertised can be subject to change. However, if there are any changes we will contact applicants via email.

Benefits

Participants will:

  • Learn about and practise advanced interpersonal and counselling skills.
  • Apply theory and techniques of counselling.
  • Gain an understanding of professional and ethical issues.
  • Learn more about themselves.

What will I learn?

Monday

  • Introductions
  • Aims and structure of counselling session Starting counselling
  • Paraphrasing
  • Summarising feelings
  • Confidentiality

Tuesday

  • Assessment
  • Written records
  • Contracting
  • Therapeutic relationships
  • Introduction to “Person-Centred Counselling”
  • Counselling practice
  • Learning to evaluate the practice of others

Wednesday

  • Counselling Practice and Feedback
  • Introduction to Cognitive Behavioural & Psychodynamic Counselling in small groups

Thursday

  • Therapeutic Models:
    • Cognitive-Behavioural
    • Systemic
    • Person-Centred

Friday

  • Endings
  • Process in therapy
  • Supervision and professional development

Assessment and certificates

Teaching

Initially, the course tutor will introduce you to the theoretical aspects of the three major models in counselling, namely Person-Centred, Psychodynamic and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.

After this grounding in theory, students will be divided into small groups where they will have a chance to role-play within the different models, thus linking theory with practice.

The workshop typically culminates with volunteers taking part in a family therapy session role-play, which is usually not only informative but also very enjoyable.

Assessment

There is no formal assessment.

This course is provided by the School of Health & Psychological Sciences.

Eligibility

No previous qualifications or experience is required.

English requirements

For those students whose first language is not English, the following qualification is also required:

  • IELTS: 7.0

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