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Counselling Skills
Counselling is the
interactive technique we use when working with clients who need some help in
working through their emotions and memories associated with events in their
lives. It is particularly helpful to have good counselling skills when clients
are trying to change behavioural patterns or to work their way out of
addictions. The essence of counselling is that the healer reflects back what
the client is saying in ways that help the client to look at issues from
different angles and to work out the how, why, what, where and when of the
cause of problems, to recognise the impact they have had on subsequent life and
behaviours, and to work out ways of achieving a better life ahead. The healer
does not take over and advise the client what to do, apart from maybe letting
the client know what external help is available to help with the healing and
recovery process, but works in empathy with the client to help the client work
things out for his/herself. The added
value that the healer gives is knowing from training
and experience how to reflect back to the client and having techniques to help
the client to look at issues from all angles.
Although there is an
introduction to Counselling Skills in the early chapters of my training
manuals, this is at a very basic level and is aimed at getting some simple
interaction going between healer and client as part of the healing process.
Some healers might wish to
devote the focus of their work to helping people break severe addictions such
as substance abuse or
to more traumatic events such as rape and child abuse, all of which will
require advanced counselling skills. Some healers might like to obtain
additional qualifications to help them to take their healing work into
mainstream organisations such as the National Health Service. Other people who will be good healers might
feel a need to build up their confidence when dealing with clients and some
good training in counselling will help them. Whatever the reason, it might be a
good idea for some healers to be trained professionally in counselling skills.
My experience with the
energies is that the best healing is done when the healer and client are
working together and with the client fully engaged in the healing process. The
more the client is able to get to root causes and emotions and to understand
their subsequent behavioural patterns, the deeper the energies seem to go and
the faster the turn around. Sometimes, though, the client just needs an
external catalyst to be able to get a better focus on issues or somebody away
from family and friends who they can talk to openly
and with whom they can explore how they feel about situations. Good counselling
skills help with all of this so are valuable tools for the healer to have in
his / her toolbox.
This page is listed within
the Training Courses section of the website to try to give people some ideas on
what they might be able to do about taking some training in counselling skills.
It is not meant to be a comprehensive resource so I would advise undertaking
your own research as well. It is orientated towards people living in
What is
Counselling?
Visitors to this website who
are not sure what counselling is about might like to go to the following
websites where there are some good explanations about counselling. Because
healing sessions are usually one on one between healer and client, the focus on
this page is one to one counselling rather than other forms of counselling such
as group discussion.
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwcou/lifeshops/whatcounseling.htm
Cancer Research
http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=214
Accreditation / Awarding Bodies
There are
a number of accreditation or awarding bodies in the English education
sector. They assess the quality and levels of courses offered by training
organisations and institutions. The level of accreditation of a course can be
an important factor in obtaining employment with employers and institutions in
the healthcare sector. Please click here
to read more about accreditation.
Professional Bodies
The two following professional bodies might be useful
sources of advice and guidance on where you might be able to take your
counselling and healing work and to give guidance on what sorts of courses
might be suitable for you.
http://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Courses
Below is a
indicative sample of counselling skills courses that I was able to find on the
internet. This is not intended to be a definitive list but just a way of
showing what sort of training is available. Both full time and part time
learning is available. If you are in full or part time employment, evening
classes are available.
The lowest cost courses seem
to be offered by colleges within the State education system or by educational
charities. Private teaching organisations can be very expensive.
If you spend some time
browsing on the internet, you will be able to find many other colleges offering
counselling skills courses.
Although it is possible to
take distance learning courses in counselling, I have not included any on this
page. This is because I feel that counselling is something best learned face to
face with a professional teacher. The counsellor’s body language and body
skills are important and a supervisor will be able to give guidance much better
if he / she can see you physically when practicing rather than interact with
you by distance. Also, if you are in a physical class, the class members will
practice on each other and you can work with the energies you are learning
together with your classmates when they undertake counselling practice with you
on whatever you might need to clear from within yourself.
1. The
The
High Road
Tottenham
N15 4RU
Introduction to Basic Counselling (CPCAB Level 2
accredited)
50 hours in class over a ten week period, cost around
£120.
2.
SE4 1UT
http://www.lewisham.ac.uk/default.asp
Introduction to Counselling
Part Time Day or evening, 2.5 hours per week , 12 weeks, cost around £120.
Counselling Skills CPCAB Level 2 Certificate
Part Time Day or evening , 12 hours per week , 24
weeks, cost around £250.
Developing Counselling Skills BTEC Diploma Level 3
Part Time Day evening , 12 hours per week , 1
year £540
3. Mary Ward Centre
Mary Ward Centre
WC1N 3AQ
http://www.marywardcentre.ac.uk
Introduction to Counselling – 30 hours
over 6 weeks. Level 2.
Part Time Day or evening (Thursday) £80
Certificate in Counselling Skills – 150
hours over 30 weeks. Level 3.
Part Time Day or evening (Thursday) £511
Professional Diploma in Integrative
Counselling (BACAP) Level 4.
450 hours over 3 years More than £3,000
4.
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/summer/index.asp
Foundation Counselling Skills and Theory
3 weeks full time
£390
5.
London Road
http://www.west-thames.ac.uk/home/
Introduction to Counselling CPCAB
Evenings
- 30
hours over 10 weeks
CPCAB Intermediate Certificate in Counselling Studies
Level 3
One evening a week - £555
Therapeutic Counselling (Integrative): Advanced
Diploma CPCAB Level
4
Part time 2 evenings a week or 1 day a week for 2
years - £2,300
6.
Various Southside locations
http://www.southwark.ac.uk/newwebsite/
Counselling Skills & Studies Cert (Levels
2 and 3) CPCAB.
6 hours a week over 32 weeks
Counselling: Dip-Therapeutic Counselling (Level 4)
CPCAB
6.5 hours one day a week for 34 weeks.
Posted :
31st March
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