Counselling Courses
Chrysalis Level 4 Diploma in Counselling Skills & Theory (DIP CST.)
Counselling Courses
Chrysalis Level 4 Diploma in Counselling Skills & Theory (DIP CST.)
This Diploma in Counselling Skills & Theory course will be your next step after you have completed the Level 3 Certificate in Introduction to Counselling Skills. This course is only available by invitation. Please get in touch to find out more
Chrysalis Level 4 Diploma in Counselling Skills & Theory (DIP CST.)
DKK 30,000.
COURSE LENGTH: 6 MONTHS - BLENDED LEARNING
Registered successful candidates will achieve The Prince's Trust Level 4 Diploma in Counselling Skills and Theory (RQF) 603/6872/X
BENEFITS*
- Become a Therapeutic Skills Practitioner (Dip CST.)
- Course Approved by the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society & The International Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
- Registered successful candidates will receive an RQF Level 4 Diploma from Prince’s Trust
- A clear progression path which can lead to professional counselling and Higher Education
- 92 Guided Learning Hours
WHAT DOES A LEVEL 4 DIPLOMA IN COUNSELLING INCLUDE?
Learners successfully graduating from this course will receive The Prince's Trust Level 4 Diploma in Counselling Skills and Theory (RQF). Learners wishing to qualify as a practitioner and be registrants of the National Counselling Society will need to move on to a third year of study and qualify with the Level 5 Professional Diploma. (See below)
Applicants must have completed the Chrysalis CHRYSALIS LEVEL 3 CERTIFICATE IN INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELLING SKILLS (CERT.CS.)
SYLLABUS
We teach the contemporary Pluralistic framework (Cooper & McLeod), blending aspects of the three main approaches to counselling and psychotherapy:
1. FOUNDATIONS OF COUNSELLING AND THEORY PART 1: THE PSYCHODYNAMIC APPROACH Learning the historic and basic principles of this widely respected approach, starting from the work of Sigmund Freud and his model of the psyche.
2. FOUNDATIONS OF COUNSELLING AND THEORY PART 2: THE HUMANISTIC APPROACH Concentrating on Carl Rogers' Person Centred Counselling and the work of Abraham Maslow, learning the foundations of all good counselling practice including the Core Conditions, the actualising tendency, the importance of working with the subjective experience of the client, and the process of therapy.
3. FOUNDATIONS OF COUNSELLING AND THEORY PART 3: THE COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL APPROACH Learning the work of Aaron Beck and the principles and tools which inform this approach to therapy. Learn bringing structure to sessions and the role played by individual perception and beliefs.
4. STRESS, ANXIETY & SELF-DEFEATING BEHAVIOURS Gaining understanding about these common presenting issues and how to assist people experiencing them. in addition, learning how to establish and maintain a boundaried professional relationship in order to ethically support those who seek counselling help.
5. RELATIONSHIPS, BEREAVEMENT AND LOSS Examining and exploring the role relationships play in individual development and wellbeing, introducing theories of attachment and loss and how to work with grief and loss.
6. DEVELOPMENT, MOTIVATION AND GOAL ACHIEVEMENT Exploring the concept of motivational energy and emotions such as anger and frustration. reflecting on people's social and cultural experience and the importance of understanding diversity and equality.
7. UNDERSTANDING EVIDENCE BASED COUNSELLING PRACTICE Gaining understanding of different approaches to research and how studies inform practice. focusing on evaluating quantitative and qualitative therapy studies and what we can learn from them.
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Study Methods: Practical classroom work; Practice Groups; Homework assignments; Reflective Journal; Case Studies; Focus on practical work with no final exam.
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