Duration
A two or three year programme. We recommend that you apply to complete in three years and reassess your completion date towards the end of the first year depending on your available time for study.
Developed by SQA and underpinned by the BACP & ACC ethical framework, this course’s aim is to equip students with the skills to successfully work in the counselling field. We teach not only the current theories and concepts used within the counselling field, but we also facilitate experiential learning. The course runs on a part-time basis, one day a week.
This course has been developed by SQA and is a BACP Approved Qualification. The aim of this course is to equip students with the skills to successfully work in the counselling field. We teach not only the current theories and concepts used within the counselling field, but we also facilitate experiential learning. The course runs on a part-time basis, one day a week.
The BSc (Hons) Integrative Counselling, is a carefully designed undergraduate degree programme, benchmarked against national standards, which will provide students with the professional knowledge and skills to work professionally as a Counsellor, should they choose to pursue this after graduation. This programme is open to applicants from a Christian and non-Christian background. It is a professional course in a Christian setting, that offers both a distinctly Christian element (optional) and a general spiritual / transpersonal element woven through the course.
Who is it suitable for?
The Certificate in Counselling Skills is suitable for anyone who is over the age of 18 and uses personal interactions in their work, church or other settings. You will learn how to be an effective listener and also when you might need to refer someone on to a more skilled helper. It is an essential component of the progression route to becoming a qualified Counsellor.
The diploma offers training in a variety of recognised counselling models, as well as skills development, understanding the professional and ethical frameworks for counselling and gives graduates the opportunity to progress towards becoming competent professional counsellors within both the Christian community and wider world.
As well as being accredited through NCIP it also meets the requirements for BACP and ACC membership with over 350 teaching hours.
The Certificate in Counselling Skills & Theory (Level 3) is a tailor made course, accredited by CPCAB. It offers an introduction to counselling, underpinned by a Christian worldview—providing a unique opportunity to study a professionally recognised course from an integrative Christian perspective.
This foundational counselling training is the first part of our CPCAB accredited psychotherapeutic training programme, offering students an introduction to a number of current treatment methods available, teaches the core counselling skills needed to support others sensitively and ethically, and provides an overview to some of the psychological issues commonly encountered when counselling (E.g. loss, depression, anxiety, trauma, abuse and eating disorders).
P/T 2 year course held every Tuesday evening 18:15-22:15 plus one Saturday each month 09:00-17:00 during term-time (Northamptonshire Term-times)