This qualification gives you practitioner status to conduct yourself as a counselling practitioner. The Diploma enables you to develop your therapeutic counselling skills and demonstrate knowledge and understanding of counselling in a therapeutic setting.
You will be provided with an opportunity to develop counselling skills within organisational and ethical frameworks, consider a diverse clientele within society and the impact of counselling for clients. Research, theory and self awareness, combined with a 100 hour supervised placement will equip you to meet the demands of employers in a demanding yet exciting profession.
- Professional organisational issues in counselling – ethics, standards, supervision, confidentiality, boundaries, potential organisational conflict and relationships.
- Counselling in a diverse society – impact of difference on client and counsellor relationship and cultural impact on therapeutic relationship.
- Advanced counselling skills – managing therapeutic counselling work and placing Counselling theory – analysis of one model of counselling and comparisons of other therapeutic models
- Research methodologies – recognise the importance of research in counselling practice.
- Self-awareness for counsellors – relating theory to practice and consider the importance of self in relation to others and the therapeutic relationship.
- Counselling placement (100 hours of client contact) – linking theory to practice and evaluation of supervisory process in relation to client and counsellor.
- Self Awareness: Self reflection and self development.
- Research Skills (searching for credible sources, using Google Scholar, ResearchGate, filtering and refining results, basic skills in reading research to determine methods, findings, discussion and application to practice)
- Presentation Skills
- Active listening, empathic responding, acceptance and emotional attunement, questioning skills, emotional intelligence.
- Paraphrasing and reflection.
- Risk discussion and safety planning
- Group work skills - diplomatic communication, conflict resolution, listening and responding, awareness of group dynamics and roles.
- Developing ethical decision making
- Professional conduct
These higher level progression courses, although available, do have very limited places and priority is given to progressing learners. Please email admissions@burycollege.ac.uk if you require more information.
The suite of counsellor training courses at Bury College are delivered by expert practitioners who are currently practicing in the field of counselling and supervision.
Trainers have a wealth of experience and knowledge that spans over more than thirty years in generic and specialist areas.
Some courses are free for eligible learners, this is shown in the course details. You may be eligible for a free course if you are:
- Unemployed and in receipt of an income-based benefit (for example JSA, ESA or Universal Credit)
- Employed and earning less than the low-income threshold
- Studying for your first full Level 2 qualification on an eligible legal entitlement course
- Aged 19-23 and studying for your first full Level 3 qualification or on an eligible legal entitlement course
- Your eligibility for a free course will be assessed and confirmed at enrolment.
- If you would like to discuss any aspect of fees and funding please call the Funding Team on 0161 280 8500, 0161 280 8581 or 0161 280 8689
ADVANCED LEARNER LOAN
Many of our adult learners pay for their Level 3 and above courses with an Advanced Learner Loan. If a loan is available this is indicated in the course details. It’s easy to apply, your household income isn’t taken into account and there are no credit checks. You only need to start paying back your Advanced Learner Loan when you are earning more than £25,000 per year.
Course Fee: £2,225.00
Please Note: We attempt to ensure that all information contained within this website is correct and up-to-date. However, some details may change as we review and update our provision. Although every effort is made to provide the teaching, examination, assessment and other services detailed on this website and in our other publications, Bury College cannot guarantee the provision of such programmes, services, facilities and fees. Bury College reserves the right to amend, withdraw, alter or amalgamate any of the courses, locations and facilities detailed within at any time. Should circumstances require such amendments, Bury College undertakes to use all reasonable steps to minimise the resultant disruption to those services and most importantly to students.
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