Therapeutic Counselling Level 4 Diploma

Course code

Y819

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Attendance

Part time

Duration

67 weeks

Intake

September only View the Adult Course Guide for more details

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.

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.

Students must have passed Level 3 certificate in Counselling prior to starting course.

Some courses are FREE for eligible learners. 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 £23,104
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
Aged 19+ and studying for your first full Level 3 qualification on an eligible course which is part of the Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs scheme
Aged 19+ and studying a course that is part of the Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs Scheme, and unemployed or earning less than £23,104
Aged 19+ and studying for your first or second full Level 3 qualification on an eligible GM Offer Level 3 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

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

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