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.
This course is only available to learners progressing from our Level 3 course. 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:
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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