Certificate In Psychosocial Counselling

Become a Professional Counsellor

What you'll learn
Understand the basics of counselling
Understand the self-reflection questions of life and how they can positively influence our lives
Understand listening skills and to use them
Understand the types of counselling and when to use them
Understand the importance of client counsellor relationship
Understand the key qualities of counsellors and how to develop them for a successful counselling
Understand ethics involved in counselling and how to uphold them
Requirements
No experience required; you will learn everything you need to know about counselling. However, you need to be able to understand English, able to read and have good internet connection
Description
The course offers an extensive knowledge and trains students in basics of counselling skills which they can use at different settings. This course will equip students be effective trained counsellors with adequate communication and development skills. Additionally, students will enhance self-awareness and reflective abilities that are highly valued in a range of organizations and personal life situations. The course will equip the students to be able to make a difference in people's lives with a positive relationship.In this course you will learn the following topics:-Self-reflection questions of life. These are questions that will help you to have a positive thought of life and can eventually help you to guide your clients.-Basics of counselling. This topic will cover skills such as attending, silence, reflecting, paraphrasing, clarifying and use of questions, focusing, building rapport, summarizing and Immediacy.-Types of Counselling focusing only on client centered, directive and problem-solving skills- Listening skills covering how the counsellor should listen and what to avoid.-Client counsellor relationship will enable the students to be able to build positive rapport with clients -Ethics in counselling will enable students to be aware of ethics to uphold in this profession-Key qualities of a counsellor will enable students to understand the qualities which they need to have in order to be successful counsellors-Examples of open ended and closed ended questions-What to do next after this course completionThis course is a beginner level which does not require experience. However, students should be able to understand English, be able to read and write in English, have good network connection for effective learning with either a phone, tablet or laptop.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to Counselling

Lecture 1 Lecture 1

Lecture 2 Why counselling

Lecture 3 Why Counselling part 2

Lecture 4 Why Counselling part 3

Lecture 5 What is motivating you to be a counsellor

Lecture 6 What is Motivating you to want to be a Counsellor p2

Lecture 7 Benefits of Counselling

Lecture 8 Benefits of Counselling Part 2

Section 2: Self-reflection questions of life

Lecture 9 Greater questions of life

Lecture 10 Greater questions of life p2

Lecture 11 Greater questions of life p3

Lecture 12 Greater questions of life p4

Section 3: Basics of Counselling

Lecture 13 Basics of Counselling - Attending

Lecture 14 Basics of Counselling- Silence, Reflecting and Paraphrasing

Lecture 15 Basics of Counselling- Clarifying, asking questions and building rapport

Lecture 16 Basics of counselling- Summarizing and immediacy

Section 4: Active Listening

Lecture 17 Introduction to active listening

Lecture 18 What active listening suggest for Counsellors p1

Lecture 19 What active listening suggests for Counsellors p2

Lecture 20 What active listening prevents counsellors

Lecture 21 Basic components of active listening p1

Lecture 22 Basic components of active listening p2

Lecture 23 Basic components of active listening p3

Section 5: Types of Counselling

Lecture 24 Client centered counselling p1

Lecture 25 Client Centered counselling p2

Lecture 26 Directive Counselling p1

Lecture 27 Directive counselling p2

Lecture 28 Problem solving Counselling p1

Lecture 29 Problem Solving Counselling p2

Lecture 30 Problem Solving Counselling P3

Section 6: Client Counsellor relationship

Lecture 31 Client counsellor relationship p1

Lecture 32 Client Counsellor relationship p2

Lecture 33 Client Counsellor relationship p3

Lecture 34 Client counsellor relationship p4

Section 7: Ethics in Counselling

Lecture 35 Ethics in Counselling p1

Lecture 36 Ethics in Counselling p2

Lecture 37 Ethics in Counselling p3

Section 8: Questioning

Lecture 38 Questioning p1

Lecture 39 Questioning p2

Lecture 40 Questioning p3

Lecture 41 Questioning p4

Lecture 42 Questioning p5

Section 9: Key Qualities of a Counsellor

Lecture 43 Key qualities of a counsellor Part 1

Lecture 44 Key qualities of a counsellor part 2

Lecture 45 Key qualities of a counsellor p3

Lecture 46 Key qualities of a counsellor p4

Section 10: Congratulations! What next??

Lecture 47 What next? p1

Lecture 48 What next? p2

Lecture 49 What next? p3

Beginner level for those with interest in therapy, mental health.,Health workers wishing to have a refresher course and certification,Teachers passionate about guidance and counselling