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Certificate in Counselling Skills

Study Method Online
Provider The Career Academy
Start Date Start Immediately
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Course overview

Understand yourself better & help others to grow

Start a Certificate in Counselling skills to understand what drives you. Learn ways your reactions may be connected to the broader psyche, and use your counselling skills course to explore the treatments and approaches used in fields like psychiatry and counselling.

Engage with practical counselling and helping skills, and cover humanistic therapy, an investigation of common psychiatric disorders, and critical counselling skills training you might develop to become an effective counsellor. Learn about defence mechanisms, psychoanalytic techniques, and counselling approaches.

Enrol in a Certificate in Counselling Skills online and discover what makes you tick.

Job outcomes

  • Counselling Assistant
  • Mental Health Support Worker
  • Peer Support Officer
  • Wellbeing Advisor
  • Youth Support Worker
  • Community Outreach Assistant
  • Care Services Worker
  • Support Services Assistant
  • Addiction Services Aide
  • Crisis Line Support Worker

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Study method

  • Online Online info icon
    Online delivery - online course content with the exception of assessments and work placement
  • Blended Blended info icon
    Blended delivery - both online course content and partial face to face requirements
  • In-class In-class info icon
    In class delivery - predominately face to face course content conducted at a specific location
  • Virtual Virtual info icon
    Virtual Delivery - Live and interactive classroom-style learning conducted completely online

Duration study load

  • 6 Months Access | 100 hours

Study at your own pace – students generally complete one module per week.

Delivery

Your course will be delivered through our online learning platform. You can access our online learning platform from any web browser 24/7 so you can work whenever and wherever you want. You can also interact with your tutors and other students within the learning environment. Online learning allows you to make the best use of your time and puts all the resources you need at your fingertips. There are no set course start dates, you can start whenever you are ready. Your tutors and student services will check in on your progress and help you every step of the way.

Entry requirements

There are no entry requirements or prerequisites to enrol on this course.

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Course features

  • Identify what is referred to as a ‘micro-skill’ in counselling skills and studies
  • Understand skills used in counselling and how it should function
  • Learn about the counselling process with a certificate course in counselling
  • Grow skills around talking to people about their problems
  • Become more able to motivate people – including yourself
  • Complete this starter course to help you explore a counselling career
  • Learn to listen effectively and identify treatment paths that may be useful

Assessment

  • No exams, ever

Delivery

Your course will be delivered through our online learning platform. You can access our online learning platform from any web browser 24/7 so you can work whenever and wherever you want. You can also interact with your tutors and other students within the learning environment. Online learning allows you to make the best use of your time and puts all the resources you need at your fingertips. There are no set course start dates, you can start whenever you are ready. Your tutors and student services will check in on your progress and help you every step of the way.

Subjects

Core Modules
Learning Specific Skills
Reflection
Interview Techniques
Finding Techniques
Listening and Bonding
Questioning
Changing Beliefs and Normalising
Ending the Counselling

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Payment options

Investment: 

  • €599, or only €29 per week on a flexible payment plan
  • 14-Day Money-Back Guarantee

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About The Career Academy

We're an internationally recognised online education provider, who partners with the industry to deliver you the latest and most up-to-date content. We have almost 15 years of experience in online education and help change the lives of over 20,000 students every single year.
  • Upskill and be awarded a certificate of achievement to help you reach your potential & earn more.
  • Flexible online learning so you can study whenever and wherever you want.
  • Get free access to the career centre which will review and improve your CV to help you succeed.
  • 83% of our graduates say our qualifications improved their ability to get a new job or promotion.

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