Courses
(course prices are all inclusive)

We offer 3 different courses:
  • The Basic Counselling Course
  • Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills*
  • Level 3 Fast Track Certificate in Counselling Skills*
  • Level 4 Diploma Therapeutic Counselling*                                        *Level 3 and 4 are accredited by ABC Awards
Our Basic Counselling Course meets the needs of those who are interested in learning how to apply counselling skills in a helping profession.   Additionally this course is ideal for those who ultimately are interested in applying for our Level 3 Counselling Skills Course. 
Our Basic Counselling Course addresses aspects like:
  • Keeping a Reflective Journal
  • What are Counselling Skills? 
  • Listening Skills
  • Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication
  • Trust & Confidentiality
  • Prejudice & Stereotyping
  • Empathy & Sympathy
  • Various Counselling Approaches
Aim of the Basic Counselling Course:
  • To develop confidence and build self-esteem.
  • To develop effective listening and responding skills.
  • To improve interpersonal communication and connection.
  • To gain basic counselling skills and an understanding of what counselling is.
  • To gain awareness of our your behaviour and prejudices.
  • To gain an understanding of the main counselling approaches.
 The details:

Duration:    10 weeks
​Cost:              £150
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(The Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills Course is 150 Guided Learning Hours)
Our Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills is a qualification that has served our students in various ways.

The level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills enables students to further enhance and improve skills needed in helping professions like hairdressers, doctors, sales assistants, teachers/ lecturers, barristers, care workers, solicitors, social workers, support workers, publicans, nursery nurses, personal assistants, policemen etc.

Many students embark on the level 3 Counselling Skills Certificate to progress to the level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling with the aim to become a qualified counsellor.

The Level 3 certificate in Counselling Skills Course entails:

  • 4 ABC Awards Assignments:
         Understanding the Context for the use of Counselling   Skills 
         Understanding Counselling Theory
         Using Counselling Skills 
         Personal Development for Users of Counselling Skills 
  • Some Reflective Assignments 
  • Keeping a Reflective Journal
  • Workshops
  • Residential Weekend
Aim of the Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills Course is:

  • To develop excellent counselling (communication & listening) skills.
  • To gain valuable professional development.
  • To gain personal development.
  • To gain a good understanding of the Person-Centred Approach
  • To gain an additional understanding of other humanistic approaches.

The details:

Duration:   30 weeks
Cost:            £995 (all inclusive)


Our Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling will enable students to become qualified counsellors.

The Diploma is a two year, part-time course and concentrates on professional development, personal development and skills development. Counselling Theory and Counselling Research are important parts of the course.

​The course will give you a thorough understanding of the Person-Centred Approach plus a good grasp of additional humanistic approaches

The Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling entails:
   First year (150 Guided Learning Hours):
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  • 3 ABC Assignments:
          Counselling Theory
          Professional Organisational Issues in Counselling
          Counselling in a Diverse Society
  • Keeping a Reflective Journal
  • Workshops (delivered on a Saturday)
  • Residential Weekend
Second year (150 Guided Learning Hours):
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  • 3 ABC Assignments:
          Advanced Counselling Skills 
          Research Methodologies in Counselling 
          Self Awareness for Counsellors
          Counselling Placement
  • Keeping a Reflective Journal
  • Workshops (delivered on a Saturday)
  • A Counselling Placement (100 client contact hours)
  • 15 hours personal counselling
The details: 

Duration:     60 weeks, over 2 years
Cost:              £1997.50 per year   (Price for the full course £3995)

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(The first and second year of the Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling is 300 Guided Learning Hours)

The course price is all inclusive apart from additional requirements for the course:
Supervision is required while on placement in the second year*
15 hours of personal counselling also required*
Professional Indemnity Insurance
(*Supervision and personal counselling are often provided at a reduced fee to trainee counsellors .)
Aims of the course:

The Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling has the following aims:
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  • To raise an awareness of how our own particular experience of life may influence the counselling process.
  • To develop and continuously expand the use of counselling skills
  • To explored your own personal history and interpersonal relationships
  • To understand theoretical backgrounds to different counselling models
  • To acquire an in-depth understanding of at least one model: the person-centred model
  • To develop and deepen students' understanding of anti-oppressive and non-discriminatory counselling 
  • To recognise a code of practice and ethics for counsellors: the BACP Ethical Code of Practice
  • To understand the legal issues involved when working and practising as a counsellor whether this is within a multi-disciplinary environment or within a private practice.
  • To understand, accept and commit to regular supervision of their counselling practice.
  • To recognise the need for and be committed to ongoing professional and personal development and learning.

By the end of our Diploma in Counselling course students should be able to demonstrate:
  • An ability and commitment to be a competent professional counsellor. Working safely to provide a safe and supported setting and who values and uses regular structured supervision.
  • An awareness of the possible influence of their own personal history and interpersonal relating on their own counselling practice and be committed to continued personal and professional growth through the appropriate use of supervision and training. 
  • An ability to conceptualise case material arising in the counselling process, i.e. they should not work in a purely intuitive fashion.
  • An ability to use the counselling relationship itself as a vehicle for change. Working with the client in a therapeutic relationship to explore and work through no-go areas.
  • An ability to use consistently a predetermined set of skills.
  • An ability to respect and accept other people's views, attitudes, belief structures and cultures. Working with people who have different assumptions, beliefs, and views. Working with people with difference and diversity.
  • An in-depth understanding of Carl Roger's Person-Centred Counselling and other humanistic counselling approaches to inform, contrast and complement the in-depth understanding of the main model.
  • An understanding of the role of research in counselling and an ability to design and carry out a research project.