Certificate in Counselling Skills
The Certificate in Counselling Skills covers essential foundational and micro-counselling skills such as communication skills, interpersonal skills and interview skills, the counselling process, ethics and referral.
Whether you are just after a ‘taste’ of counselling before making your decision to pursue further counselling studies, or you would like to obtain some basic counselling skills to supplement your current range of skills, the Certificate in Counselling is the perfect course.
The Certificate in Counselling Skills:
| Provides a solid foundation on which you can continue your counselling studies into the College’s Diploma of Professional Counselling or other short courses. | |
| Covers the essential micro-counselling skills to provide a useful set of adjunct skills to your core occupational skills such as nursing, | |
| Can be studied from home, thus increasing your study flexibility to suit your lifestyle and saving thousands off traditional classroom programs. | |

I was recently retrenched from my job and decided to look for Community Work, which I felt would take me closer to my ultimate goal of Counselling.
Having recently successfully completed the Diploma of Professional Counselling with your organisation, I thought that I would take this opportunity to tell you of some of my life experiences and how I came to complete the course.
From commencing my studies to graduating took me almost 3 years. I was working full-time for nearly all of that 3 year period. My background has always been in secretarial and administrative roles. Over the years this type of work became more and more meaningless to me and I wanted to do something I felt I was more suited to and was worthwhile, so I decided to become a counsellor. After making many enquiries I decided upon the College - the course was perfect for me because it was self-paced and I could study from home - a blessing when one has to work.