Course Information
Following is an outline of the three units contained in the Certificate in Counselling Therapies course:
Person Centred Therapy
This unit focuses on theoretical concepts, processes, knowledge and skills for the analysis and practical application of Person-Centred Therapy within counselling practice. Students will:
• Apply the key concepts of Person Centred Therapy
• Analyse Roger's contribution
• Analyse Maslow's contribution
• Analyse the contributions of the counsellor and the client in the therapeutic process, and
• Learn the limitations of Person Centred Therapy.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
This unit focuses on the application of theoretical concepts, processes, knowledge and skills for the analysis and practical application of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy within counselling practice. Students will:
• Apply the key concepts of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Analyse both Beck's and Ellis' contributions
• Overview and apply the therapeutic process, and
• Learn the limitations of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.
Apply Solution Focused Therapy in Counselling
This unit focuses on theoretical concepts, processes, knowledge and skills for the analysis and practical application of Solution Focused Therapy within counselling practice. Along with applying the therapeutic process, students will:
• Apply the key concepts of Solution Focused Therapy
• Learn the exponents of Solution Focused Therapy, and
• Learn the limitations of Solution Focussed Therapy.
As far back as I can remember I have always enjoyed listening to people discuss issues they have in their lives and now I am qualified to do this and get paid for it! I decided to undertake the Diploma of Professional Counselling to add a specific skill to my existing Bachelor of Arts Degree, while I waited for my youngest son to reach school age.
I decided at the age of 52 to pursue studies in counselling, after working in administrative roles since leaving school. That was in May 2004. The study took me 2 years and 2 months to complete and I'm so happy to have accomplished it. For many years I had been unsatisfied in my administrative role, although it was well-paid with good conditions, it was also stressful, demanding, unrewarding and I suffered many migraines and disturbed sleep patterns as a consequence.
My entry into counselling began when I was diagnosed with rapidly progressing breast cancer. As a result of this experience and the personal growth that came from the challenge I set up a support website. On being inundated with contacts of varying degrees of distress I found my extensive teaching career and pastoral care knowledge was insufficient.