Counselling Skills Fundamentals (I)

Counselling Skills Fundamentals (I)

Course info

How we listen and respond to people in our daily lives is important. We may think we listen and pay attention, but do we really? Counselling Skills is a useful course that considers the way we respond to others, looking at active listening, paraphrasing, feedback and more. It is suitable for anyone who works or communicates with other people.

What will you achieve from this course?

After completing Counselling Skills Fundamentals (I) you will have the knowledge necessary to support or counsel others through the processes of personal growth and change.  The skills and knowledge gained from this course can help you help others overcome limiting thinking and replace feelings of helplessness with productive behaviours such as goal-setting.

Lessons:

•     Learning Specific Skills - Learning methods
•     Listening and Bonding - Meeting and greeting; helping the client relax; listening with intent
•     Reflection: Paraphrasing - Reflection of feeling; client responses to reflection of feelings; reflection of content and feeling
•     Questioning - Open and closed questions; other types of questions; goals of questioning
•     Interview Techniques - Summarising; confrontation; reframing
•     Changing Beliefs and Normalising - Changing self-destructive beliefs; irrational beliefs; normalising
•     Finding Solutions - Making choices; facilitating actions; gestalt awareness; psychological blocks
•     Ending the Counselling - Terminating the session; closure; further meetings; dependency, confronting dependency

Course Delivery

This course is able to be completed either online or by correspondence.

Work Load  | Full time: 12hrs per week |  Part time: 6hrs per week |  Total Duration 100hrs

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