This postgraduate certificate in Counselling Skills, Theories, and Self-Awareness is created as a component of a seamless and forward-thinking course of study that leads to a Master of Arts.
A feature of all three stages of the course is the focus on reflection and developing learners’ self-awareness, so as to be able to apply their learning for both personal and professional development.
Completion of the three stages of the program will prepare learners for a professional career in the Counselling and Helping Professions.
Who is this for?
The Post Graduate Certificate in Counselling Skills, Theories, and Self Awareness, the first stage of the programme, will be appealing to students interested in integrating counselling theories and skills into their current professional practice, especially but not exclusively teachers, nurses, social workers, faith-leaders, police officers, parents, line managers, employees in the charity and voluntary sectors, and anyone interested in improving their professional skills.
How will I learn?
1200 hours of study are required to complete the course, according to its design. The Post Graduate Certificate is awarded with 40 ECTS points upon successful completion. The Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling Skills, Theories, and Self-Awareness is accessible through this award.
The PG Cert in Counselling Skills, Theories and Self-Awareness provides an overview of the development and evolution of four major counselling approaches (Humanistic, Psychodynamic, Cognitive-Behavioural and Transpersonal), as well as a variety of theories, tools, and techniques that participants can use to improve their own professional practises and personal development.
Program Director
John Perry has over thirty years’ experience of working in education, as a teacher, college lecturer, student counsellor, mentor, university senior lecturer and pastoral tutor.
His passion is in offering coaching, counselling and/or mentoring to help learners to develop the confidence and motivation that comes from having high self-worth and a sense of purpose and direction.
In the course of his career, John has helped hundreds of learners to overcome their learning blocks and to replace limiting, self-defeating beliefs with empowering, positive alternatives.
John has developed his own unique approach to building psychological resilience, by helping people to take control of the challenges they face whilst generating positive emotions and a ‘can do’ attitude.
John uses coaching, counselling and mentoring skills to help learners to move in the direction of the constructive accomplishment of their innate potential. More specifically, his focus is on helping learners to over-come self-doubt and to grow in confidence, resilience and happiness.
