Counselling Skills for Non-Counsellors

COUNSELLING FOR NON-COUNSELLORS – ONE DAY COURSE

AIMS The aims of the course are to enable:

o The development of awareness of the counselling process and the skills involved.

o Practice and improvement of some of these counselling skills.

o Development of the ability to manage interviews using counselling skills.

o Development of an awareness of ethical issues and the need for support in activities using counselling skills.

o Development of sensitivity to and awareness of the process of change.

OBJECTIVES On completion of the course participants should be able to:

o Conduct an interview showing the use of counselling skills.

o Display skills necessary for the management of interviews using counselling skills.

o Understand the need for support and the limitations of using counselling skills.

o Demonstrate their knowledge of some of the ethical issues connected with using counselling skills.

CONTENT

The course will cover the following topics:

o What are counselling skills?

o Interview management and time keeping.

o The need for clear boundaries and structure.

o Ethical issues, the limitations of the use of counselling skills and the need for support.

o Self-awareness.

o Enabling change.

£55 per person.

Email admin@relatecambridge.org.uk or call 01302 347712 to book.