Certificate in Working with Couples and Families in Counselling

This Certificate would offer 150 hours of CPD but would not be recommended in isolation for those with no previous counselling experience.

If you have no experience in this area you might be better initially considering a general counselling certificate such as our Certificate in Counselling (Course 121) This will offer you a solid grounding on the principals of counselling and help you decide if it might be something you would like to pursue.

Following completion a call to one of our Student Advisors to fully discuss your future needs would help you decide on your next step whether it be moving towards a more specialist area such as Family and Couple Counselling as you indicated or indeed something else.

You may also wish to consider seeking some voluntary work with a helping organisation to extend your understanding of how counselling can help others.

Yes we have students from all over the world who are studying with us currently or have studied with us previously.

Assessments are forwarded by e-mail to your Tutor and supporting materials are issued to you in PDF format. As this is done by distance learning/on-line learning you may commence your chosen course at a time convenient for you.

Very few courses on their own would "qualify" a person to be a counsellor which is why we advise students to combine study with voluntary work with a helping organisation thus allowing them to put the knowledge and understanding of course work into practice or indeed seeing how counselling works.  

Additionally you may wish to contact an organisation such as the National Counselling Society or BACP and take advice on working towards membership.

This course would offer you good knowledge and understanding of what is involved in Family and Couple Counselling. Any jobs you might want to apply for in this area of work would not only look at this but other factors such as previous counselling qualifications and experience. It is unlikely that this certificate on its own would be sufficient for such posts.

This course has around 150 hours of study/assignment work and generally with 5-6 hours work each week can be completed in 6 months. We do however allow up to 12 months for completion.

The course is wholly distance learning supported by an allocated tutor who would normally receive your assignments (and give feedback)  by e-mail or occasionally telephone.

The course can be commenced at any time.