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Diploma in Youth Counselling - credit rated

Why Take this course?

One of the fastest growth areas in counselling in the UK is youth counselling. Our Diploma in Youth Counselling course is designed to help you to counsel young people of various ages. This course will give you a unique in-depth skilled approach to counselling young persons.

Learning Method

On-Line/Distance Learning

Course Details

Course Number: CR1830
Course Fee: £499.00

You can pay the full price or pay a deposit of £79.00 (0% APR), followed by 6 monthly payments of £70

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Course Info

Course Content
The course consists of two modules:

Module 1 – Certificate in Counselling
This part of the course will provide you with a comprehensive and practical understanding of counselling knowledge and skills. Using Gerard Egan’s renowned three stage model outlined in ‘The Skilled Helper’, the syllabus takes a problem management and opportunity development approach to helping.

The module includes the following topics:

Introduction to Counselling Theory
The Psychodynamic Approach
The Behavioural Approach
The Person-Centred Approach
The Cognitive Approach
The Pastoral Approach
The Counselling Process
Basic Counselling Skills
Core Skills of "The Skilled Helper"
Professional Practice

Module 2– Youth Counselling
Throughout the course you will systematically explore the following topics and issues:

Educational & Vocational Issues
Emotional Issues
Relational Issues
Family Issues
Counselling Abused Young People
Sexual Issues
Theories and Research on Human Growth and Development

After each module you will be awarded a Certificate and on successful completion of the course you are awarded the Institute's Diploma in Youth Counselling.

Materials supplied with this course
20 Lessons and 8 tutor marked assignments are supplied in PDF and Word format, supplemented with suggested background reading.

Linkages to other courses
An option to this course is the Diploma in Youth Counselling. Although not academically accredited it has proved popular with those who wish to study this specialism.

Accredited or CPD
This course has two modules accredited with 20 credit points at SCQF level 8 (2nd year BA/BSc) each. These points may be used towards gaining a degree in a similar topic.

Cost - £499.00
You can pay the full price or pay a deposit of £79.00,
followed by 6 monthly payments of £70.00

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