Sighthill Campus
The course aims to teach you skills to be with people in a listening role and develop your own self-awareness. The emphasis is on practical skills and group exercises, with a certain amount of written work necessary to meet specified learning outcomes and demonstrate readiness for subsequent courses.
Topics include:
What counselling is, and where and how it is offered in Scotland; What differentiates counselling from other forms of helping relationships; Brief introduction to the most well-known theoretical models of counselling, including psychodynamic, person-centred and cognitive and behavioural therapies; Counselling skills including active listening and responding; Ethical considerations including confidentiality, safeguarding and professional boundaries.
No formal entry requirements. You must be able to manage the emotional demands of the course and have the ability to participate in testing experiential exercises.
Further study in counselling
March
Other
Part time (day)
Part time (evening)
13 weeks
Health Professions and Social Services
5