Introduction to Counselling Skills
Next course dates TBC.
This 8-week introductory course to counselling is for those who wish to enhance their listening skills at home and at work.
Evening 8-Week Course:
- Are you curious about what makes people tick?
- Are you interested in personal development?
- Do you want to improve your employability?
- Do want to improve your listening skills?
You will learn to:
- CREATE the right environment
- TRANSFORM your listening
- USE the core counselling skills
- DEVELOP your own self awareness
Topics Covered:
- The importance of confidentiality
- The difference between counselling skills and counselling
- How to actively listen
- How to attend to the relationship when listening
- How use skills such as paraphrasing and summarising
- How to listen to emotional talkers
- How to work with differences
- Ethical considerations and boundaries
- The concepts of attachment and loss
We will cover practical topics including:
• How to actively listen to and communicate with others with interest;
• How to attend to the relationship when you are listening;
• Paraphrasing, summarising and checking.
Theoretical topics include:
• Understanding the importance of confidentiality;
• Empathy, unconditional positive regard and congruence.;
• Working with differences;
• Ethical considerations and boundaries.
