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Foundation Diploma in Counselling

Build professional counselling expertise that enables you to support people through life’s challenges with confidence, compassion and practical communication skills across diverse care and wellbeing settings.

Duration: 1000 Hours
Modules: 10
Qualification: Foundation Diploma

£429.00

12 Months
Unlimited Tutor Support
100% Online Self Paced

Who Is This Course For?

Find out who will benefit most.

Ideal for aspiring counsellors, healthcare professionals, teachers, social workers, carers and anyone wanting advanced counselling knowledge to support others through challenging life situations.

Whether enhancing an existing caring role or preparing for future counselling opportunities, you’ll develop practical therapeutic skills, professional confidence and effective communication techniques that positively impact people’s lives.

What You’ll Learn

High quality content, with clearly structured knowledge.

01

Confidently support individuals through challenging situations using professional counselling communication skills effectively.

02

Discover how counselling methods, coaching skills and therapeutic communication work together to strengthen trust, resilience and positive client outcomes naturally.

03

See how family counselling, grief support, relationship counselling, professional supervision and coaching combine to deliver compassionate, ethical and effective support across diverse client situations.

04

Recognise counselling approaches that encourage resilience, confidence and healthier emotional wellbeing every day.

05

Know how to build supportive therapeutic relationships while applying practical counselling techniques that encourage positive personal growth and emotional wellbeing confidently.

06

Move beyond listening by developing professional counselling confidence, stronger interpersonal skills and practical therapeutic knowledge that prepares you to support people through complex life challenges.

YOUR SUCCESS MATTERS

All courses have unlimited tutor support by phone and email, with industry-leading high quality content.

Course Modules

Learn modules one step at a time, and each module leads naturally into the next one.

Module 1

Counselling Skills II

Module 2

Counselling Skills I

Module 3

Counselling Techniques

Module 4

Family Counselling

Module 5

Grief Counselling

Module 6

Life Coaching

Module 7

Professional Practice in Counselling

Module 8

Professional Supervision

Module 9

Relationships & Communication Counselling

Module 10

Choose an Elective Module from the Following:

Course Information

Everything you need to know before you enrol, explained clearly in one simple place.

REQUIREMENTS

No previous experience required

This course is designed for anyone beginners and suitable for all learners.

Basic computer skills recommended

You'll only need basic computer skills and internet access.

Internet connection required

A stable internet connection is needed to access your course materials and submit assessments.

ASSESSMENT

Tutor-marked assignments

Your assignments are marked by experienced tutors who provide helpful feedback.

Practical assessments

Learn by doing with practical assessments designed to build real world skills.

No examinations

There are no exams. Your learning is assessed through practical assignments and activities.

QUALIFICATION

Digital certificate

Your qualification will be issued as a digital certificate which you can download and share.

Issued on completion

Your certificate is issued once you have successfully completed all course requirements.