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Counselling Skills I

Strengthen your ability to support others by mastering essential counselling microskills, communication and therapeutic techniques while building confidence to help people navigate personal challenges effectively.

Duration: 100 Hours
Modules: 8
Qualification: Statement of Attainment

£329.00

12 Months
Unlimited Tutor Support
100% Online Self Paced
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Who Is This Course For?

Find out who will benefit most.

Ideal for aspiring counsellors, coaches, healthcare professionals, volunteers and anyone wanting practical counselling skills to support others with confidence and empathy.

Whether preparing for professional counselling or improving communication in your current role, you’ll develop practical helping skills to build trust, encourage positive change and support clients effectively.

What You’ll Learn

High quality content, with clearly structured knowledge.

01

Confidently communicate with empathy using essential counselling microskills and active listening techniques

02

Discover how questioning, reflection and paraphrasing strengthen therapeutic conversations while encouraging clients to explore thoughts, emotions and personal challenges

03

See how interviewing techniques, reframing, challenging self-destructive beliefs, solution-focused approaches and effective communication combine to build stronger therapeutic relationships and meaningful client outcomes

04

Recognise counselling techniques that encourage trust, openness and meaningful personal growth naturally

05

Know how to structure counselling sessions, manage professional boundaries and support clients through change while maintaining ethical and effective communication

06

Move beyond everyday conversations by developing practical counselling confidence, professional communication skills and therapeutic techniques that help clients overcome barriers and move towards positive personal change

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

Learning Specific Skills

  • Counselling theories
  • Empathy
  • Defence mechanisms
  • Behavioural therapies
  • Microskills
  • Online counselling

Module 2

Listening & Bonding

  • Safe environment
  • Active listening
  • Minimal responses
  • Non-verbal behaviour
  • Use of silence
  • Client rapport

Module 3

Reflection

  • Paraphrasing
  • Reflection of feeling
  • Reflection of content
  • Client responses

Module 4

Questioning

  • Open questions
  • Closed questions
  • Question types
  • Questioning goals
  • Assessment

Module 5

Interview Techniques

  • Summarising
  • Confrontation
  • Reframing
  • Perspective
  • Communication

Module 6

Changing Beliefs & Normalising

  • Cognitive behavioural therapy
  • Self-destructive beliefs
  • Irrational beliefs
  • Normalising
  • Questionnaires

Module 7

Finding Solutions

  • Choices
  • Facilitating action
  • Gestalt awareness
  • Psychological blocks
  • Goal setting

Module 8

Ending the Counselling

  • Session closure
  • Further meetings
  • Dependency
  • Professional endings
  • Referral services

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.