Basic Counselling Skills
Level 2
 
Title of learning programme Basic Counselling Skills Programme
Programme level 2
Duration of learning programme 11 weeks x 10 hours
Total number of learning hours per programme 110 *

* Please note that this is only an approximate figure and is dependant upon how much time you can dedicate to your studies and also how well you grasp the learning concepts in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each module there is a question paper which needs to be completed and returned to your personal tutor.

Structure
 
Module Module Title
1

Introduction to counselling
2

Basic Interview Skills
3

The Counselling Relationship
4

Motivational skills
5

Grief and Bereavement
6

Stress, Anxiety and Depression
 

Learning Outcomes
 

Module 1 – Introduction to counselling.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Introduce the basic concept of counselling.
LO2

Discuss the role of the counsellor in the counselling environment.
LO3 Identify the role of active listening in the counselling environment and the skills that are involved with it.
 

Module 2 – Basic Interview Skills.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Discuss the tasks required of the counsellor in an interview situation and their importance in the first interview.
LO2

Identify the skills which are essential to establishing the counsellor/client relationship and explain how these qualities may be developed.

LO3 Introduce the concept of non-directive counselling.
 
Module 3 – The Counselling Relationship.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Introduce the importance of empathy and its importance for building relationships.
LO2

Explain what is meant by trial and error.
LO3

Identify useful motivational skills.
LO4

Describe the factors that make the best counsellors.
 

Module 4 – Motivational skills.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Identify the role of the counsellor in understanding the client’s motivational levels.
LO2

Introduce the questions a counsellor can use to explicit self motivating statements from the client.
LO3 Analyse the counsellors’ roadblocks to communication.
 

Module 5 – Grief and Bereavement.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Analyse grief and bereavement listing the different forms/reactions to grief.
LO2

Discuss the person’s feeling in the time of grief in either normal or violent circumstances.
LO3

Discuss the importance of how grief and the grieving person should be managed.
 

Module 6 – Stress, Anxiety and Depression.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Discuss the two categories that stress symptoms may be divided into.
LO2

Explain the issues of depression as well as what symptoms may manifest from the illness.
LO3

Identify how negative thinking may be turned into positivity leading onto restoring self-esteem of the depressed client.

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