Do you have an interest in counselling and helping others? Perhaps you’re already using counselling skills in your professional or voluntary work and want to broaden your horizons. Our Advanced Counselling Level 4 covers key approaches to short-term and goal-focused counselling and self-awareness. An ideal qualification for anyone looking to study counselling at a higher level, improve their prospects or expand their knowledge.
Important: We strongly recommend you have a Level 3 Counselling qualification for this course. This is because a strong groundwork of the basics will greatly help you on the Advanced Counselling Level 4. Whilst this course does not give you a license to practice as a counsellor, it will improve your knowledge and prospects.
Our Advanced Counselling Diploma provides insight into the knowledge and skills of counsellors. First, you’ll learn the distinction between counselling and psychotherapy before looking at the need for clinical supervision.
As you progress, you’ll master key skills counsellors use every day to help people manage conditions such as anxiety. Moreover, you’ll learn the importance of boundaries and confidentiality in a counselling relationship.
Finally, we’ll look at self-awareness, the benefits of SMART goals, and various approaches to therapy. In addition, there will be many exercises to aid your studies, including Kolb’s learning styles and the experimental learning style. As a result, you’ll complete the course with an advanced understanding of counselling.
This is an ideal course for anyone who has studied Counselling Skills at Level 3. This step-up expands on what you will have previously learned with more advanced concepts and a deeper exploration of key approaches and theories. It’s also an ideal way to develop new skills or evolve the skills you may already have while studying counselling.
Whilst this qualification does not give a license to practice as a counsellor, it does teach you the knowledge and skills needed to pursue higher education, experience, and avenues for this career in the future. You will also be able to attain membership with the ACCPH (Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists, and Hypnotherapists).
Counselling has proven extremely effective for many mental health conditions. Thus, developing an advanced counselling mindset will enable you to engage in purposeful coaching and relationship building. Enrol today!
An advanced course for anyone looking to improve their prospects and expand their knowledge of counselling.
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With a heritage stretching back over 150 years, NCFE is one of the largest awarding bodies in the UK. Over 340,000 students were awarded certification by NCFE last year. Our NCFE Customised Qualifications are bespoke, unregulated qualifications developed to meet the needs of our learners. Completing Customised Qualifications does not lead to an OFQUAL regulated qualification, but they can be used as evidence of knowledge and skills towards future study.
Up to 200 hours, which is around 30 minutes per day for 12 months.
To successfully complete this course, there is a requirement to complete 100 hours plus counselling, this can be on a voluntary basis, to facilitate and demonstrate your skills in counselling.
The course is specially designed for study by distance learning. Throughout the course, there will be self-assessment questions, and tutor marked assignments (TMAs), to enable you to monitor your progress.
You have up to a year to complete this course and we have included a suggested number of study hours. This is usually ample time for learners, even with full-time jobs and other commitments. Don’t worry if you go over the year though, we can organise an extension to your course for an additional fee, which also extends your tutor support.
Throughout this course, you may be expected to complete assignments, essays, research projects, presentations, video/audio recordings, and practical learning sessions to meet the requirements of your course. This information will be included in your study pack detailing exactly what you need to do to accomplish your goals as a student.
This course has Professional Endorsement by ACCPH (Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists).
When the ACCPH endorse a course at a Level, it is approximately equivalent to that Level of those qualifications that are listed on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF). The RQF is the national framework of UK qualifications, and the certificate of achievement is issued by a National Awarding Organisation.
At the end of this course, successful learners will receive an NCFE Customised Qualification and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the details all of the units you have completed as part of your course). You can read more about NCFE customised qualifications here.
Difficulty - Level 4
Entry requirements - It's recommended having a Counselling Level 3 qualification, so you have the founding knowledge to succeed on this Level 4 qualification.
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To enrol on this Advanced Counselling Level 4 Diploma, it's strongly recommended that you already have and hold Counselling Skills Level 3 Diploma.
You will have access to your personal tutor, via email and telephone, who will mark your assignments and guide you through the course. In addition, you will be supplied with a comprehensive Study Guide which will help you through the study and assessment process. Your personal tutor will be highly experienced in their subject area and qualified to teach.
We provide all the specially written learning materials you require to study this course at home. The course fee also includes tutor support for the specified duration of your course.
You will receive everything you need to complete this course within the study pack we send to you.
No, this course is assessed by coursework alone.
No, all of the study materials are supplied within your learning pack.
Most students finish comfortably within the course duration period given. However, if you do need more time, your personal tutor support can be extended for an additional fee.
That’s fine, this course can be studied anywhere and is completed by submitting Tutor marked assignments (TMAs).
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