Certificate in Counselling Studies (CST-L3) accredited by ACC and CPCAB
Course Overview
This is a 90 hour course, typically run on one day per month over the course of one year.
This qualification is for learners who have already acquired some counselling skills and now want to continue their training . It will not teach learners to be counsellors, but it will prepare them to undertake workplace experience as trainee counsellors.
CST-L3 is intended for candidates who, having already acquired CPCAB's Level 2 Certificate In Counselling Skills (or its equivalent), and want to:
• take the next step in training to become a counsellor;
• learn more about counselling theory and agency work.
The CPCAB (Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body) recommends that a student complete both the Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills and the Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies before starting to counsel clients under supervision.
The Level 3 course covers the following topics:
• the counselling environment
• motivation
• models of counselling
• empathy
• conflict
• rejection
• trauma and bereavement
• depression
• sexuality and abuse
• mental health.
Students are expected to complete two essays, a personal learning journal, two book reviews, a group project and a case study as coursework. Students are also required to sit an external assessment for CPCAB, which involves watching a DVD and completing a one-hour paper under exam conditions. Students should expect to complete an additional 90 hours of personal study in addition to the course sessions.
The course is accredited by the CPCAB and the ACC (Association of Christian Counsellors). Following completion of the Level 3 Certificate, students would be able to progress onto a Level 4 Diploma in Christian Counselling.
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