Next  course dates:

March 2025 until August 2025

Mondays / Fortnightly

9.30am - 4.00pm (Excluding optional Tutorials)

Location: 

The courses will be held Online / Interactive Platfom classes and revert to a location in Salisbury at Level 4

About the course:

This qualification is designed to give candidates the underpinning knowledge, skills and competencies to use counselling skills ethically and safely in a variety of contexts and roles. Progression will lead to access to the Level 3 (CST-L3) Counselling Qualification

17 Credits

This qualification is for: 

• Those starting the first level of training as a professional counsellor.
• Those who want to learn counselling skills in other professional or helping roles.
• Those who want to improve their professional and personal relationships as part of personal development.
• Those who wish to improve communication and listening skills.

About the course:

This qualification leads to employment and increases employability for those whose role is to support others in sectors such as health and social care, teaching and learning, advocacy and mediation, support and project work, and other helping roles. It provides additional skills for those already in employment and is likely to lead to increased opportunities for promotion and advancement.

To make the distinction between counselling and counselling skills clear, CPCAB refers to the person using counselling skills as a ‘helper’ and the person being helped as a ‘helpee’.[ An example of helping work would be a care assistant (the helper) listening to someone they are looking after (the helpee) who is very worried about the health of a family member. The helper will help them to express their feelings and concerns. They may also guide them to a specific professional who may be able to provide them with the more specialised or in-depth help they may need. The core theoretical model underpinning the course is the Person-Centred Approach.   The terms ‘counsellor’ and ‘client’ are not used until the Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies (CST-L3).

Course schedule:

Refer to Further Information

Total cost of the course:

 £1095.00 

Progression from Level 2 

Next course start date:

April 2025 - November 2025

 Saturday (Fortnightly) 

Course times:

9.30 am - 4.00 pm (Excluding Tutorials) 

Location: Online / Nationwide reverting to In-Person at a location in Salisbury at Level 4

Progression to Level 4 (TC-L4)

Ofqual - Recognised National Qualification (RNQ) - Certificate 

20 Credits

Adopts a Humanistic Approach to inform Counselling Skills Practice 

This qualification is intended for candidates who have already acquired a recognised qualification in counselling skills and want to:

• Take the next step in training to become a counsellor 
• Learn more about counselling theory, ethics and mental health
• Be prepared for work as a professional counsellor in an agency setting 

This Qualification leads to employment and increases employability for those whose role is to support others in sectors such as health and social care work, teaching and learning, advocacy and mediation, support and project work, and other helping roles. It provides additional skills for those already in employment and is likely to lead to increased opportunities for promotion and advancement towards practitioner-level qualifications (TC-L4).

Next scheduled course dates: 

April 25

26

May 25

10; 24

June 25

07; 21

July 25

05; 19

September 25

13; 27

October 25

11; 25

November 25

01; 08

Cost of the course:  

£1195.00 

Progression from Level 3

Course start date:  TBA

Location in Salisbury