Next  course dates:

March 2025 until August 2025

Mondays / Fortnightly

9.30am - 4.00pm

Location: 

The courses will be held Online / Interactive Platfom classes and revert to a location in Winchester 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.

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:

 9.30am - 4.00pm (Excluding Tutorials)

Location: This course will be carried out Online / Nationwide (revert to University of Winchester at Level 4)

About the course:

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 

This is a 2 Year Course - BACP Approved Pratitioner Qualification (APQ)

Next course start date:

January 2026 - November 2027

Course day/times:

Saturday / Forrtnightly

9.30 am - 4.30 pm (Excluding Tutorials) 

Location:

University of Winchester

About the Course:

Ofqual - Recognised National Qualification (RNQ) 

120 Credits

This BACP Approved two-year part-time qualification gives candidates the knowledge, skills and competencies to work as a qualified Therapeutic Counsellor.

For courses at Centre Locations a blended approach applies which includes approx. twenty five percent of the total course online teaching/webinars and complimented by a virtual learning environment throughout the course.   

Successful completion of the course leads to a nationally regulated qualification awarded by the Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB) – the only nationally regulated awarding body to specialise in the field of counselling and supervision.

The course structure is based on Pluralistic Theory underpinned by a Person-Centred Approach to inform counselling skills practice and buildding an effective therapeutic alliance.  Drawing on principles and concepts of wide-ranging theory/models enables a greater awareness and understanding of the client and presenting issues. 

This qualification is intended for candidates who have already acquired Level 2 (CSK-L2) and Level 3 (CST-L3) and/or Recognized Prior Learning (RPL).  You will have a disire to:

Take the next step in training to become a qualified Counsellor 

Learn more about counselling theory, ethics and mental health

Be prepared for work as a professional counsellor in an agency setting 

Successul completion of the course include completing Internal Assessments and building a Porfolio inclusive of approval to undertake the BACP Certificate of Proficiency (CoP) towards the end of the second year

100 Hours of Counselling Placement in a recognized and established Counselling Agency which provides Clinical Supervision

A minimum of 10 Hours/per year of Personal Counselling throughout the course 

Completion of a Portfolio consisting of achieving Learning Criteria over seven Learning Outcomes:

1. Working ethically and safely as a Counsellor.
2. Working within a counselling relationship.
3. Working with client diversity in cousnelling work.
4. Working with a user-centred approach to counselling.
5. Working with self-awareness in the counselling process.
6. Working within a coherent framework of counselling, theory and skills.
7. Working self-reflectively as a counsellor.

Course Philosophy:

An important aspect of the course is that Tutors pride themselves on maintaining a student-led approach, including a sensitivity in providing constructive feedback.  Continual support and guidance are offered with regular Tutorials ensuring a positive learning experience. This is complemented by external speakers from time to time. Our philosophy of ensuring a transparency and ease of communication between students and Tutors is aided by our tailored interactive classrooms/virtual learning environment (VLE).

Provisional Scheduled Class/Course Dates:

Year 1:

TBA 

Year 2: 

TBA

(* A blended Approach applies which includes a small portion of Online/Interactive teaching/learning)

Total cost of the course for the 1st Year:  

£4275.00 

(£8275.00 in total for the 2 years)

(Inclusive of CPCAB Registration Fee of £366 payable for each year of the course and BACP £25 COP Fee)