Counselling CPD

Developing a Therapeutic Relationship and Counselling Skills

Level 6 (undergraduate level) 20 credits

This short course has been designed to help you explore what counselling skills are and how they help people deal with difficult issues in their lives.

It is for people with little or no experience of counselling who wish to explore how to help others.

This module may also appeal to those who use counselling skills in their present work and those who intend to work in a helping capacity.

Completion of this module fulfils one of the entry requirements for the University of Brighton’s postgraduate diplomas in Humanistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, and in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy, for which potential candidates need to complete an accredited face-to-face counselling skills course.

applying for 2023

Applications to start this course in 2023 will open in February.

Learning and teaching on the course

You will explore some of the ideas from both humanistic and psychodynamic theory and how these ideas can help people find meaning in their lives. You will also engage in experiential work where you work in small groups within a ‘fishbowl’. This is where you work with a colleague from the course and other people in the group and the facilitator gives you feedback to help you develop your counselling skills.

This module starts in September and is 12 weeks (excluding the winter break). Timings are 5.30pm–8.30pm weekly at the University of Brighton, Moulsecoomb campus. For the first week the module will start at 4.30pm with an introduction to the library.

Why choose this course?

You will have the chance to explore what counselling skills are and how to use them to help people in a variety of settings where you are engaged in working with people. If you are intending to undertake either of the postgraduate diplomas in counselling at the University of Brighton, then this module will be invaluable in assisting you in your choice between the two courses might wish to study and in addition enables you to explore the purpose and use of counselling skills.

Helpful reading

Person-Centred Counselling in a Nutshell, Casemore R. (20110)
Counselling in a Nutshell, Dryden W. (2010)
Counselling Skills and Theory, Hough M. (2014)
Psychodynamic Counselling in a Nutshell, Howard S. (2018)
Psychodynamic Counselling in Action, Jacobs M. (2017)
Person-Centred Counselling in Action, Mearns D., Thorne B. McLeod J. (2013)

Fees

£800 (academic year 2023–24)

How to apply

Applications for 2023 open in February.

Application is via our downloadable form (Word doc).

You will need to complete the form and provide one reference. Your completed application form and reference should be emailed to professionalcourseadmissions@brighton.ac.uk.

Please note for information that if you are invited to attend the group interview, you will also be required to submit an essay as part of the application process.

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