Counselling Skills, _ISS

Compulsory Courses

All the counselling skills courses are practical, experiential courses which will enable students to develop self-awareness and advanced communication skills. The five elements of theory, skills practice, professional development, personal development and ethics are present throughout all the courses.

The course consists of 4 modules and the themes associated with them are:

• Counselling Skills 1: Active Listening and Responding
• Counselling Skills 2: Different Therapeutic Modalities/ Approaches
• Counselling Skills 3: Process and Use of Counselling Skills
• Counselling Skills 4: Application of Counselling Skills

The first module introduces listening and counselling skills, then introduces different counselling approaches in module 2. In module 3 the student will explore a range of different issues someone might need support with and how support is applied, then conclude in module 4 with a focus on the application of the counselling skills and yourself as a listener.

The 4 modules can be completed over two academic years or in one academic year by successful completion of our Immersive Course option.

Each module is in a blended learning format and consists of ten weekly 2-hour online tutorials and individual learning tasks or ten weekly 3-hour in-person tutorials and individual learning.

For the Immersive Course option, the blended learning format consists of ten weekly 4-hour online tutorials and individual learning, or ten weekly 6-hour in-person tutorials and individual learning.