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Guidance and Counselling: Practical Skills

Online
1.5-3 hours
Free

Course Content

Learn effective counselling skills to support and guide individuals to navigate challenges in this free online course. Guidance and Counseling is a course designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge necessary to assist individuals in making informed decisions, overcoming challenges, and achieving personal and academic goals. The course covers counselling theory, the counselling process, and the purpose of counselling. Students will learn to assess needs, develop intervention strategies, and support individuals in building their resilience.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID192008
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• Recall the historical perspective of counselling
• Indicate the difference between advice, guidance and counselling
• Review the reasons why we do not offer advice in counselling
• Summarise the counselling approaches and theories
• Identify the main stages of counselling
• Explain active listening, empathetic and non-judgemental communication
• Illustrate problem-solving strategies to help clients work towards meaningful solutions
• Discuss the causes and strategies for managing burnout in counselling
• Describe the concept of resilience and techniques for handling adversity
• Apply the ethical guidelines when providing counselling services
Course Code540

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