6 Short courses in Counselling Psychology in Africa
Introduction to Palliative Care
The Introduction to Palliative Care course offered by the University of Cape Town is aimed at healthcare and counselling professionals to equip them in assessing and managing patients (and their families) living with life-limiting and life-threatening illness, to improve their quality of life and support their families in providing care at home.
Basic HIV Counselling Skills
The Basic HIV Counselling Skills course offered by the University of Cape Town is ideal for you if you are a social worker, psychologist, nurse, research worker, community health worker, lay counsellor, and any cadre of staff working in the HIV field.
Basic Counselling Skills
The Basic Counselling Skills course offered by the University of Cape Town will help you foster healthy relationships when working with people, albeit patients in a clinic or hospital setting; members of the community; or research participants.
Psychosocial Interventions in End-of-Life and Bereavement Care
The primary aim of the Psychosocial Interventions in End-of-Life and Bereavement Care short learning programme offered by North-West University (NWU) is to equip professionals with essential knowledge of end-of-life and bereavement counselling and intervention by providing theoretical frameworks associated with the field of loss, grief and bereavement.
Orientation and Background to HIV-AIDS Care and Counselling
The Orientation and Background to HIV-AIDS Care and Counselling module at the University of South Africa (UNISA) covers knowledge of HIV and Aids in general, principles and strategies of behaviour change to prevent HIV infection, HIV counselling principles and skills, care and support for the HIV infected person, and ethics in the HIV field..
Advanced HIV and Adherence Counselling
The Advanced HIV and Adherence Counselling course offered by the University of Cape Town is aimed at lay counsellors, adherence counsellors, community health workers, research workers, psychologists, social workers, nurses, medical officers.