Professional Practice In Counselling

Overview

Aims of the Professional Practice In Counselling course from Warnborough College

• Discuss some of the main personal qualities that counselling will draw upon and demonstrate an awareness of the types of issues that new counsellors will need to resolve within themselves.

• Raise awareness of: the ethical issues that arise within the profession, legal requirements, informed consent, decision-making and other related topics.

• Gain insight into how the self, and one’s perception of the self influences both the client and the counsellor, and to understand the effect of the self upon relationships both within and outside the counselling process.

• Enhance awareness of what is considered a healthy personality, to consider different types of personality tests, and to become aware of the application of different approaches to personality within the counselling process.

• Explain how emotions arise, what they are, how they influence our bodies, minds and behaviour, and their role in the counselling process.

• Understand the necessity for counsellors to have ongoing supervision throughout their professional career and to be constantly striving to upgrade their skills.

• Delineate circumstances in which it is preferable to refer a client on to another health care professional, and to understand some of the main disorders that they may encounter.