In the course, you will learn about a range of counselling skills and how to safely and ethically use them. We adhere to the principles of the BACP, and you will learn about these and how to apply them to your helping work. You will learn about the different stages of a helping session and how to manage these, sustaining healthy boundaries that keep you and your helpee safe. By the end of the course, you will understand empathy and how to focus on keeping to your helpee’s agenda and how to use your awareness of your own experiences and feelings to enhance this work rather than detract from it. This course, and all the other counselling courses at BCoT, demand an ability to look at your own process and reflect on what you bring to each interaction in order to improve your practice.

To enrol on this course, you will be expected to:

• Be able to cope with course content*
• Have the ability to translate intra-personal experience into language and written work
• Be able to benefit from self-development
• Be able to give and process feedback received in a constructive way
• Be able to form successful working relationships with peers
• Be motivated towards developing as a helper
• Have emotional stability*
• Identify reasons for training beyond just personal development
• Work with difference and diversity within the learning group

*Disclaimer – Please note that if an applicant has experienced a significant life event in the last 6 months i.e. Bereavement or recovery from a mental health issue, the college has the right to refuse the application and will recommend deferring due to the demands of the course.

• A learning review (500-750 words) must be completed after each session.
• Longer assignments on this course include an essay, a taped assessment, a group presentation and a summary self-review
• All students will have the opportunity to discuss assessments with their tutor during scheduled tutorials

Progression to a Level 3 Counselling qualification.

To enrol on this course, please email counselling@bcot.ac.uk with the course you are interested in to arrange an interview with the Course Lecturer and/or Course Director. Following a successful interview, you will then be provided with an enrolment code in order to complete your enrolment online.