Basic Counselling Skills

Certificate


About the Course

This 3-day workshop provides participants with the chance to practice she basic skills involved in working with others to facilitate change and includes subjects such as: active listening, paraphrasing, mirroring, responding to emotions, managing silence and more.

  • Who is it for?

    Applications are invited from practising and trainee counsellors, not only in Transactional Analysis but in other recognised modalities. Participants must provide evidence of completed training hours (minimum 180) in counselling, using TA, NLP, Person-Centred counselling, Gestalt or other relevant training, and also evidence of reflective learning and/or practice (e.g. two-page extract from a journal). Please bring these to the workshop.

  • Qualification and Accreditation

    A Berne Institute Counselling Skills certificate will be awarded on successful completion of the course.

  • Course Content

    Days one and two will focus on skills and practice with some theory input, and day three will be a competency assessment. All three days of this workshop will begin at 10am and finish at 4pm, with regular breaks.

  • Eligibility and Entry

    The Berne Institute Counselling Skills Certificate is an option for those people who fulfil the additional requirements of: 180 hours of study (including Foundation Year and associated written work) and the endorsement of your tutor or Supervisor. For those attending the course not currently training at The Berne Institute, evidence of equivalent training will be required prior to attendance at the workshop. Please request a Checklist when booking your place, stating whether you are enrolled on a course at The Berne Institute or elsewhere. All are welcome!

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Summary

Course Cost


Fees 2024/25

From 1st September 2024

£375 non-Berne Members

£325 Berne Members

Course Dates

Dates 2024/25

3 days

19, 20 and 25 March 2025

See also
Advanced Counselling Skills Certificate

Tutors


Frances Townsend TSTA(P)

Annette Terry PTSTA(P)


Our Core Philosophy

At The Berne Institute we recognise that people come into TA training with widely differing experiences of clinical practice, theoretical knowledge and formal academic learning, and that they differ widely also in their current personal resources and skills. Our courses therefore honour the uniqueness of each individual’s learning and experience and their different learning styles, pace and areas of competence.

The philosophy and practice of Homonomy that respects our mutuality and interconnectedness has been recently integrated into the Berne Institute philosophy. The aim is to expand the focus in our theory and practice from individual change to include a focus on the wider implications of our work on the whole community and our planet. 


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