Pearson BTEC Level 5 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling

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In this qualification, learners have an opportunity to develop their core model theory and compare this with other theories. The qualification is of 420 hours in total and this includes two full funded residential weekends one in the 1st and one in the 2nd year. Core units cover skills practice, professional and ethical issues and human development. The importance of ethical practice is emphasised throughout the qualification. There is a requirement of 100 hours of client work associated with this qualification. Students have to be in therapy themselves for 50 hours over the two year duration of the course. The cost of this is not included within the course fees and currently costs approximately £25 per hour for student therapist. This course is intended for those who wish to work towards professional accredited status as a counselling practitioner. Safety (ethics, boundaries, and safety for self and client. Membership of the BACP is compulsory) Relationship ( building a relationship between Volunteer Counsellor and client in an agency setting) Difference and Diversity ( acknowledging and respecting each other's differences in terms of race, culture, age, gender, abilities, applying equal opportunities to the relationship) Service User Centred ( putting the client at the centre of the process, ensuring that the Volunteer Counsellor adheres to the BACP Framework for Good Practice in putting the needs of the client at the heart of the therapeutic process) Self Awareness ( Developing emotional intelligence as a trainee, learning how to listen to self and others in a caring Rogerian way of being) Gaining understanding of the range of theories that inform practice ranging from Freud, Klein, Bowlby, Adler and other Psychodynamic theories to the Humanistic theories of Fritz Perls, Maslow, Rogers, Kahn, Gill, Kohut, Mearns and Thorne, and extending the theory base to include Existential Philosophy including Rollo May, Irvin Yalom, Heidegger, Sa

Course information

Name: Pearson BTEC Level 5 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling Qualification title: BTEC Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (QCF) Qualification type: Assessment By the end of the second year all learners must have completed all assignments and any action points with the exception of the case study that depends on client hours. Students who have not done so, without mitigating circumstances, will have to repeat their second year. Students who only have client hours to achieve will have to return for a full year's supervision and will qualify, upon completion of client hours, with the following year's cohort of students. Awarding Pearson Education Ltd (Formerly EDEXCEL) Created 20170112 13:18:04 Updated 20170112 13:18:04

Entry requirements

None

Provider

Richmond Adult Community College
Further Education
info@racc.ac.uk
020 8891 5907
http://www.racc.ac.uk

Address

Parkshot Town: Richmond County:Surrey