Diploma in counselling children and young people

Starting January 2025 - Glasgow

The programme incorporates the BACP counselling children and young people training curriculum (4-18 years) and is designed to provide in-depth professional training in counselling for young people aged 10-18 years.

Academically, the programme provides an advanced investigation of evidence-based interventions for working therapeutically with children and young people in an educational setting. The philosophical approach of the programme integrates an evidence-based resilience approach and the therapeutic conditions hypothesised by Carl Rogers the founder of client-centred therapy.

The diploma was first delivered for Aberdeenshire Council’s school counselling service in 2021-2023 and is currently in the final stages of course accreditation with BACP.

Year 1

Module 1 - The therapeutic conditions for supporting the psychological wellbeing of children and young people.  

​Module 2 - The spectrum of psychological wellbeing and mental health in young people.

Year 2

Module 3 -Creating a collaborative therapeutic agenda to support the holistic wellbeing of young people.

​Module 4 -Working with primary school children to support their emotional health, psychological resilience and reactions to adverse childhood experiences.

Year 1 and 2

Module 5 -Clinical competence: the use of supervision and an in-depth understanding of the counselling process. 

​Module 6 -Development of the reflective practitioner: self-awareness and the ability to be self-reflective.

For the full course information and to book your place, visit exchange-resource.net/diploma