Level 3: Enhance your counselling skills

What is this course about?

Ideal for those who want to refine, refresh or extend their skills further, our third level counselling skills course will introduce you to advanced ways of working and approaches for specific client groups.

Building on your current skill set and experience, we’ll give you the opportunity to explore different frameworks for client/employee interactions.

Working with fellow students in breakout sessions in a highly supportive environment and with constructive Tutor feedback, you’ll explore one-to-one and group work. Together, we’ll look at the latest approaches and how you could apply them to your practice or work challenges

What does Enhance Your Counselling Skills cover?

Over two weekends, the course gives you a deeper exploration of techniques that you can use with clients or employees: 

• Working with difference .
• Working towards an agreed change or goal.
• Focusing on the here and now.
• Channels of communication.
• Working with couples.
• Working with groups.
• ‘Two-chair’ technique’.
• Advanced creative interventions, such as ‘walking therapy'.

What outcomes can I expect?

Building on the second level skills course, this will give you advanced techniques you can use in your counselling, psychotherapy, coaching or training practice or consultancy.

You will receive a Connexus Institute Certificate in Enhanced Counselling skills at the end, and you may decide to join our exciting Psychotherapy and Counselling training and become a qualified Psychotherapist or Psychotherapeutic Counsellor or Certified Transactional Analyst.