Fundamental Counselling Skills

The Fundamental Counselling Skills micro-credential introduces you to the basics of counselling, essential processes and skills in a helping relationship. There is always that special person who people naturally gravitate to for support with their problems.

Be it at work around the water cooler or that special kind of teacher who always has a moment to listen.In this 6-week course, you will be introduced to counselling terminology, key concepts and the Relational Skills Model.

Gain practical skills needed for effective helping conversations, such as: attending skills, active listening skills, contracting skills, paraphrasing, summarising, identifying and reflecting feelings, asking questions, the skill of challenging, use of immediacy and self-disclosure, empathy, goal-setting and action planning.

Develop your capacity as a reflective practitioner and regularly reviewing your application of the processes and skills.