This popular course will give you a firm foundation in counseling skills. If your job involves helping others, or if you simply want to be supportive to others, then you'll learn techniques that will help you be more effective in that role.
This course is ideal for those that are either complete beginners to the field of counseling and are considering making a career change to become a counselor, with the aim of getting an insight and understanding of counseling, or existing counselors, teachers, coaches, or parents looking to reinforce their knowledge or to pick up some new skills. This course is also ideal if you are interested in a career in counseling, though are unsure if you want to commit yourself financially and time wise to a full counseling qualification.
Counseling Skills audio course is particularly suitable for those working in: health care, social work, pastoral work, care for the elderly, and teaching. Your studies will provide you with a preliminary understanding of the skills and practice of counseling, as well as an appreciation of the personal qualities associated with the collaborative process of helping others. Counseling is essentially a lively, human, and personal experience between two people. Therefore, it is a process which requires a commitment of time and effort from both parties.
The course is suitable for anyone with an interest in helping others.
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