Cert HE Counselling and Counselling Skills (Certificate of Higher Education) at Birkbeck, University of London

On our Certificate of Higher Education in Counselling and Counselling Skills you will be able to reflect on questions such as, why do we all experience things differently and why is it sometimes so tricky to make sense of our feelings? How does the current sociopolitical world affect our emotional world, and how do inner and outer experiences relate to one another? You will also practise listening and responding skills in the classroom.

Faculty: Birkbeck School of Counselling and Psychotherapy  |  Duration: One year full-time, on campus  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: October 2027 | January 2028  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

You will develop your self-awareness and an understanding of the complexity of each person’s emotional experience. Together, we will explore feelings, thoughts and how our external world affects us, such as through family, work and wider sociocultural factors. Compulsory modules include Developing Skills and Groupwork, Human and Social Development, Introduction to Counselling, Understanding Therapeutic Practice, Starting in October 2027.

Career pathways

On completing this CertHE in Counselling and Counselling Skills you will have gained a set of valuable attributes and skills, for example: skills in a range of helping roles, greater awareness in groups and working contexts, skills in evaluating and assessing counselling theory, the ability to reflect on social identity and role in a range of contexts.

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