CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
Course Length:
2 Years
Course Price:
£2,315 per year
Course Timings:
Three sessions a month 9:30am-4:45pm
Course Location:
In-person (Basingstoke)
Start/End Date:
Sept 2024 to July 2026
Awarding Body:
CPCAB
Groups (Choose one):
Thursday Group - First Three Thursdays of each Month
Friday Group - First Three Fridays of each Month
Essential Course Information:
Course Summary
This two-year part-time qualification gives learners the knowledge, skills and competencies to work as a therapeutic counsellor in an agency context.
This qualification is designed to lead to an employed or voluntary role in a counselling agency in both health care and non-medical settings. Successful completion of this course means you will be able to provide a therapeutic counselling service – initially within the context of an agency’s service framework but later (by completing the CPCAB Level 5 Diploma or its equivalent) students may progress to independent practice.
Topics Covered
By the end of the course, candidates shall have greater awareness, understanding and skills in enabling them to:
- Work ethically, safely and professionally as a counsellor
- Work within a counselling relationship
- Work with client diversity in counselling work
- Work within a user-centred approach to counselling
- Work with self-awareness in the counselling process
- Work within a coherent framework of counselling theory and skills
- Work self-reflectively as a counsellor
- Work ethically, safely and professionally as a counsellor
- Work within a counselling relationship
- Work with client diversity in counselling work
- Work within a user-centred approach to counselling
- Work with self-awareness in the counselling process
- Work within a coherent framework of counselling theory and skills
- Work self-reflectively as a counsellor
Entry Requirements
To be eligible to apply for this course, you must have already completed (or be due to complete) both a Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills and a Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies (or their equivalent).
Students must also be aged 19 or over.
Assessment Process
Students will be assessed through a variety of methods, including:
- Written work (including essays, reflective journals and case studies)
- Tutor and peer observations of skills practice sessions
- Group presentations
- Reports from clinical supervisors and placement managers
- An externally assessed case study assignment
- Written work (including essays, reflective journals and case studies)
- Tutor and peer observations of skills practice sessions
- Group presentations
- Reports from clinical supervisors and placement managers
- An externally assessed case study assignment
Additional Course Requirements
In addition to attending the course, students will be required to fulfil the following requirements (which are financed by the student):
- Engage with 60hrs of personal therapy with a Mindspace approved therapist (over the two years)
- Secure a voluntary counselling placement and facilitate 100hrs of counselling
- Engage in clinical supervision once in placement, in line with BACP's ethical guidelines (including a compulsory 1hr session of 1-1 supervision per month)
- Take out a professional indemnity insurance policy whilst in placement
- Hold student membership with BACP for the entire duration of the course
- Engage with 60hrs of personal therapy with a Mindspace approved therapist (over the two years)
- Secure a voluntary counselling placement and facilitate 100hrs of counselling
- Engage in clinical supervision once in placement, in line with BACP's ethical guidelines (including a compulsory 1hr session of 1-1 supervision per month)
- Take out a professional indemnity insurance policy whilst in placement
- Hold student membership with BACP for the entire duration of the course
Theoretical Orientation
Our Level 4 Diploma is based in Clarkson's (2003) Five Relationship Model of Integration, which acts as a framework to integrate several approaches to counselling. The main modalities referenced on this course are Person-Centred Therapy, Contemporary Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy and Transactional Analysis.
Further Training
On completion of the Level 4 Diploma, students will be eligible to apply for the following courses currently delivered at our centre:
- CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
- CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People
- Open University Foundation Degree in Counselling
- CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
- CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People
- Open University Foundation Degree in Counselling
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