Counselling Training

Counselling helps people to enhance the way they use their existing resources and skills to solve life's problems.

Whether you wish to train in counselling with a view to making this a career, or to add to your skills for use in your existing work or life, we have a variety of courses to suit you.

Our Counselling training includes training at Certificate and Diploma level. Our Diploma in Counselling has been accredited by the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy since 1994 and continues its established tradition of developing highly skilled practitioners.

Our approach is humanistic in philosophy and the theory and methods taught are integrative.

People train as counsellors for many reasons - to see some questions that may help you in your evaluation click here.

60 Hours Certificate in Counselling

Our Certificate course is a "first step" for people who might be interested in progressing to the College's BACP accredited Diploma in Counselling or EATA recognised TA training.

It is of interest to those working in a voluntary or professional capacity, and to people interested in using counselling skills in their lives and relationships.

Our certificate course is available as one evening module per week for 30 weeks (3 blocks of 10 weeks), or as 5 weekend modules during July, August and September.

Selection to the course is via individual interview, and a College Certificate is awarded on satisfactory completion of the course.

Full details of this course are contained in our Prospectus and this can be obtained by clicking the On-line Prospectus link on the left of this page.

Diploma in Integrative Humanistic Counselling

(BACP Accredited Course)
This modular course develops counsellors who wish to meet the requirements for accreditation by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Our course covers all main aspects of the theory and practice of counselling, including modules on setting up professional practice.

Students enjoy small group sizes offering plenty of tutor time.

Our Diploma course is available part time over two years. The course is available on a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.

Entry requirements are detailed in our course prospectus but include 60hrs previous training in counselling or equivalent, attending own therapy weekly throughout the course, adherence to the BACP code of ethics and membership of the BACP. 

Selection to the course is via application and selection interview.

We keep contact with our former graduates via our regular Newsletter many of whom have gone on to establish successful private practices or to work as paid counsellors in organisations.

Our philosophy is broadly humanistic and we believe that all techniques and theories are limited and should never be used in ways that avoid or distort contactful relationship between client and counsellor or therapist.

For more information about the college's philosophy click here.

Full details of this course are contained in our Prospectus and this can be obtained by clicking the On Line Prospectus link on the left of this page

The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy website can be found at www.bacp.co.uk

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To contact us, phone: 01892 655 195 or email: info@wealdeninstitute.co.uk