Course Description
This is part one of a 16 week course

No class on 5 October, Half term 26 October


INTRODUCTION
to
COUNSELLING

A 16 week taster course, teaching basic counselling skills

Tuesdays 19.30PM -21.30PM

Brief Course Outline: This course will introduce students to:
 the ethos of counselling
 the basic counselling skills
 a variety of counselling approaches and theoretical concepts
 the concept of personal development

The course is suitable for those wishing to gain more information on what counselling is and how it works, and for those who may wish to explore whether further study in counselling would be appropriate. It is suitable for complete beginners and for those who are already working in settings where the use of counselling skills is required but who have no formal training. In addition, the course provides ample opportunity for those wishing to improve interpersonal skills.

Active
Participation: The course will introduce students to the concept of self-
development. As this is an interactional course students need to be prepared
to participate at least minimally in class based and small group exercises and
in group discussion.

Assessment: This is a non-assessed course. A certificate of attendance will be available
upon completion of the 16 weeks. A minimum of 80% needs to be attended in
order to receive the certificate.

Reading: Suggestions for reading will be given but no purchases are required.
Some handouts will be provided.


Facilitator: Anna Wanless is a qualified, accredited and UKCP registered psychotherapist and counsellor with some 25 years experience as practitioner. She has a qualification as Integrative Psychotherapist and Integrative Supervisor. She is qualified as a Post-Adoption Counsellor. Her private practice includes supervising practitioners as well as acting as a consultant to other supervisors.
Apart from working in private practice in London and Hertfordshire, she also teaches on the 2-year Undergraduate Counselling programme at the University of Hertfordshire. She has written the Introduction to Counselling course and taught it for several years at UH.
She is External Live Assessor for the Diploma in Counselling training at the Minster Centre in London, and supervises volunteer counsellors at a counselling service working with refugees and victims of torture.
She is a member of the UKCP (United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy) and the BACP (Bristish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy).











Fee: £100