Para-Counselling (WSQ) (Classroom & Asynchronous)
About This Course
Learners will be able to acquire skills, attitude and knowledge to provide para-counselling to clients within an agreed counselling framework. It includes supporting certified counselling professionals in their daily work and supporting the implementation of appropriate para-counselling approaches.
The learner will be able to achieve the following learning outcomes upon completion of training:
1. Identify the roles of a para-counsellor
2. Describe the guiding principles and ethical issues of counselling
3. Explain theories and techniques of 6 counselling therapies
4. Apply communication techniques when interacting with clients
5. Apply integrative approach in counselling
6. Apply counselling skills to meet client’s needs in different setting
What You'll Learn
• The role of Para–counsellors
• Becoming an Effective Multicultural Counsellor
2) Ethical issues in counselling practice.
• Putting Clients’ Needs Before Your Own
• The Right of Informed Consent
• Dimensions of Confidentiality
• Becoming an Ethical Counsellor
3) Theories and techniques of Counselling.
Key concepts, the therapeutic process and application of the following therapies:
• Psychoanalytic Therapy
• Person-centred Therapy
• Gestalt Therapy
• Behavior Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Family Counselling
4) Communication & Integration.
• Communication techniques throughout the counselling process:
• Attending & Listening Skills
• Responding & Questioning Skills
• Relate Theories and Integrate in Counselling Practice
5) Practical for Counselling Skills.
• Apply counselling skills to meet the needs of diverse client in different settings
Entry Requirements
Educational Level, and language & literacy proficiency level
- GCE ‘N’ Level
- Demonstrate English listening, speaking, reading and writing skills at a proficiency level not lower than the ES WSQ Workplace Literacy (WPL) Level 4
Assumed Attitude, Skills and Knowledge
Learners are assumed to have the following skills, knowledge and attitude:
- Positive attitude towards learning and ability to communicate with team members effectively
- Willingness to help and serve people
Potential learners who do not meet the abovementioned requirements but possess the relevant job experience, and/or have the passions to serve the social service sector, will be considered on a case-by-case basis.