Level 2 CPCAB Counselling Skills Certificate
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This CPCAB qualification is for people who want to work in helping interactions or enhance their skills base for their current workplace, or for those to pursue further study as a counsellor. It will help to develop self-awareness and provide knowledge and understanding of the necessary counselling skills, leading to additional theory and practice.
By the end of the course, learners will have gained an understanding of the beginnings, middle stages and endings of a helping interaction. They will also learn how to apply a repertoire of skills and how to work with silence, have a basic knowledge of the counselling models and develop confidence that their newfound skills can be applied effectively.
This is a 30-week evening course, designed for those who may work by day and are interested in retraining to become a counsellor. The course is longer than the 18-week daytime course to account for the shorter lessons, i.e. 3 hours in the evening compared to 5 hours in the daytime. The content and number of guided learning hours of each course are, however, the same.
In the course, you will learn about:
By the end of the course, you will understand empathy and how to focus on keeping to your helpee’s agenda and how to use your awareness of your own experiences and feelings to enhance this work rather than detract from it. This course, demands an ability to look at your own process and reflect on what you bring to each interaction in order to improve your practice.
- Various counselling skills and how to safely and ethically use them. We adhere to the principles of the BACP, and you will learn about these and how to apply them to your helping work.
- the different stages of a helping session and how to manage these, sustaining healthy boundaries that keep you and your helpee safe.
By the end of the course, you will understand empathy and how to focus on keeping to your helpee’s agenda and how to use your awareness of your own experiences and feelings to enhance this work rather than detract from it. This course, demands an ability to look at your own process and reflect on what you bring to each interaction in order to improve your practice.
No previous training or experience is required to undertake this course. Although it is suitable for anyone over the age of 18, you will be expected to:
*Disclaimer – Please note that if an applicant has experienced a significant life event in the last 6 months (for instance, a close bereavement or recovery from a mental health issue), the college has the right to refuse the application and will recommend deferring due to the demands of the course.
- Be able to cope with the course content*
- Have the ability to translate intra-personal experience into language and written work
- Be able to benefit from self-development
- Be able to give and process feedback received in a constructive way
- Be able to form successful working relationships with peers
- Be motivated towards developing as a helper
- Have current emotional stability*
- Identify reasons for training beyond just personal development
- Work with differences and diversity within the learning group
A learning review (500-750 words) must be completed after each session.
Longer assignments in this course include an essay, a taped assessment, a group presentation and a summary self-review.
All students will have the opportunity to discuss assessments with their tutor during scheduled tutorials.
This course will provide you with insight and competence in a wide range of counselling skills that are useful in a variety of roles, e.g. care assistant, keyworker, support worker.
This course itself will not teach you to be a counsellor, but it will help you to decide whether or not you want to continue training toward becoming a counsellor and applying for the CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies.
This course itself will not teach you to be a counsellor, but it will help you to decide whether or not you want to continue training toward becoming a counsellor and applying for the CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies.
To enrol on this course, please email counselling@bcot.ac.uk with the course you are interested in, quoting PEBL004 in the subject line.
Following a successful asynchronous interview, you will receive an enrolment code to complete your enrolment online.
Course Details
Course Code:
PEBL004
Study Mode:
Part Time
Location
Basingstoke
Duration:
1 Year
Start Date:
17/09/2026
Day & Time:
Wed or Thu 6pm to 9pm
Tuition Fees:
£525.00
Registration Fees:
£205.00
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