Accredited Counselling Courses
Our accredited courses by CPCAB combine Islamic counselling and how to work with the whole community and not just the Muslim community. If you want to become a qualified counsellor and work within an ethical framework then these courses are for you. Please select from the courses below to find out more.
Who sits our Islamic counselling courses
Our courses are open to all. Our current Learners consists of people from various backgrounds including solicitors, Muslim Chaplains and Imams, graduates including Psychology graduates, social workers, mums or just yourself who want to change career.
What do our existing and current Learners say
“Everyone should sit the course”
“I like the fact that i can work with different communities and the combination of Islamic values, ethos, the comparisons and differences between mainstream and Islamic counselling”
It’s more than a qualification where you gain a greater insight about yourself and who you are, Increase in confidence and reconnect with your faith.
Have fun whilst learning and made new friends for life.
Level 2 Award in Listening Support Skills
The Level 2 Award in Listening Support Skills will benefit students from 14 years to mature adults who are interested in understanding other people and improving their personal and working relationships.
Listening Support Skills will help you:
- to support colleagues at work, family, friends or as a community volunteer
- to enhance your work as a helping professional
- in Peer Support work
- to support service users
Entry requirements
No previous training or experience is required to undertake this qualification but you will be asked to complete tasks and be involved in work groups discussions.
Structure
Guided learning hours 20(minimum)
Credit Value 4
Minimum 14 years
Progression
Once Candidates have completed this qualification, they can progress to Level 2 Award in Introduction to Counselling skills
Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
If you want to become a counsellor the Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills forms the foundation of professional counselling practice as well as providing the essential listening and communications skills used by helping professionals.
It is the first compulsory qualification on our progression route to becoming a counsellor.
The learner will be able to:-
- Use counselling skills ethically and safely
- Explain and maintain boundaries and confidentiality
- Work and communicate emphatically
- Enable the helpee to focus on their concerns
- Use of self-awareness by feedback, reflection and supervision
- Islamic counselling and mainstream counselling, differences, similarities
Entry requirements
No previous training or experience is required to undertake this qualification but candidates must be able to cope with course content which involves written essays, Peer assessments and group work.
Structure
Guided learning hours 90 (minimum)
Credit Value 17
Minimum age 18 years
Progression
Successful candidates may progress onto the Level 3 Certificate in counselling skills
Venue/Dates
Please click here for dates and times of this course
Costs
Total cost is £1000 this includes registration with CPCAB. Monthly payment option is available
Enrolment
Please email us for an application form
Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
The Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies introduces you to the three main theoretical approaches to counselling and shows you what you can expect from working with counselling agencies.
As part of this qualification you can volunteer to work for an agency in a non-counselling capacity. Working on an agency-based project is also an effective way of securing a work placement for further counselling experience.
This learner will be able to:
- To understand and prepare to work within an etchical framework for counselling
- Understand and explain the counselling relationship
- Understand and working with diversity and differences
- Working with a user centred approach to counselling
- Understanding theories of counselling and mental health
- Self awareness by using feedback, reflection and supervision to support counselling
Entry requirements
You must have undertaken counselling skills training, e.g. our Level 2 Certificate in Counselling skills
Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills or equivalent units/qualifications of at least 75 Guided Learning Hours.
Structure
Guided learning hours 90 (minimum)
Credit Value 17
Minimum age 18 years
Progression
Successful candidates may progress onto the Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
Venue/Dates
Please click here for dates and times of this course
Costs
Total cost is £1000 this includes registration with CPCAB. Monthly payment option is available
Enrolment
Please email us for an application form
Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
Our Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling will benefit learners who want to train to become a counsellor working in a counselling agency. Successful completion of this course will enable you to provide a therapeutic counselling service within the context of an agency’s service framework.
The Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling provides:
- coherent vocational and professional counselling training
- a competence based training which highlights the development of skilled practice via experiential learning
- specific training for the role of counsellor in an agency
- the opportunity to learn a wide range of counselling theories and approaches
- a pathway onto the Open University Foundation Degree in Counselling.
Entry requirements
You must have obtained both our Level 2 Certificate in Counselling skills and our Level 3 Certificate in Counselling studies, or their equivalent.
Structure
Guided learning hours 420 (minimum)
Credit Value 120
Minimum age 19 years
Progression
Upon successful completion
You may progress onto CPCAB’s:
Level 5 Diploma in Cognitive Behavioual Therapeutic Sklls nd Theory (CBT-L5)
Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling (PC-L5)
Open University
You will want to work toward BACP accreditation as a counsellor which will require you have a minimum number of post qualifying (TC-L4) hours practice