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Counselling courses change
lives. Here's why.... 
The shocking news about today's problems...
Depression, divorce and sexual problems
are all on the increase.
Sadly, that's good news for you as a would-be counsellor.
It means the demand for counsellors can only grow.
Life is more complex than it used to be. Which means
there's an increasing demand for counsellors. Let's
take just four examples:
1. Many people no longer have
a network of family members or a community. So
they have no one whom they can turn to for help. A counsellor
can provide the advice and support that others can't
bring.
2. Women are no longer
willing to tolerate abuse or bad behaviour from their
partners. They often require their partners to seek
advice. 66% of mid-life divorces are initiated by women.
Counsellors can help bring partners together.
3. Old people are separated
from the family, and have no one to turn to. After a
busy life, they can become lonely and troubled. Counsellors
can provide real solutions.
4. Because their parents work, children
often lack the detailed care and support given by parents.
Some turn to drugs. Other children have problems at
school, and stop going. Again a counsellor can help.
And that means more people are seeking
the support of a counsellor. So there's a bigger opportunity
for you to become a professional counsellor.
You can be the person who, day by
day, helps the world become a slightly better place.
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ASET Level 4 Accreditation
Our course is fully accredited by ASET, and on completing
it you get an award equivalent to Level 4 of
the National Learning Framework (post A level/HNC/HND
standard). ASET is a national Awarding Body recognised
by the Department for Education and Skills and by the
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in Britain.
It has been accrediting vocational learning for more
than 50 years and now works with more than 200 providers
in the UK and internationally.
By studying for our Diploma in Counselling, you’ll
give yourself that edge. You couldn’t ask for
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Our
home-study counselling course is a complete programme
that shows you step-by-step how to become a counsellor.
It
includes a large ring-bound binder crammed with modules,
exercises and assignments, plus a course text book,
a course box for your notes, and other items you'll
need.
In
addition, you get all the support you need from your
tutor and your course advisor, plus the marking of your
assignments.
And
there are many other aspects of the course that I'll
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We created the course to help people like you
become a counsellor. Other counselling courses were either
too academic, too brief, or lacking in interactivity to do
the job. Which is why we had to prepare our own.
And for the past eight years we've
been improving it, revealing to students the methods used
by counsellors, and showing them how they can apply these
techniques in their own lives.
"I
feel that this course is a very good introduction to
counselling. It is clearly laid out and instructions
are easy to understand. It allows you to take the course
at your own pace, and your tutor is easy to contact
should you have any questions or queries".
Jacqui Radburn, Newbury, Berkshire
"It was
easy to follow and I was happy to be able to view the
entire course, rather than piece by piece".
Maria Pascali, Toronto, Canada |
Why do the counselling course? Because it's convenient,
value for money, and highly interactive!
Convenience is important to our students
You don't have to attend classes, or be anywhere at a fixed
time. You study at times to suit yourself. A lot of people
study our counselling course between 10pm and 1am –
that's the result of a busy life and their commitment to their
career.
These days, people like you lead lives that are simply too
hectic and unpredictable to be tied down to attending class
on pa particular day, or to log into a website at a particular
hour.
That's why distance learning is so convenient. You choose
when you want to study. It might be after all the kids have
gone to bed. And you decide where to learn – perhaps
on the train to work, or under the shade of a tree in your
garden.
It's great value for money
The Diploma in Counselling course offers great value for
money. We don't have to pay for classrooms all year round,
and our lecturers work from home, so this it means we keep
the cost down. As a result, you get a course that is of high
quality but modest in cost. You save money, without sacrificing
any excellence in learning.
The counselling course is highly interactive
When you sign up, you'll get a lot more than just a set of
books.
1. You'll be able to work with other students on the counselling
course, and discuss common issues with them. You can also
get a 'study buddy', with whom you can practise your counselling
techniques. In fact you can have as many study buddies as
you want. This gives you the convenience of independent study,
plus the advantages of working with other students.
2. You get a Student Advisor, whom you can ring at any time
during work hours. Your Student Advisor will be able to help
you if you have any problems or queries about the course.
3. You'll also have a personal tutor. This will be a working
counsellor who is committed to helping you succeed. Our tutors
are specially chosen to be caring, supportive and experienced.
4. You'll send in assignments to your tutor, who will carefully
assess them and return them to you with helpful comments.
The assignments help to ensure that you have absorbed the
lessons.
5. You'll complete regular self-assessment exercises that
help you check that you understand the issues involved.
The
course design has ways of identifying skills within
yourself that you may have not been aware of.
Sue Slack, Nalvern, Worcestershire,
UK
If it's what you want to do, this is the way to do
it. The support from your Tutor is encouraging, critical
and constructive - and arrives on time!
David Gutteridge, Essex UK
Thank you for supporting me in reaching another goal
in my life! If home study is what suits your personal
needs then this course is excellent as it allows you
to study at your own pace.
Anita Lumbis, West Yorkshire
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Here are some of the ways counsellors help:
Life as a counsellor is very satisfying. You get to resolve
people's problems, and you get paid for it. Here are some
of the situations that counsellors get involved in.
- Save marriages by helping both sides
to understand the other
- Help parents of adolescents to understand
their child better, perhaps dissuading the child from leaving
home or taking to drugs or the street.
- Give lonely older people the gift of
friendship
- Help suicidal people feel that there
is a purpose in life
- Let people who were abused as a child
explore their feelings towards their abuser, and perhaps
attain peace of mind or closure.
- Give angry people tools that let them
control their anger, thus making life better for those around
them
- Allow the bereaved a forum in which
they can express their hurt, safely explore their feelings,
and ultimately come to terms with their pain.
- Help people who regularly get into bad
relationships to understand their patterns of behaviour,
and give them new ways of handling other people.
- Give people techniques to understand
destructive patterns of behaviour (like alcohol or drug
abuse) and stop it.
Could
you become a counsellor? Take our free assessment now.
Click here.
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| Accreditation
We're accredited by the Open and Distance Learning
Quality Council (ODLQC).
Set up by the government in 1968, the ODLQC is one
of the prime accreditation bodies for distance learning
courses.
To achieve accreditation, we undergo a rigorous and
continuous assessment, by independent experts, of all
aspects of our work, including administration, learner
support, educational materials, and publicity. And because
we're regularly inspected, we have to we have to work
hard to maintain quality to keep that accreditation.
We're also accredited by the Better Business Bureau,
and by Public Eye.
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Money Back Guarantees
We offer not one but
two guarantees.
1. Examine the course at your leisure
for 30 days. And if you for any reason it doesn't meet
your needs, just let us know and we'll refund your fees.
No questions asked.
2. If, 90 days after completing the course,
you haven't recouped the cost of the fees through working
as a counsellor, we'll refund your course fees.
Why do we offer this? Simple. We don't
want unhappy former students. We'd rather stay friends.
And it stands to reason that no course can suit absolutely
everyone who registers on it. |
Register today. Delaying only increases the length of time
you have to wait - time you could be putting towards your
new career as a counsellor.
Kit Sadgrove
Course Director |
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PS Still a little unsure? Click
here if you have any doubts.
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