Intercultural Counselling Practice and Processes (Distance Learning)

The Intercultural Counselling Practice and Processes course is an accredited Level 7 (Postgraduate) short course with 30 credits. You can study it flexibly as stand-alone short course without credit (without assignment), with credit, or use it as a building block for a Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in Humanitarian Intervention course. 

The course will cover the following topics:

1. Range of counselling theories with a particular interest in humanistic/existential theories and practices
2. Psychosocial counselling theories and practices
3. Research evidence - effectiveness in therapy and the 'common factors' research
4. Helping relationships

          i. Developing a collaborative alliance

          ii. Relationship qualities - empathy, acceptance and genuineness

5. Core counselling skills

          i. Attending

          ii. Listening

          iii. Empathy

          iv. Probing and challenging

6. Humanistic and Existential counselling and practices;

7. Working creatively using art and cultural resources (poems, music, body work)

8. Moving Forward - Developing goals, plans and interventions

You will develop and expand your self-awareness, self-reflection and counselling skills during skills practice where you will receive and give constructive feedback and observations.