If you want to specialise in counselling young people this is the course for you!
This course is aimed at qualified and registered practitioners who wish to advance their learning and experience to work with CYP.
Our Advanced Specialist Diploma courses are scheduled subject to demand, to express your interest without obligation please click here
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This course is designed to give you the additional skills and knowledge to work with young people aged 11-18.
The course will be delivered at the Heartwood Centre on the Dartington Estate, over 20 class room based sessions.
We create a supportive learning environment here at Heartwood and our experienced tutors will guide learners through their studies.
Counsellors come to us from a diverse variety of backgrounds with a vast range of skills and ability, as well as an established understanding of the counselling profession. It offers the opportunity to enhance further career and life skills, supporting participants and can aid in accessing specialist counselling and therapeutic professions with children and young people.
Heartwood students have access to outdoor and indoor light and warm recreational spaces with seating for break times and its own refreshment making facilities.
This course runs monthly on weekends (9.30am – 6pm) over 20 sessions in person at our Dartington venue.
To register your interest in this course without obligation, please click here.
This Advanced Specialist Diploma is aimed at qualified counsellors interested in developing and expanding their current practice to effectively counsel young people.
Heartwood’s theoretical approach presented on the course is Integrative and Holistic.
We will look at the specific skills required for CYP counselling, covering competencies from the NCPS Children and Young People’s Competency Framework.
We will look at integrating models, techniques, theories and a range of modalities that suit the individual client. Whilst working on developing relationship skills which will aid therapeutic work.
The course delivers a range of theory and techniques designed to equip students with the skills required to work ethically and competently with a variety of issues related to working with young people and children.
We will focus on providing a safe and non-judgemental environment in which to practice new skills and techniques to enhance current practice and develop confidence in working with young people.
We integrate appropriate theory with creative and experiential aspects to make the learning experience thorough, thought provoking and professional.
The course delivery is through experiential and didactic learning designed to inspire and engender confidence in counsellors to work in this field, incorporating all of the current requirements for working with and safeguarding young people.
The course is rich with creativity and thoroughly engaging.
If you are interested in booking onto this course, please click here to request an application form and interview. Alternatively, to speak with our enrolment support officer Sarah, please call 01803 308 604.
Places are allocated on a first come first served basis and only secured with a deposit.
Further advancing our counselling skills, personal and professional development, on this course we will specialise in:
The course requires the following:
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To enrol on this course, please select your payment method below and then select ‘Buy now’ to proceed.
Student Enquiries
Heartwood Counselling and Psychotherapy
Lower Close, Dartington Hall,
Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EN
Tel: 01803 865464 or 01803 308604
enquiries@heartwoodcounselling.org
Office hours* 9am – 5pm
Monday to Friday
*Out of term time, hours vary, but leave a message and we will return your call!
