Joint Professional Life Coaching and Counselling

Joint Professional Life Coaching and Counselling

This Course At A Glance

• Perfect for aspiring life coaches who want to obtain counselling skills
• Study relaxation therapies, altered states, performance coaching, and more
• Supports progression towards accredited counsellor/coaching status
• Provides a certificate of completion
• Flexble online study

About Your Course

Are you an enthusiastic person who enjoys inspiring and motivating others to reach their goals in life? If you want to help empower people to take control of their lives and move forward in their relationships, careers, health, fitness and other aspects, then this is the course for you.

This comprehensive life coaching course refers in detail to the Counselling 1995 National Occupational Standards with an additional lesson explaining the 2007 NOS Revision.

Personal coaching, basic counselling, Gestalt counselling, psychodynamic theory, humanistic theory, cognitive behavioural theory and essential counselling skills are included in the course.

Specific issues such as anger, stress, weight control, smoking cessation, emotional issues, faith issues and group/couples work are all discussed in detail. Relaxation, visualisation and autogenic techniques are also included.

Who Should Study This Course?

This course is for someone who is interested in developing their understanding and theoretical knowledge of counselling and coaching skills. It is also for those who are looking to undertake a course which will support their progression towards accredited counsellor/coaching status with one of the counselling professional accrediting bodies.

Take The Next Step

Please note, this is a knowledge-based course, so it will not qualify you as a counsellor. It is intended as the ideal introduction to this area of counselling, so you can make an educated decision as to whether this career path is the right one for you.

To become a qualified counsellor in the UK, you need to complete a core practitioner training course in counselling or psychotherapy. This must be at the minimum level of a diploma, but could also be a foundation, undergraduate or postgraduate degree.

Your training should be accredited by a professional body, such as the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) or the National Counselling Society (NCS). This will ensure that your training meets high standards of quality and competence. Your training should also include a mix of theoretical and practical elements, as well as supervised work placements.

Modules

• Introduction
• Life Skills Coaching – Client Needs
• Life Skills Coaching – Types
• Life Skills Coaching – Misconceptions
• Life Skills Coaching – Levels of Change
• Life Skills Coaching – Coaching Skills 1
• Life Skills Coaching – Coaching Skills 2
• Life Skills Coaching – Relaxation Therapies
• Life Skills Coaching – Altered States
• CBT – Part 1
• CBT – Part 2
• CBT – Part 3
• Time Management
• Life Skills Coaching – Referral
• Life Skills Coaching – Emotional Issues
• Life Skills Coaching – Deeper Issues
• Life Skills Coaching – Weight Control
• Life Skills Coaching – Performance Coaching
• Psychodynamic Theory
• Humanistic Theory
• Gestalt Therapy – Part 1
• Gestalt Therapy – Part 2
• Counselling Skills – Part 1
• Counselling Skills – Part 2
• Counselling Skills – Part 3
• Autogenics
• Life Skills Coaching – Stopping Smoking
• Life Skills Coaching – Anger and Stress
• Life Skills Coaching – Couples and Groups
• Life Skills Coaching – Non Specific Issues
• Life Skills Coaching – Faith and Spiritual
• Life Skills Coaching – Professional Practice

Entry Requirements

There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.

All course fees, inclusive of all payment plans including our Premium Credit Limited option, must be settled before certification can be ordered.

*You will have access to the course for 24 months.

On successful completion of your course you will receive the learndirect Certificate of Completion of Training in Joint Professional Life Coaching and Counselling.

Your course certificate will also state the number of CPD points/hours the course is eligible for.

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Career

Studying this Joint Professional Life Coaching and Counselling course will equip you with a unique skill set that opens doors to several career paths. Some of these will require further education and training, whereas others don’t.

In the UK currently, life coaching itself is not a regulated profession, so there is no legal requirement for any specific qualifications to become a life coach. This means you could use this knowledge-based course for jobs that generally don’t require accredited qualifications.

This includes:

• Self-Employed Life Coach
• Entry-Level Life Coach Positions

Other career opportunities will require you to have accredited qualifications from recognised bodies like the Association for Coaching (AC), the International Coach Federation (ICF), and even the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP).

This can include:

• Life Coach Positions Advertised by Reputable Organisations
• Life Coaching Roles Within Healthcare or Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs)
• Life Coaching in Educational Settings

No matter which path you choose, the foundation of knowledge gained in this short course will give you an excellent head start.