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Counselling Skills (Intermediate)

Key Facts

Study Load: 2 Days
Location: Hawthorn East, Victoria
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Intake: Triannual
Fees: $290-580

Course Overview

This workshop builds on the skills and processes developed in the Counselling Skills (Foundational) professional development and training opportunity. In this two-day hands-on workshop, we will explore counselling from the perspective that we have an inner cognitive and emotional life that significantly effects how we live day-to-day as well as long-term choices made. From these understandings, we will explore processes and applications that can assist clients to become further empowered, self-aware, self-accepting and positive.

This course is designed for people that have some basic education in counselling approaches and/or are already working with clients in a supportive capacity and wish to extend their training and skills.

Please note, this course does not qualify participants to work in a professional setting as a counsellor.

What does this course offer?

Via a mix of group learning, role-plays, exercises and education sessions, following the completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Understand and demonstrate active listening skills and a person-centred approach
  2. Understand the process of the adaptive self on authenticity and applications when working with clients
  3. Develop awareness and skills to assist clients to progress from negative self-talk to self-acceptance
  4. Develop an introductory understanding of the effects of interconnected internal and external factors and their impact on wellbeing and health (Note: this will be delivered via a brief overview and a detailed handout)
  5. Understand and apply a strengths- and values-based approach to client work
  6. Apply structured and unstructured goal setting approaches with clients
  7. Understand and apply principles of motivation and reinforcement theory for building positive habits
  8. Apply scale-ruler questions to assess needs, relationships and decision-making
  9. Understand the concept of core emotions and emotional suppression, and, how to work at an emotional level with clients
  10. Understand the concepts and application of gratitude and compassion
  11. Practice and extend self-awareness in the counselling process

Depending on the needs and counselling experience of the group members, the above learning objectives may be modified accordingly.

Course Structure

Delivery Method

This course is delivered from 8.30am until 4.00pm, or 9.00am until 4.30pm, across two consecutive days. It is delivered face-to-face at 391-393 Tooronga Road, Hawthorn East VIC 3123.

 

Upcoming Course Dates

Workshop dates for 2025 will be released soon. To be notified for when enrolments are open, please submit your interest here.

Our Trainers

Dr Renzo Vittorino

Renzo is the Course Director of the Graduate Internship Program at The Cairnmillar Institute. Renzo has extensive leadership and clinical experience spanning over 30 years. He has experience in working with individual and families, community, and organisational development. Renzo has extensive experience in the development and delivery of programs and training in trauma informed practice including the recently implemented Trauma Informed Leadership Program delivered to managers of Area Mental Health Services in Victoria in partnership with Centre for Mental Health Learning and Department of Health.

Further Information

Fees

Our course fees are inclusive of GST. Participant materials include a 20-page workbook as well as a certificate of completion.

Take advantage of a 15% discount on the combined cost when you enrol in both the Foundational and Intermediate Counselling Skills professional development and training programs within the same transaction. Simply use the coupon code “CSBundle” at checkout to unlock this exclusive offer.

Standard Enrolment: $580
Concession*: $522
External Student or Cairnmillar Alumni: $450
Cairnmillar Student: $290

*Our programs attract a 10% concession for health care card holders, pensioners and people receiving benefits. Those applying for concessions must provide a copy (photo evidence is accepted) of their social security card, or health care card together with their application, via email to [email protected].

FAQ

Cairnmillar can offer this or other tailored courses for your organisation’s needs. If you have a group of 10 or more participants, we can come to you or deliver the workshop online. For further information, email the Professional Development Team at [email protected] or phone 03 9813 3400.

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