Top 5 Tips to make the most of your Counselling Training
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2024
- In this video, I will look at the top 5 tips to make the most of your Counselling Training. Focusing on Counselling Diploma or Degree Students, the video will look at the following areas:
1. 0:00:30 - Embrace The Process
2. 0:02:50 - Find a Good Therapist
3. 0:07:30 - Find a Good Placement
4. 0:10:10 - Find Good Supervision
5. 0:13:50 - Look After Yourself!
Please leave a comment below to let me know your experience as a student or what you might be feeling if you are due to start your training to become a Counsellor.
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I started level 4 last year, thank you for your tips as I have kind of lost my way a little and you've given me a bit more of an idea how to get through it.
Really glad to read that it has been helpful and to maybe get you back in touch with what is needed and what to focus on. Good luck with the rest of your training and thanks for leaving your comment
Great tips. Thank you Chris 🌸
Thanks Karen, glad you liked it :)
Great advice! Thank you for your in depth tips on how to make the most of our training 💜. The personal relationships tip was particularly insightful.
I’m so glad to read that and thank you for leaving your comment.
really helpful video Chris, thank you.....
Thanks Nisha. Glad it was helpful
Wonderful video, lots of helpful information thank you 😊
Thank you Daisy, glad to hear it ☺️
Thank you for your help and guidance.
Thank you for the comment. Very kind of you and glad it helped
Thanks - really good tips :)
Really glad they were valuable, Sharon. Thanks for the comment
really interesting and helpful!
Thanks Ross, glad to hear it
It was indeed very helpful as I am starting my PhD in Counselling Psychology.
Glad to hear it Syam. Good luck with your studies
Really interesting I'm comming towards the end of my level 2 and considering the next steps so it's great to hear some of these tips
Glad it was helpful Serena and good luck with the rest of your training, Chris
I've just finished my level 3 today, if you liked level 2, level 3 it's where you'll have lots of growth and self awareness. I can say that it's been amazing, so if you feel ready to be challenged, I suggest you go ahead :)
Really enjoy all of your videos Chris. I am a few months into my diploma of counselling, and I am completing it mostly online. Your self care tip is certainly the most important I find, as I have felt overwhelmed easily when going from working fulltime with plenty of free time, to now studying and working fulltime.
Hi and thank you for your comment. I am really glad that you are enjoying the videos. I hope the diploma has started well for you and can completely agree on the importance of self care but does often seem to be the one thing that many counsellors can preach but not practice as it can often be the easiest to let slip. I hope you are managing to find the balance and a great habit to get in place whilst you are still training. All the best with your studies and thanks again for reaching out, Chris
With which institution are you learning with
I just wanted to let you know that you have near flawless delivery! Very well done and this is an awesome way to get info out that can really help people! Good job and keep up the good work!
DWRelive Thank you so much for this lovely comment. I am very passionate about Counselling and this project, so it is so wonderful to receive feedback like this. Huge gratitude 🤗
@@ChrisTheCounsellor It 100% shows. I can tell this is something near and dear to your heart!
Excellent video, really helpful, thanks
Really glad you liked it and thanks for letting me know. Anything else you’d find helpful, just let me know - Chris
Thank you so much for this video and the really practical advice. I am starting a counselling training this weekend and your advice is super helpful and also reassuring!
Hello, thank you very much for your videos. I am a psychologist, where could I train as an online counsellor? Best regards from Spain
Nice to be here, I am really hopeful to get the best of counseling guide in my carrier..tnks
Thanks! Good to have you here
I finished my level 2 &3 in counselling. I'm looking forward to my diploma. Level 4.
Good luck Linda!
Really good video, I have signed up to start my diploma in 5 months time, any tips on what I can do to help me become more self aware in the meantime?
Hi Sophie, thanks for the comment and glad that you liked the video. Having time for reflection is important where there is a purposeful focus and curiosity to explore your own process in relation to thing (ideally with acceptance and understanding). Counselling or talking to a friend who can offer these conditions would also be a great way to develop your self-awareness. I hope that helps and good luck with the diploma!
Hi Chris I am a 60yr old retired community Dental Nurse..Do you think
I could train to become a qualified Family Councellor ?
Really enjoying your channel, as others have stated its incredibly well delivered.
With regards specific training, I intend to enrol this coming September on a foundation course which then leads to a 3 year professional diploma in counselling and psychotherapy.
In your experience just how demanding is such a course in terms of outside of classroom study hours required and essay writing (I know you touched in this briefly here but can you quantify it?).
Also would I be taking on too much if I enrolled on a party time, Open Uni Bsc in Psychology simultaneously?? I'm concerned that even as a qualified counsellor I still wouldn't have the required bachelors to go on to more advanced study.
Any additonal advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Hi Bradley. Thanks for the comment, much appreciated.
I am unsure of the exact structure of the foundation course but in terms of your diploma, with placement, supervision, personal therapy, assignments etc, it is quite an undertaking. I would say about 2 days a week minimum commitment.
Obviously, it is all dependent on personal situations and ability but in my experience, most students find doing the diploma and working part or full time, more than enough.
Hope that helps and if there are any more details you would like to check, I am more than happy to help where I can.
Thanks again,
Chris
I just finished my practicum and am about to start my 600 internship. My program is a little different it is a rehabilitation counseling program where you are able to take the NCE after. I am currently studying for the NCE. where I did my practicum my supervisior only had clients with anxiety issues or depression, but my internship site may have clients with some more serious condition my biggest fear in that is that I have never dealt with clients like this do you have any advice for me that would help me in this journey.
I’m on a level 3 now starting my level 4 in September, the college recommendation in not having a full time job while in the corse… I don’t think I could do both especially with the essays. I might need to find a part time job. I would like to know your opinion or experience. Thank you
Hi Rossella, yes, I think as I say in the video, doing the Level 4 (and all it’s requirements) would be very challenging alongside a full time job. Yes, some students do manage it, but it is a very demanding couple of years and is hard to juggle at the best of times, never mind with a full time job.
At the same time, I understand that some people may need to do this to make it work and/or affordable. So I suppose it is weighing up personal needs and ability, as well as the commitments required for the course and if they are still achievable, alongside other commitments.
Hi Chris, I work full time as a chartered accountant and want to train to become a counsellor whilst working so I still have an income. T
I did not have a university degree but I have my Level 7 Chartership which is like the equivalent of a masters. Do you think i can use this to go straight into a postgraduate psychodynamic qualification? I understand I need to do this to go into private practice and as this is a 4/5 year course I don't want to do the degree/diploma first which is another 4/5 years. That would be 10 years training to be a psychologist and working full time in a different profession and i want to obviously do my passion sooner.
Unfortunately, as it is a different skill set, you would still need to start at Level 1. The full training should be about 4-5 years starting at Level 1 and then finished with a psychodynamic qualification. Most training can be done alongside a full time job, but demands may be a bit greater for the final 1-2 years of training. Hope that helps.
I have a question. When using this approach how would i write the intervention used and client's reponse. Guess i am asking would empathy, unconditional positve regard, and congruence be listed as intervention? And the response would be whether the client was open to the technique? Also can i use confrontation in this approach?
Hi Patrice - thanks for the comment and question. In terms of the approach, I presume you are talking about the Person-centred approach and I am not sure that the conditions would be described as interventions as such, but more conditions that are offered to facilitate client exploration. Confrontation is also an interesting one, because whilst it isn't really part of the classic Rogerian theory, there were some writings around Relational Depth and 'Being with, being counter' that touch on this word and its meaning, which may be of interest or touch on your wonderings.
I hope that helps, but any further questions or clarifications, please feel free to ask.
What do yo mean by "agencies"? What sort of agencies, and where do you find them?
Counselling services or Organisations that offer counselling services
Sorry Counselling..