Stress Counselling Level 3

Course code: ABC018
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Looking to take the next step in your career or branch out and start a career in counselling all from the comfort of your own home?

  • Understand the challenges of client issues and how to resolve them 
  • Explore the different types of stress conditions 
  • Examine a range of counselling approaches and models used in stress counselling
  • With full tutor support available and no deadlines or timetabling to contend with; learning a new skill has never been easier
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Course overview

This flexible course is the perfect solution; you’ll examine a range of counselling approaches and models used in stress counselling without having to attend any classes.

This course is perfect for those already involved in a counselling role and would like to expand their skills to understanding stress or those with a keen interest in the subject. You can work at your own pace. Completed coursework can be sent via post or email, so handing in an assignment is simple.

This course is approved by the ACCPH (Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists), at the end of this course students will be able to join and become a member of the ACCPH. The ACCPH is an independent self-regulated professional body for counsellors, psychotherapists and hypnotherapists.

Course Duration

Up to 1 year.

Study Hours

Approximately 80 hours.

Course Outcome

Stress Counselling Level 3.

Entry Requirements

There are no specific entry requirements for this course.

Assessment

Tutor marked assignments.

Course content
Unit 1
Counselling Skills
  • Core skill sets
  • The scope of counselling
  • Theories
  • Core competencies and values of counselling
  • The aims and objective of counselling
  • The counselling relationship
  • Basic ethical principles of counselling
  • Transference and counter transference
  • The psychodynamic approach
  • The humanist approach
  • The cognitive approach
  • The stress reaction (biological and psychological)
  • How individuals cope with stressful situations
  • Stress disorders
  • Heightened accessibility
  • Crisis intervention for stressful situations
  • ABC method
  • Iceberg Theory
  • Self-awareness
  • Loss and grief
  • Problem management
  • Dealing with false memories and reprocessing
  • Family issues and family stress
  • Identity stress
  • Ethical dilemmas
  • Stress of addiction
  • Bereavement stress
  • Depression
  • Workplace stress
  • Trauma stress
  • Legal and moral rights
  • Ethical codes
  • Confidentiality
  • Complaints
  • Data protection
Extra info

Assessment

This course is assessed through a series of written assignments, which are submitted to your tutor for marking. No external examination is required.

Course Duration

You may start at any time and have a full year to complete your studies. We suggest that the course will take approximately 80 hours to complete. This is more than enough time to give you flexibility and work at your own pace without the pressure of deadlines.

Study Method

This course will enable you to work when and where you want. You can study from home or at work; it is completely up to you. All your materials will be posted or emailed to you online, whichever you choose. You will also receive our tutor support by email, so help is only a click away!

Course Outcomes

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement from ABC Awards and Certa Awards and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).

Awarding Body

This course has been endorsed by ABC Awards and Certa Awards for its high-quality. This course is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. We will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the Learner FAQs on the ABC Awards and Certa Awards website.
This course has been benchmarked at Level 3 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of knowledge and understanding that you would expect at this level.

This course is approved by the ACCPH (Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists), at the end of this course students will be able to join and become a member of the ACCPH. The ACCPH is an independent self-regulated professional body for counsellors, psychotherapists and hypnotherapists.

Q&As

You do not need any previous knowledge to enrol onto this course.

  • Dedicated personal tutor support
  • Dedicated student support
  • Assignment marking and feedback
  • FREE CV critique service
  • FREE employability guide to help you impress future employers
  • FREE XO Student Discounts card
  • * Comprehensive study guide
  • * Exclusive Open Study College Pen
  • * Student study planner
  • * Three colour highlighter
  • * Student notebook
  • * Document wallet

* Not included with the online study option

No, everything you need is included in the price!

You will send your work to your personal course tutor for them to mark and return to you. On successful completion of the course you will be awarded your Stress Counselling Level 3 Certificate.

It's not a problem. We offer a course replacement service, so if you get into trouble and your course pack is lost or damaged, our Student Support Team can provide you with a new set of materials for a one-time additional fee.

That's not a problem. We want to make sure you’re 100% confident about enrolling on the course and starting your study. So, just give our Student Adviser Team a call on 03300 563 100 and they’ll do their best to help.

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