Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 9 months
Our Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling Supervision is designed for qualified practitioners who are trained to diploma level (or equivalent) and are ready to extend their practice into supervision. The programme combines theory with practical learning to develop the essential skills needed to support, mentor, and guide other counselling professionals. You will build the professional skills and competence to navigate ethical and practical challenges of supervision.
Through a pluralistic lens, the programme aims to enhance your skills, confidence and capability to practice as a counselling supervisor, enabling you to support experienced and trainee counselling practitioners in their professional development.
Our modules cover the supervisor relationship, collaboration with supervisees and professional and ethical working requirements, including risk management and client issues related to supervision. You will also explore theoretical approaches to pluralistic practice supervision in counselling and psychotherapy and its practical application. The programme offers insights into various supervision models, enabling you to critically examine the practical and ethical issues that arise in supervisory contexts.
Applicants need a recognised diploma in counselling, psychotherapy, and at least two years’ post-qualifying supervised counselling practice with at least 450 hours of client contact. All applications for this course require two references: one from the applicant’s existing counselling supervisor and one from a line manager or professional peer.
The programme equips you with tools to supervise trainee and qualified counsellors in different client-facing environments and contexts.
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