Integrated Therapeutic Counselling

Integrated Therapeutic Counselling

About the Level 4 Integrated Therapeutic Counselling Certificate

Integrative therapy is a combination of various psychotherapy elements from different schools of therapy, applied to the treatment of a client. Since Sigmund Freud who developed psychoanalysis, various other disciplines splintered off. By now there are hundreds of different theories of psychotherapy being practised. During this integrated therapeutic counselling course, you will be able to study concepts of Rogerian therapy, communication skills, behavioural therapy, person-centred counselling, Gestalt therapy, transactional analysis, primal therapy. Finally, you will be able to understand how all these different disciplines come together under the integrated psychotherapy umbrella to help you provide a tailored experience of care to your clients.

The course has a recommended 260 hours of study, to provide students with a comprehensive view of all different types of therapy theories and application. It is entirely up to you if you choose to complete the course in this time, later or earlier. The are no deadlines or time pressures with any of our distance learning courses here, at learndirect.

Who should study this course?

This online course would suit researchers, therapists and theoreticians for a better view on different approaches to therapy. Therapists practising a pure approach nowadays are fewer than those that take a combined method. Therapists that offer an integrated approach will often experience better, more efficient results in their sessions.

You do not need any prior experience or qualifications to enrol on this course. The only requirements are an interest in the topic, the motivation to complete the course and a way to access the online study materials.

What happens after the course?

At the end of this course, you will a great understanding of key models and theories in therapy, but you will have also learnt about the client – counsellor relationship and the hands-on aspects of running a practice. Those looking to complement their studies, can delve deeper into any of the theory models presented in the course. Alternatively, you could study other forms of therapy, such as subjective therapies, intersubjective therapies, objective or interobjective. Each field will contribute to a better perspective for diagnosis and assistance.

The field of therapy is varied and has plenty of career options. You have the choice to work within a clinic or as self-employed at home, at the customers’ house, or offering services within an organisation’s HR department. You can find work in the private sector or in the public one. In any of these context, some of the jobs you could find include:

• Integrative psychotherapist
• Mental health therapist
• Occupational therapist

For more information about this course, give us a call on this number: 01202 006 464

Modules

• The counselling relationship
• Rogerian therapy
• Communication skills
• Behavioural therapy
• Person-centered counselling
• Gestalt therapy
• Transactional analysis
• Primal therapy
• Integrated psychotherapy
• Setting up/running a practice

For a more detailed syllabus on this course, click here

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.

Assessment Method

After each lesson there will be a question paper, which needs to be completed and submitted to your personal tutor for marking. This method of continual assessment ensures that your personal tutor can consistently monitor your progress and provide you with assistance throughout the duration of the course.

What's Included

• All study materials
• Study Guide
• Full Tutor and Admin support
• The course fee includes the awarding body registration and certification fee (valued at up to £30.00).

Professional Membership

On completion of this course students can apply for membership to 'Counselling' - a registered charity - and they will be able to use the initials 'CCC Reg.' after their names. (See website: http://www.counselling.ltd.uk)

At the end of this course successful learners will be given the option to receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).

Level 4 Integrated Therapeutic Counselling Certificate of Achievement

The course has been endorsed under the Quality Licence Scheme. This means that learndirect has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 4 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.

The course itself has been designed learndirect to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. The Quality Licence Scheme endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through our awarding organisations we have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. We are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Our knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables us to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

*Regulated qualification refers to those qualifications that are regulated by Ofqual / CCEA / Qualification Wales

To view a sample of the Certificate of Achievement, please click here.