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Accreditation of Diploma in Counselling Courses
The course is accredited by ABC Awards (Centra). To achieve accreditation, students must meet the following requirements:
80% attendance
100 hours of supervised counselling practice placement
20 hours of personal counselling therapy
Attendance of the residential weekends
Completion of the following assignments:
Year 1
Maintain a weekly learning journal
A 2,500-word assignment on 'Transition in my life' applying an appropriate model
Two 500-word reflective assignments (one on the residential weekend, one on bereavement - using the 'tasks in mourning' model)
A 2,500-word assignment on self-evaluation and the counselling process (using the taught three approaches to counselling)
A group presentation on a pre-assigned subject
A video-taped counselling session (with a fellow student)
An audio-taped counselling session (with a fellow student)
Year 2
Three 500-word summaries of the weekly learning journals
A 3,000-word assignment on comparing and contrasting two approaches to counselling
A 3,000-word assignment on group dynamics (drawing on theoretical frameworks and individual experiences)
Three group presentations
An audio-taped counselling session (with a fellow student)
A videoed group work
Year 3
A 2,000-word research proposal
A 4,000-word literature review
A 2,000-word pilot study
Three 1,500-word clinical case studies
A 13,000-word dissertation
Two audio-taped counselling sessions with fellow students
One video-taped counselling session
Aims of the course