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Qualification - Certificate in Counselling (Care Professionals) VPS005
Counselling Certificate - Study online or by e-learning   ·Do you care about people? ·Do you want to help people? ·Are you working in a job that requires you to support others? ·Are you looking for a rewarding new career?   This could be the course for you. The Certificate in Counselling (Care Professionals) is a comprehensive course that teaches you the foundations of counselling, and helps you develop skills to work as a counsellor. Start a new career that gives you the satisfaction of helping someone else. ·Start any time ·Learn from Home ·Study at your own pace
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Relationships And Communication Counselling BPS208
Relationship Counselling Training - Study relationship and communication training by distance learning. Support people who are experiencing difficulties in their relationships. An essential course for anyone interested in learning more about relationships and communications and how to support people experiencing difficulties. There are many and varied reasons why relationships breakdown and irreconcilable differences is one of them.  If you work with families, support them or want to understand your own family better this course is indispensable.  With this course you will:  ·Learn why relationships deteriorate. ·Learn to help people involved in relationship breakdowns. ·Enhance your skills as a counsellor. ·Improve your career opportunities in counselling and psychology. ·Gain confidence in your ability to support families. If you want to learn more about relationships and communication counselling, this could be the course for you.  Develop your understanding of the role communication plays in creating, maintaining or destroying relationships, and your ability to assist others to improve their relationships communications
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Aged Care Counselling BPS212
Aged Care Course - Understand counselling and care for older people with this distance learning course. Start at any time to suit you. Self-Paced Course Learn care and counselling of older people – for anyone who cares for older people professionally and personally. The demand for aged care counsellors is increasing because people are living longer.  There are many ways that the elderly person can learn to cope with health impairments in order to maintain the quality of their life. Counsellors can play a role in helping the elderly client find solutions to problems and ways to avoid them. It may just be that changes need to be made to the home environment, or friends or family need to play a more active role in the life of the elderly person, or perhaps some different skills, behaviours, routines, or habits are needed. There are often several ways to solve everyday problems. ·Explore the complex range of emotional issues that confront the elderly - from dealing with the loss of a spouse to relationships with children and grandchildren... and much more. ·This course was written by tutors highly qualified and experienced in the field of Psychology.  
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Family Counselling BPS213
Study Family Counselling for Professional Development This course will develop a better understanding of family dynamics Develop the capacity to analyse and facilitate solutions to problems that emerge in modern families. What is a family? It is usually a group people who live together forming a social group. It usually consists of the parent(s) and their children, living together. The members of the group are usually related by marriage, blood or adoption. However, in modern society, there are many different variations of family, to represent the different ways that families and society have changed. The family is still the basic unit within society.   Use your skills: ·As a family or relationship counsellor ·To benefit your own family ·To work within your community to support families in crisis ·and more...
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Qualification - Advanced Certificate in Nutritional Counselling VRE014
HEALTH COACHING COURSE - ADVANCED CERTIFICATE STUDY BY DISTANCE LEARNING More and more people are turning to Health or Nutrition Coaches to help them achieve their health and well being goals. This rapidly developing industry is offering vast opportunities.    This course is an excellent starting point to develop skills and knowledge to enable the graduate to work with people, helping them achieve results.    You will cover a range of Nutrition, Health Science, and Counselling modules, with the option to specialise in areas such as - ·Weight loss ·Sports Nutrition ·Children's Nutrition
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Qualification - Certificate in Care (Care Professionals) VPS005
COUNSELLING AND CARE - DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE ·Study with a highly regarded distance learning college ·Study in your own home with support from our experienced tutors and staff. ·Learn about counselling and care ·Study in your own time and at your own pace. There are many different avenues to work as a carer - many people need support in a range of different situations. This course provides the student with a range of relevant skills to work as a carer, but can also be applied to many different situations - both personal and professional. You can learn about: ·Counselling ·Aged Care ·Grief Counselling ·Crisis Counselling ·Life Coaching ·Careers Counselling ·Psychology ·... and more  
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Qualification - Certificate In Nutritional Counselling VRE009
NUTRITIONAL COUNSELLING ONLINE COURSE ·Learn Human Nutrition at Home -Online course, or distance education ·Learn what food is healthy ·Start a business or find employment helping others manage their diet ·Graduates qualify to join the Association of Coaching and /or Complimentary Medicine Association (UK) ·Pathways available to continue studies toward higher qualifications (including Advanced Diplomas with HSA and degrees) ·Graduates may find work in ·health support and complimentary medicine ·life coach or nutritional advisor ·weight management, health and fitness ·food service, processing and supply enterprises (everything from catering to health food shops) Note: In some countries, and in some high level jobs (eg. Hospital dietician), you may need a university degree or higher. This course is equivalent to less than 20% of such a qualification This course provides a strong grounding in human nutrition and the basic skills needed to advise or counsel people in this area. It is ideal for those with existing qualifications in health. The course is also suitable for students who want to  provide general nutritional advice to improve fitness and wellbeing through diet, or to improve their own diet. Students will NOT be qualified to advise others on nutrition related to medical or health problems, based on this course alone.
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Relationships Counselling SGP9
Learn Counselling Skills ·to help people deal with  relationship issues · in any context - family, social or work.
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Life Coaching BPS305
Start a new career as a life coach with our great Life Coaching course Are you interested in helping people to improve their lives? Then why not consider becoming a life coach?   People may contact a life coach for very different reasons: to help them make better financial or career decisions; to get them motivated; to help them overcome feelings of frustration, helplessness, or lack of confidence; to help them manage personal relationships; to help them develop practical life skills. However, the reasons for contacting a life coach may not be the primary issues that are causing the client distress or dissatisfaction, and much of the life coach’s work will be to lead the client on a journey of self-discovery. Life coaching involves assisting the client set personal and professional goals and establishing a workable strategy to attain them within a given time frame. For clients, a life coach can provide a life-changing experience, an invaluable opportunity to take control over their lives and fulfil their dreams. The course will enable people in health, fitness, counselling, social work etc. to help others set and achieve life goals. Develop your skills in setting and achieving goals, not only for yourself but for those who seek your assistance. The course is aimed at students who have prior experience or training in a related field such as health, fitness, counselling, social work or naturopathy. ACS Distance Education is an organisational member of the Association For Coaching.  
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Qualification - Diploma in Small Business Services VBS030
Learn to Provide Support Services to Small Businesses Do you love the business environment but would like to set up your own service business that caters exclusively to small businesses? There is a strong market for small business support - some businesses prefer to out-source some of their requirements for example: ·Bookkeeping ·Technical support ·Marketing ·Training and staff motivation ·Business planning ·Business operations ·Staff counselling The opportunities are endless.  In this course you can learn the basics (core units) you need to offer services to business - irrelevant of your specialisation and then choose electives, from a wide field, that best suit your skills or skills you would like to further develop. It will also give you a qualification that will make small business take you seriously; even with the best skills and business background most businesses won't outsource their requirements to unqualified service providers. This course will get you those much needed qualifications.
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Counselling Skills I BPS109
Foundation in Counselling Course ·Study online by distance learning. ·Understand counselling skills. Counselling means different things to different people. It is not a get well quick option, offering quick answers, but is asking the person to engage in a process and an exploration. There are many definitions of counselling. A simple version is that counselling is a working relationship where the client is helped to manage what is happening in their life and to explore their life. It is a form of psychological or talking therapy that offers people the ability to change how they live and feel. The aim of counselling is to provide the client with a more satisfying experience of life. Everyone has different needs, so counselling can be concerned with many different aspects of a person’s life. ·Develop your understanding of the basic practical skills used in counselling and how to apply these skills to the counselling process. ·Completion of this course will equip the student with the means by which to conduct a counselling session. Enrol on our Counselling I course and receive a free 20 hour self study course on Managing Stress
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Aged Care BPS212
Care and counselling course with older people. Study the emotional and physical needs of older people as they change and develop. Study by distance learning and start at any time to suit you. ·Explore the complex range of emotional issues that confront the elderly - from dealing with the loss of a spouse to relationships with children and grandchildren... and much more. · This course was written by tutors highly qualified and experienced in the field of Psychology. ·This course is suitable for anyone working in aged care services; or simply seeking to improve their knowledge and skills to better help the elderly.    
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Creative Therapies BPS219
Learn more about ·Art Therapy ·Music and Singing Therapy ·Dance, Movement and Music Therapy ·Writing Therapy ·Craft Therapy ·Quilting ·Reminiscence Work ·Introduction to Counselling Skills and More. Study By Distance Learning.
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Creative Therapies BPS219
Creative Therapies Online Course Study creative therapies through online learning. Learn to use creative therapies to address both physical and mental health issues and rehabilitation. The course covers topics such as - art therapy, dance and movement therapy, psychotherapeutic writing, psychodrama, singing and music therapy, crafting therapy and much more. Students will also learn how to work with individuals and groups, as well as counselling skills and confidentiality. You can start the course at any time to suit you and work at your own pace supported by our tutors.
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Qualification - Foundation Diploma in Health Management VRE025
STUDY HEALTH MANAGEMENT    The health and wellbeing industry is booming. There is scope to apply health management skills in a range of different areas and roles - with a foundation knowledge, the graduate has an extensive range of opportunities.   This course introduces the student to relevant health topics, and allows the student to specialise in areas of their choice. Such as: ·Health science ·Nutrition ·Fitness and Wellbeing ·Weightloss ·Psychology and Counselling  ·Children's health
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Counselling Skills II BPS110
Advanced Counselling course. Study counselling skills in more detail with this distance learning course. ·Learn how to combine skills to both facilitate and improve the likelihood of change. Obviously no two situations will ever be the same, but certain patterns will emerge. ·Gain an understanding that that the different stages of the counselling process may overlap, repeat, or occur in a different order. ·Learn to demonstrate how micro-skills can be combined in the counselling process. ·Develop your knowledge of methods of telephone counselling and techniques for dealing with specific crisis situations.  
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Qualification - Certificate in Child and Youth Counselling VRE901
Study this certificate in child and youth counselling to improve your counselling skills and knowledge to work with children and adolescents. ·Do you have a passion for working with children?  ·Do you already work with children and want to develop skills so you can help them more? ·Are you looking for a new career? This Certificate course in Child and Youth Counselling teaches the fundamental counselling skills and knowledge to work with children and youth. A six hundred hour course, topics offered include: ·Child psychology ·Child development ·Counselling skills ·Grief counselling ·Family counselling ·Careers counselling ·Abnormal Psychology ·Child and Youth Counselling  
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Careers Counselling BPS202
Study Careers Counselling    ... help people make one of the most important decisions in their lives - their career choice!   ACS student comment:  "I have really improved my knowledge in this field.  It has also given me the confidence to start my own small business in private Careers Counselling.  The presentation allowed the course to become very accessible and practical.  Even for those with a lower level in English like me."  Charles Mboning, Republic of Cameroon - Careers Counselling. Careers Counselling involves more than just finding work for people. Among other things, Careers Counselling may involve helping people: ·  identify the best job for their skills and interests ·  find any job to meet their personal and financial needs ·  find a better or more appropriate job for their situation ·  achieve job satisfaction through appropriate choices ·  plan and cope with career changes ·  better adapt to the workplace ·  improve their potential for advancement in the workplace ·  identify new career possibilities when circumstances change. This course will develop your understanding of factors affecting career choices and planning, and your ability to help others plan and achieve career goals. The course is aimed at students who have prior experience or training in a related field such as counselling or social work, but will benefit anyone in their own career planning and development.
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Qualification - Certificate in Careers Counselling VPS018
Study Careers Counselling to Start a New Job in Careers Counselling or Improve your Existing Career! Interested in advising people on new careers? Become a Careers Counsellor. This indepth course on careers counselling offers you an insight into the work of a careers counsellor. It will provide you with a good grounding in the field of careers counselling, life coaching, counselling and psychology, providing you with the skills to work in careers counselling.
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Crisis Counselling BPS304
Crisis counselling - study by distance learning and learn more about the strategies and methods of supporting people after a crisis. Crisis problems are problems that require assistance within 24 hours. They are emergency problems that have been evaluated by a suitably qualified professional, who has decided that their evaluation cannot wait for 24 hours. This includes – potentially dangerous, threatening, violent, self-harming, destructive or suicidal behaviour, but the professional feels that the person can wait for an appointment within a 24 hour time frame. Domestic abuse or abuse where there is no immediate risk of violence may also be defined as being able to wait 24 hours. Develop your ability to effectively counsel and assist clients in times of crisis. This course provides those already in the counselling or helping industries with knowledge and skills to give specialised counselling, and will contribute to comprehensive counselling training for those wishing to work in this field.
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Professional Practice In Counselling BPS207
Enhance your personal skills as a therapist  Study Professional Practice in Counselling with this distance education course and learn appropriate practices and procedures in the counselling profession. This course is aimed at those who wish to make a success of private practice but will also appeal to anyone who just wishes to improve their current client-counsellor relationships. Find out how to better relate to your clients through understanding yourself better, and see how you can apply some basic psychological theories to your everyday relationships.   There are seven lessons in the course covering: understanding counselling, counselling practice, ethics, confidentiality, self awareness, personality, behaviours and emotions, supervision, mental health issues, referrals and more. 
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Qualification - Associate Diploma in Coaching VPS009
Start a new career or run your own business in coaching with our Coaching Diploma! Specialise in Life Coaching, Business Coaching,  Nutrition Coaching, Sports Coaching or coaching in general!   Enter the booming coaching industry. Everyone needs support to achieve their highest potential. A coach, in whatever form, can provide their client with the guidance, support, and motivation to reach success.  This is a dynamic, result driven new industry that is exploding internationally.   This course will allow you to develop skills to be a professional coach, working with clients, and starting an EXCITING new career.   Improve your earning potential with this excellent qualification
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