Welcome to A Guided Tour of Person-Centred Counselling & Psychotherapy! Led by a BACP-accredited person-centred counsellor and psychotherapist, this course offers a warm, accessible, and comprehensive introduction to the person-centred approach. With four years as a counselling tutor and extensive experience working with adults, children, and young people in various settings, I am dedicated to equipping you with essential therapeutic skills. After leaving my teaching role in February 2023, I felt inspired to share my knowledge and experiences through this online course.
The course is structured thoughtfully, beginning with an overview of psychology’s evolution before focusing on person-centred counselling theory. As we progress, we’ll delve into practical counselling skills essential for a person-centred practitioner when working with clients. In our final module, you’ll witness a simulated counselling session featuring an actor discussing fictional challenges. I’ll provide real-time reflections on the session, sharing my thoughts on what was said and what could have been approached differently. This collaborative learning experience is designed to bring you as close as possible to the realities of effective counselling practice.
By the end of this course, you’ll have a clear understanding of the person-centred approach’s origins, comprehensive counselling theory, practical skills required in therapy, and what an actual counselling session may entail. Join us and embark on this enlightening journey to enhance your knowledge and practice in person-centred counselling and psychotherapy!
Presenter
David is a BACP accredited person-centred therapist, teacher and writer. He has been practising since 2016 and has worked with adults, young people and children. He has also recently qualified from an accredited EMDR course, having decided to train after benefiting from EMDR himself, and is still in the process of working out how EMDR can fit in with his person-centred practice.
Alongside seeing clients in private practice, he also works as a Crisis Specialist Worker for a service that offers an alternative to a hospital, where people in acute mental health crisis are given person-centred support in a residential setting and can stay for up to a week. Past roles also include managing a counselling service in a primary school, and teaching on the Level 4 Counselling Diploma, supporting students to become qualified counsellors. In a previous life he was also a primary school teacher.
