CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling

This two year part-time qualification gives learners the knowledge, skills and competencies to work as a therapeutic counsellor in an agency context in both health care and non-medical settings.

Successful completion of this course means you will be able to provide a therapeutic counselling service – initially within the context of an agency’s service framework but later (with experience and support from the supervisor, or by completing PC-L5 or its equivalent) may progress to independent practice.

Entry requirements

You must have obtained both our Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills and our Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies, or their equivalent.

Minimum age: 19 years

Qualification Structure

7 mandatory units:

• Working ethically, safely and professionally as a counsellor 
• Working within a counselling relationship 
• Working with client diversity in counselling work 
• Working within a user-centred approach to counselling 
• Working with self-awareness in the counselling process 
• Working within a coherent framework of counselling theory and skills 
• Working self-reflectively as a counsellor 

420 hours

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