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The Accidental Counsellor Training
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This ACWA endorsed CPD activity is conducted by Human Connections.
The Accidental Counsellor Training is a practical mental health training that teaches basic counselling skills and principles to people who are not trained counsellors but often find themselves in a “counselling role by accident”. The training is delivered via a one-day face to face workshop however, an online version is also available.Who are Accidental Counsellors?
An Accidental Counsellor can be anyone who is not employed as a trained counsellor, but often finds themselves placed in a counselling role by accident. You could be an Accidental Counsellor as a teacher, youth worker, team leader, aged care professional, chaplain or complementary health practitioner.
When you complete this training you will:
- Feel more confident and certain in how to best respond to the person in need.
- Increase and enhance your own wellbeing and that of your client. This builds resilience.
- Connect to the person and their pain and suffering. Your client then feels safe and trusts you more. As a result transformation and healing takes place.
- Empower the client to discover their own solutions. Moving from giving to receiving solutions.
- How to direct your questioning so the client identifies possible solutions
- How to listen effectively and help clients clarify their problems
- Help the client reframe obstacles and problems
- How to assist clients to set goals and consider new possibilities
- How to focus clients positively towards solutions
- How to influence clients toward change
- How to assist clients to develop action plans to take positive action
Where and when
24 November 2020, Sydney NSW
Cost
Starting from $297 per person (cost differs per location), includes morning tea.
Online via http://humanconnections.com.au/accidental-counsellor-training/
This is an ACWA endorsed activity. Members can claim CPD hours for their participation.
