Our supervision of Counselling for Depression (CfD) course offers professional development for counsellors who are already trained in Person-centred or Humanistic approaches, CfD and who have significant clinical and supervision experience. This course provides you with a thorough grounding in the theory, evidence base and practice of supervision of CfD.
Award: Cert
Level: Short Course, CPD
Delivery: Campus
Study Mode: Part time
Duration: Two days plus provision of supervision in practice.
Campus: Preston
Start Date: Start dates are varied
Course overview
- Establishing a working and learning environment
- Ethical Framework of Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
- Key processes of clinical supervision
- Hawkins & Shohet and Proctor’s model of the supervisory framework
- ICFD Supervisory Adherence scale.
- Professional supervisory practice within an IAPT model of therapy.
Learning outcomes and aims
This course aims to provide a baseline of assessed competency for the supervision of counselling for depression (IAPT recommended form of treatment for depression).
On successful completion of this course you will be able to:
- Systematically apply theoretical knowledge in support of professional understanding and personal awareness relating to the CFD supervisory approach
- Demonstrate competence in meeting the minimum requirements of the Supervisory Adherence Scale
Entry requirements
Qualifications
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Diploma in humanistic or person centred counselling or psychotherapy |
Postgraduate qualification in humanistic or person centred counselling or psychotherapy |
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Evidence of working towards BACP Counsellor/Psychotherapy accreditation or equivalent |
Current BACP counsellor/psychotherapy accreditation or equivalent |
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Successful completion of CfD training |
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Either a qualification to provide clinical supervision to counsellors and psychotherapists (eg cert or diploma in supervision) Or 60 hours experience of providing clinical supervision to counsellors and/or psychotherapists in a healthcare setting. |
Current BACP supervisor accreditation or equivalent. |
Other
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Opportunity to undertake a minimum of 6 supervision sessions with CfD trainee or counsellor |
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Support of Line Manager to participate |
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Support of Supervisor to participate |
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Support of SHA/Commissioner to participate |
This course will involve you working with vulnerable groups of individuals, this may include children. In order to ensure that the University offers places on their programmes to suitable candidates you will be required to obtain a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance (formerly termed CRB).
This course is delivered by the School of Health, Social Work and Sport
For information on possible changes to course information, see our essential and important course information
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