Post Qualification CPD

CPCAB Level 5
Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling

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BournemouthBournemouth

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Duration

16 Saturdays

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9:00 am - 5:30 pm

Start Dates

Sat 18 Jan 2025 to 6 Dec 2025

This CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling course leads to a nationally recognised counselling qualification. Throughout the course, we use an integrative humanistic approach to provide a well-rounded training experience.

The topics we will cover include:

Your development as an ethical and independent practitioner
The psychotherapeutic relationship
Exploring issues of difference and diversity
Integrating humanistic theory into counselling practice
Personal development
Building your skills as a practitioner
Enhancing your reflective practice
Group training supervision

Course Content

Who is it aimed at?

Assessment

Fees & Costs

Work requirements

Course Tutors

The course includes workshops as follows :

Assessing clients
Family systems
Ethics
Working with Trauma
Working with diversity
Integrating different theoretical perspectives
Continuing Professional Development
Working in Employee Assistance Programmes
Setting up in private practice

The course is aimed at counsellors who have achieved a Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling or it’s equivalent. It is designed to give learners the knowledge, skills and competencies that they will need so that they can work as self-employed counsellors, in independent practice. The course also equips learners to take on a senior counselling role in an organisational context where client assessment, referral and routine evaluation are part of the role.

In addition, this course may appeal to counsellors who wish to achieve an OPEN UNIVERSITY (OU) Foundation Degree in Counselling. Following a partnership agreement between the OU and CPCAB, counsellors with CPCAB Level 4 and Level 5 Diplomas will be able to achieve a Foundation Degree by completing OU modules.

Further information is available at www.cpcab.co.uk, where you can read: “This qualification is designed to give learners the knowledge, skills and competencies to work as self-employed counsellors in independent practice. It also equips learners to take on a senior counselling role in an organisational context where client assessment, referral and routine evaluation are part of the role.”

Students will be assessed by portfolio and also by means of an externally assessed case review (3,000-3,500 words)

The course fees for the Academic year 2024/25 are:

Tuition fee: £1849
(or £1699, if the course is paid on or before 1st November 2024)

plus CPCAB registration fee: £376

Client hours

Students must complete a minimum of 60 supervised client hours, and these should be as an independent practitioner. This can be whilst working privately or as a senior counsellor (with autonomy) in an agency.

This course will be led by Kate Dalton and Carol King. They are both experienced trainers and counsellors, who have their own individual private counselling and supervision practices.

Frequently Asked Questions

Am I required to be in counselling for this course?

You are required to have had a minimum of 40 hours counselling by the end of the course, 10 hours of which needs be completed by the end of this course (i.e. previous counselling of up to 30 hours can count towards the minimum of 40 hours).

Can I apply for this course if I haven’t done counselling training but have relevant work experience?

Our qualifications are awarded by the CPCAB, and the Level 5 courses are aimed at post-qualification counsellors, who have completed the Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling or equivalent training. We cannot accept relevant work experience to meet this entry requirement.

What is the progression route?

Subject to tutor recommendation and CPCAB Guidelines, progression is to the CPCAB Level 6 Diploma in Counselling Supervision. Progression is also available to the OPEN UNIVERSITY (OU) Foundation Degree in Counselling.

Can I use this course towards the OU Foundation Degree in Counselling?

Yes, our Level 5 CBT and Level 5 PC Diploma courses can be used towards the Stage 2 (120 credits) OU Foundation Degree. You can find full details on the CPCAB website.

Can I pay the course fees in instalments, or do you offer an early payment plan?

We do not offer a fees instalment plan; however we do have an early payment discount for this course, and the details and deadline for this are on the Fees and Costs section of the webpage.

Is there funding for the course, including the Advanced Learner Loan?

As Redlands is an independent training provider, our courses do not meet the criteria for the Advancer Learner Loan or other funding. For this reason, our learners are self-funded. We do have an early payment discount for this course, and the details and deadline for this is on the Fees and Costs section of the webpage.

What do the initials CPCAB stand for?

CPCAB stands for the Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body. This is the Body which awards the qualification to students who are assessed as proficient at the end of the course. CPCAB is the only national Awarding Body which specialises in counselling qualifications.