This course focuses on developing basic practical and theoretical knowledge of counselling skills.

Course contents includes: Self-awareness, individual and family development through the life cycle, communication and conflict, problem management, marriage, divorce, single parenting, remarriage, and bereavement. The course is based on Egan’s counselling model.

This course is accredited with the Health and Welfare SETA.

Saturday Courses:

1. January 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 20, 27 March 6.

2. October 9, 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13, 20, 27.

Times : 08h00 – 13h00 | Cost : R2 000.00

Weekday Courses:

1. January 18, 25 , Feb 1, 8, 15, 22, March 1, 8, 15, 24 (Mondays)

2. July 14, 21, 28, August 11, 18, 25, September 1, 6, 15, 22 (Wednesdays)

3. October 4, 11, 18, 25, November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, December 6 (Mondays)

Times : 08h00 – 12h00 | Cost : R2 000.00

This course focuses on enriching and building one’s basic counselling skills, enabling counsellors to enhance their work with individuals and couples.

Courses:

May 3, 10, 17, 24 , 31

Times : 08h00 – 12h00 | Cost : R810.00

Courses:

1. March 10, 11 & 12

2. October 6, 7 & 8

Times : 08h30 – 16h30 (first two days), and 08h30 – 12h30 (last day).
Cost : R870.00

This training course facilitates an understanding of the emotional process of divorce and enables the counsellor to work with clients who are struggling with the loss. Areas that are covered on the first day include the stages of divorce and the scope of physical and emotional changes involved. The second day covers aspects related to blended families and counselling strategies within this context.

Courses:

1. August 26 and 27.

08h30 – 16h30
Cost : R795.00

The grief counselling training focuses on learning to understand one’s own experience of loss, the stages and process of mourning, and the role of the counsellor in enabling clients to work through the grief and mourning process.

Courses:

1. April 22 and 23.

2. September 16 and 17.

08h30 – 13h30 | Cost : R500.00

We use a structured model which assists the traumatised person to contain and master a specific event so minimising contamination of their entire lives. (A specific training course is offered to Human Resource personnel in industry, which focuses on defusing the initial trauma. The course covers counselling and communication skills, development of self-awareness and an understanding of trauma and the containment process.)

Courses:

1. March 18 and 19.

2. October 28 and 29.

08h30- 16h30 | Cost : R795.00

Mediation skills and strategies for family and divorce mediation. This is a 50 hour course for attorneys, advocates, social workers, psychologists, social and corporate counsellors, clergy, volunteers and lay counsellors, and allied professionals. This training has been accredited by the South African Association of Mediators (S.A.A.M.). The course includes the legal, cultural, psychological and financial implications of divorce as well as mediation skills, counselling and conflict resolution.

Courses:

1. February 18, 19, 25, 26 March 4 & 5. (Thursdays and Fridays)

2. August: Starts Sunday 1, ends Friday 6.

08h30 – 17h30 | Cost : R3 100.00 | Enquiries : Claire Penfold

This course provides counsellors with knowledge and skills to work with clients who need anger management.

Courses:

1. March 25 and 26

2. September 2 & 3.

08h30 – 12h30 | Cost : R500.00

This training is for counsellors and clergy who work with premarital or married couples. PREPARE/ENRICH offers counsellors tools that facilitate the couple’s awareness of their relationship strengths and growth areas. The programme focuses on 12 relationship aspects and heightens the couple’s awareness and understanding of the relationship as a whole.

Courses:

1. January 27 and 28

2. March 16 and 17

3. April 28 and 29

4. June 2 and 3

5. August 12 and 13

6. October 13 and 14

7. December 1 and 2

09h00 – 16h00 | Cost : R680.00

This workshop provides existing prepare/Enrich counsellors with refresher training and to update their knowledge and use of the programme

Courses:

To be confirmed

Cost : R195.00

This workshop provides training for marriage counsellors on the use of the PREPARE/ENRICH counsellor’s report as a valuable tool when working with couples in a medium to long-term therapy process.

Courses:

To be confirmed

8h30 – 12h30 | Cost : R235.00

Training skills and trainer development. This 2 day training equips new trainers with effective facilitation skills, provides necessary tools for training small or large groups, and promotes an understanding of group dynamics.

Courses:

1. October 20, 21 and 22

08h30-16h00
Cost : R870.00

This workshop will assist you in gaining skills that will enhance your emotional literacy and develop stronger interpersonal relationships

Courses:

1. May 27 and 28

08h30 – 16h30 | Cost : R795.00

This course provides counsellors with updated information on HIV/AIDS, pre and post-test counselling skills and insight that will help empower HIV positive clients to stay as healthful as possible

Courses:

1. May 13 and 14

2. September 20 and 21

08h30 – 16h30
Cost : R870-00.00

This course focuses on developing specific skills to assist adolescents through what can be a very confusing, challenging and sometimes emotionally taxing stage of life. It is most relevant to teachers, educators, and lay counsellors working with youth for example in schools and religious institutions.

Courses:

1. June 29th and 30th

2. November 19th and 20th

08h30 – 12h30 | Cost : R465-00.00

This training course facilitates an understanding of the emotional process of divorce and enables the counsellor to work with clients who are struggling with the loss. Areas that are covered include the stages of divorce and the scope of physical and emotional changes involved. The last afternoon focuses on the legal aspects of divorce.

Courses:

1. May 6 and 7

2. November 4 and 5

08h30 – 12h30
Cost : R500.00