Course Details
Session Type: In-person / Online
Venue: G Floor, Neuroscience Institute Building / Microsoft Teams
Time: 09h00 to 15h30
Course Fee: R2,200 per person (discounted fee for July is R 1,533)
A Certificate of Attendance will be issued to participants of the course.
About the Course
Basic counselling skills are crucial for fostering healthy relationships when working with people, whether patients in a clinic or hospital setting, members of the community, or research participants.
This course stimulates growth in knowledge, self-awareness, and skills development. It aims to enhance participants’ ability to accurately empathise with their clients, develop and apply listening and communication skills, attend skills, active listening, body language, and verbal skills, such as paraphrasing, reflection, using questions appropriately, and summarising.
The course is aimed at lay counsellors, adherence counsellors, community health workers, research workers, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and medical officers.
Entry requirements: There are no entry requirements. However, preference will be given to candidates working in a health- or social sciences-related field.
Course Content
- What is Counselling?
- The counselling process
- Basic Counselling Skills
- Role-play
Key Learning Outcomes
- Apply foundational counselling and communication skills
- Demonstrate active listening and empathetic responding
- Use basic counselling techniques appropriately
- Engage confidently in supportive client interactions
- Apply counselling skills in practical helping contexts