|   home Certificate in Counselling Skills This Certificate Course provides the experience & teaching required to develop skills & ways of being to participate as holistic counsellors & to live holistically. There are both traditional & contemporary methods & modalities explored & a hands-on experiential approach provides familiarization with the methods & modalities. With combining traditional counselling skills & holistic approaches we are able to delve deeper into the psyche of the client & our selves. By using the processes outlined, clients are able to obtain goals, objectives & an inner peace can be obtained. By utilising existing skills, summarizing & using processes, it is the counsellor's objective to support the client to a position of calmness in their life direction & to have a completion of the counseling process in the moment. The Certificate course is spread over a six-month period, consisting of six days on campus & the balance via correspondence. The course is a 100-hour course & is designed to enhance other Holistic Modalities that require only Holistic Counselling Skills to further extend their practice. Some of the topics covered are: Reframing Goal setting Creating affirmations Commitment - Client to session                       -  Facilitator to client                       -  Client to self Empathy Exploring options Rationalization -(needs & wants) Determining triggers & catalysts Letting go Creating positive from negative. Who is a holistic counsellor ? The role of the counsellor. The holistic approach. Setting up an environment to facilitate counseling. Preparing to facilitate counseling Basic holistic counseling skills Module 1 Introduction to “ Being a Counsellor” Module 2 Counselling Skills Module 3 Practitioners Self Care Module 4 The Profesional Module 5 Areas of Support