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Counselling Courses

Blackford Centre for Counselling

Endorsed Diploma in Counselling Course

What's in your course?

Here's what you'll find:

  • A set of course modules. In the online edition, we provide the modules as online PDFs.
  • 56,000 words of practical how-to text. Detailed information that guides you towards becoming a professional counsellor.
  • 6 Assignments. Two marked assignments, and  self-assessed assignments, with in-depth guidance provided.
  • A confidential personal profile for you to complete. This helps you assess your goals, your strengths and weaknesses, and your progress.
  • Self-assessment exercises. They occur throughout the course to help check that you can tackle each type of counselling.


Above: the course contains books, manual, audio, guides, and much more

  • The contact details for your course advisor.

  • ‘How to Achieve More!’ Planner. It contains forms for self-discovery and vision, a 12-month goals’ planner, a study plan and scheduler, study tips, and a monthly reflection and assessment form. Exclusive to your course. †
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  • A Quick Start Guide, to get you started on the course.†
  • ‘How to Write Assignments’ booklet (right). This booklet offers useful guidance on how to prepare your assignments. It’s not available elsewhere.†


  • ‘How to Succeed in your Distance Learning Course’ booklet (right). Tips and advice on how to successfully complete your course. This booklet is not available elsewhere.


  • Personal career advice during the course.
  • ’49 Winning Ways to Promote your Service’ booklet (right). Great ideas to get you started. This booklet is not available elsewhere.†
  • † provided as downloadable PDFs.

The Blackford Method and Pillars

You’ll also get the Blackford Pillars and Method e-booklets with your course.

The Blackford Pillars

The Blackford Pillars are a set of 10 fundamentals that guide the new counsellor. They provide a basis for operating a sound and ethical practice. The Blackford Pillars are included in the course, and are not available elsewhere.

Adopting the Pillars will allow you to run a professional practice properly.

The Blackford Method

The Blackford Method is a unique ten-step method for:
– Generating enquiries
– Converting enquirers into paying clients
– Managing the counselling process
– Retaining existing clients

The Blackford Method is included as part of the course. It is not available anywhere else.

If you follow the Blackford Method, you will succeed as a counsellor, assuming that you also have the innate ability to counsel clients.

Counsellor’s Manual

You will receive an exclusive Practitioner’s Manual, not available elsewhere.

It contains invaluable counsellor’s records and forms, and much useful information.

Plus! Access your course online

  • There’s an edition of the course online, available to all learners on this course. You’ll get access to all the course modules and assignments when you register.

Bonuses

Bonus 1. Counsellor’s Toolkit (Value £37).

This ebook contains 21 tried and tested tools used by professional counsellors. They help you understand your client better, give the client insights into themselves, and let the client move forward with their life. If you’re unsure how to help a client, these powerful tools provide instant aids. Each of the 21 tools includes practical ‘how-to’ instructions for use. Use the Counsellor’s Toolkit and see your client transformed. This toolkit is not available anywhere else.

Bonus 2: You get a free copy of Business Blueprints (Value £17)

This 47 page book contains complete step-by-step checklists for starting a successful business.

Click here to learn more about Business Blueprints.

Bonus 3. A Guide to Online Counselling (Value £16)

This guide teaches you how to offer an online counselling service. It’s not available elsewhere.

 

 

 

 

And when you complete the course, you’ll get the following free items:

  • A Diploma to print, frame and display on your wall.
  • A reference from us confirming that you have completed the course.

  • An ‘Approved Counsellor’ logo on your website and stationery.
  • We’ll send a free press release to your local newspapers announcing your success (if you want it).
  • The right to use the post nominal letters Dip. Coun (BC) after your name.

From time to time we improve, amend or extend the items mentioned here.

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