What will I learn?

This HND Counselling qualification incorporates the study of counselling skills, counselling theory, professional values, principles, and ethics, alongside enhanced self-reflection and awareness, whilst you build your practice experience to achieve the mandatory 100 hours of supervised client contact on placement.

The BACP ethical framework for counselling professions is embedded throughout this course and you will be given the opportunity to develop your counselling skills, reflective knowledge and awareness via supervised practice with clients. Further study of the importance of contractual relationships and ethical and regulatory frameworks will also be covered.

The HND incorporates the following units of study:  

• Contemporary humanistic counselling theory  
• Contemporary pluralistic counselling 
• Psychopathology for counsellors  
• Personal development in a therapeutic setting      
• Group experience: Humanistic approach     
• Professional standards   
• Self-Evaluation for counsellors   
• Supervised practice   
• Values and principles for practice 
• Graded unit 2 

The HND Counselling course is highly demanding and requires attendance of three days per week combined with two days per week in supervised practice and self-directed study.