Build a strong foundation in core counselling skills and ethical awareness. Ideal for beginners or those in helping roles, this course develops practical listening and communication skills you can use immediately and prepares you for progression to Level 3.

What you’ll learn

• Core skills: active listening, empathy, reflecting, summarising, questioning

• Ethics and boundaries: confidentiality, safeguarding, ethical practice

• Self-awareness: reflective practice and personal development

• Working with diversity and difference

• Basic counselling theory and the helping relationship

• New to counselling or changing career

• Professionals in support roles seeking better communication skills

• Core counselling skills: active listening, empathy, reflecting, summarising, gentle questioning

• Ethical understanding: confidentiality, safeguarding, boundaries, BACP-aligned practice

• Greater self-awareness and reflective practice

• Confidence communicating in sensitive, structured conversations

• Skills for working with diversity and difference

• Practical tools for managing sessions (goal-setting, note-taking, contracting basics)

• Techniques for emotional regulation and self-care as a helper

• Transferable relationship skills for work and life

• A CPCAB-recognised Level 3 qualification (CSK-L3) and completed learner portfolio

• Clear progression route and readiness for CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Counselling
  
  

• Accreditation: Our certificate is accredited by the Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB), ensuring high-quality training that meets professional standards.

• Flexible Learning: We are the ONLY training provider that offers this course solely ONLINE. The online format allows you to study at your own pace while still engaging with peers and instructors through virtual discussions and feedback sessions.

• Practical Application: Emphasis on hands-on practice with opportunities to apply techniques in simulated scenarios and real-life situations.

• Length: The course comprises of 5 hours per for 18 weeks.

Learn from experienced practitioners Alex & Amie who bring real-world insights and expertise to the classroom.

The course fees for 2026/2027 are £810.00 plus the CPCAB candidate registration fee £185. Course fees are non-refundable. By booking a place on the course, you are agreeing to these terms.

A non-refundable £500 deposit is required to secure a place, to be paid at time of booking. The total fee for our Level 3 Counselling Skills course is £995.00. We offer a payment plan to help you manage your investment:

• A deposit of £500 is required to secure your place.

• Following the deposit, there are 4 further payments of £123.75 each, due on the 1st of the following months.

Due to the length of the course we can only split the cost over 4 months.

This payment structure allows you to spread the cost in instalments while securing your spot on the course.

Level 3 Counselling Studies (CSK‑L3) work requirements:

• Attendance: minimum 80–90% of taught sessions (provider policy)

• Guided learning hours: approx. 90 GLH; self‑study/reading: ~40 hours (TQT ~130 hours)

• Skills practice: regular triads/pairs; observed skills sessions with tutor feedback

• Portfolio (Candidate Learning Record): evidence mapped to all learning outcomes, including:

  • Reflective learning journal

  • Self‑reviews and action plans

  • Tutor observation reports

  • Worksheets/short assignments

• External assessment: CPCAB set, timed written assessment under exam conditions (based on an audio/video stimulus)

• Engagement: active participation, giving/receiving feedback, adherence to confidentiality and ethical practice

• No client placement hours required at Level 3

• Progression: must pass internal portfolio to progress to Level 4

CPCAB Level 3 (CSK‑L3) assessments typically include:

• CPCAB Level 3 Counselling Studies (CST‑L3):

  • Attendance: 80–90% of taught sessions (centre policy)

  • Guided learning hours: about 90 GLH; self‑study/reading ~90 hours (TQT ~180 hours)

  • Skills practice: regular triads/pairs; tutor‑observed sessions (no client placement at L3)

  • Portfolio (Candidate Learning Record) mapped to all learning outcomes, typically including:

    • Reflective learning journal and self‑reviews/action plans

    • Theory worksheets/short essays (comparing humanistic, psychodynamic, CBT)

    • Application of BACP ethical framework, diversity, and safeguarding

    • Case study based on observed skills work

    • Research task/reading log and evidence of participation/peer feedback

    • Tutor observation reports

• Fill in the online application form below and send your personal statement to info@globaltherapytraining.com

• If you meet the initial entry requirements we will offer you a conditional place on the course and send you a Training Contract.

• To accept your offer of a place you will need to sign and return your Training Contract together with a £500 non-refundable* deposit.

• We will then seek a reference from your clinical supervisor and arrange an interview with one of the course tutors.

* The deposit is non-refundable unless either i) the course is cancelled or ii) The supervisor reference is not satisfactory/the interview is not successful. In these cases a refund will be issued.