Crisis and Trauma Counselling Course

Crisis and trauma counselling is growing in popularity to help individuals cope with stressful events in their lives. It is also a specialty that is used in many organisational settings such as healthcare and emergency services, corporate organisations and education.  Crises and traumatic events are not limited to major incidents, disasters or fatal outcomes; but encompass ordinary everyday events in life. Therefore a crisis might be an event that one individual cannot cope with, yet another can. This makes crisis and trauma counselling diverse and dynamic. Furthermore the immediacy of media coverage on major disasters and incidents leads to the situation where those needing counselling support extend well beyond the immediate victims.

This course is aimed at those who are already in a counselling role but wish to develop their professional knowledge and widen their practice scope; for those who may be involved in a voluntary role within groups or organisations who specialise in crisis and trauma victim support, or for those with a keen interest in the subject and who wish to expand their current understanding.

Successful completion will allow practising counsellors to widen their client base and gain insight into the theory of crisis and how crises develop. It may also facilitate access to voluntary and support roles, demonstrating knowledge gained which can then be developed and translated into practical applications and skills; or it may allow those already in an organisational role to expand their responsibilities and become involved in a support team.

No practical training is required to complete this course.

Advisory pre-requisites are counselling, stress management or psychotherapy training or experience.

On successful completion of this course you will have received professional training at level 3. This is ideal if you wish to start a practice, or expand a career. Graduates of this course wishing to start their own practice can also obtain professional liability insurance. It has also been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme and graduates will receive the QLS Certificate of Achievement as above. This course has been designed by BSY to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. The Quality Licence Scheme, endorses high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes.

On successful completion students will receive dual awards: Award 1 – The professional BSY Crisis and Trauma Counselling Diploma and will become a registered BSY Crisis and Trauma Counselling Practitioner.

Award 2- Certificate of achievement at QLS Level 3 from Quality Licence Scheme. Registration through BSY is essential with this course.

Upon enrolment you receive your first course lessons.

You can study in your own time, at your own pace and from the comfort of your own home. If you have any questions, or would like feedback or encouragement about your course or your studies then you can contact our friendly tutors by phone, email or post.

At the end of each lesson are a set of questions. Completing these can aid your learning and help you master each step before moving on to the next. Your next lesson will then arrive for you to continue when it suits you. This allows us to continually assess understanding and competence of the subject.

Having progressed through each lesson you can take your final examination at home, and at a date and time that suits you. Then, on successful completion you will be awarded your BSY certificate.