Hi

There are so many university in the UK, it would be impossible to contact all of them. Is there a quick way that I can find out what universities do Counselling courses?

Cheers

Try the UCAS site:

Search for a course (http://www.ucas.com/search/index.html)

Cheers Max. Very useful.

Sheffield Hallam does the counselling diploma and Sheffield college does levels 1 - 3.
I know cos Im training in counselling.

Cheers. I already know about the courses at Sheffield college, as I start level 3 in Jan. Also I know about the courses at Hallam. I was just curious about other universities. Thanx for your help anyway.

Whey hey, Im on level 3 now, started Sept.
The tutors are really up on the courses available, mine tells us about Hallam and what the course is like quite often.
Do you know who your tutor will be? Who was your previous tutor?
Good luck and don't let them worry you, it seems like a daunting amount of work the way they tell you but it really isn't so bad!

Anyone who wants to do a counselling course must have their own agenda in there somewhere. Sounds a bit dodgy to me.

Bloomdido,

The reason why I am studying counselling is because I want a career in counselling. "To help others to help themselves".

Originally posted by Bloomdido
Anyone who wants to do a counselling course must have their own agenda in there somewhere. Sounds a bit dodgy to me.

Could be that they want to help other pople....it does happen, you know!

On another track...

Is a requirement of counselling courses still to undergo counselling yourself? I remember soem years ago that that used to be the case on many courses.

Joe

Bloomdido - get a grip, some people have generous spirits and would like to help others. I dread to think what goes on in your head to be so suspicious.
Imagine you witnessed something really traumatic and it affected you emotionally - you want to keep that inside or talk to someone who is trained to help you deal with it?
Yes Joe, at Diploma level you are obliged to have counselling yourself, before being let loose on the public. It's basically to see if you can identify what you react to so that you can be more professional by knowing of them and not letting it affect your professional life.
A counsellor who gets really emotional about - say domestic violence- wouldn't be a great deal of use to someone wanting to talk about domestic violence.
I'm quite looking forward to having counselling myself, I'm fairly sure I know where I stand on most issues but it will be good to work through it and know myself inside out so to speak.

Thanks Zebra,

It's something I considered years ago but went off the idea after I realised that I find it hard to always 'disconnect' from people. I have a strong sense of empathy which I think would be a positive disadvantage in some respects!

Cheers

Joe

Zebra - I have been around too many people who wanted to be counsellors. I trained them.

The caring professions can be used as a desperate strategy for people to avoid confronting our own problems.

Half the people who approached us ( Victim Support) to be supporters / using counselling skills, had their own agenda. So we want to help others, still meets a need in us eg. - I want to be liked, Your life is more intersting than mine ....

It is not so clear cut and there are some serious weirdos out there.