Foundation Course in Counselling Skills

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=150 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="www/Images/05c8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="www/Images/08a47790.jpg" border=0 width="71" height="121" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U><B>News</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar of Events"><U><B>Calendar of Events</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Courses 20052006"><U><B>Courses 2005-2006</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Facilities Available"><U><B>Facilities Available</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Staff"><U><B>Staff</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Services at Newman"><U><B>Services at Newman</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ballina"><U><B>Ballina</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U><B>Related Links</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Courses to date"><U><B>Courses to date</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="www/Images/05d8dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Newman Institute</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Newman Institute"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="19th Annotation"><U>19th Annotation</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spiritual Direction"><U>Spiritual Direction</U></A>   |   <B>Foundation Course in Counselling Skills</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="www/Images/05d8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>Foundation Course in Counselling Skills</I></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">One-Year Part-Time Course</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">26 Friday Evenings & 2 Saturday</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Wholeness as a Person</B></div> <bR> <div> The course is designed to introduce participants to counselling theories and skills as well as encouraging students to examine how they might manage their own personal and work lives better. The ethos of the course is based around respect towards every person with high regard to their spiritual needs and values and their experiences in life. The value of the life experiences each student and tutor brings to the class is acknowledged and cherished as a tool for worthwhile learning from each other.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="565" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER ROWSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="www/Images/070c1900.jpg" border=0 width="193" height="144" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="367"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="www/Images/1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="367" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH="367"><div> The course is delivered in the Newman Institute's premises, a converted warehouse on the banks of the River Moy </div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Living today has become quite complex. The general pace of life has accelerated. There are greater strains on individuals. There are stresses in marriage and the family, stress in the work place, stress in relation to children and adolescents as well as general stresses in society. Counselling training can be valuable to help us to cope better with these stresses in our own lives, whether it is in our families, at work or in our relationships with others. Counselling training can also help us to assist others to find better ways of managing their lives in a more positive manner. Thus some people participate in this course only for their own growth and development or to help them in their work while others use it as a first step towards counselling as a profession. </div> <div> This course will last for one academic year. Sessions are on 26 Friday evenings (7.00 - 10.00) and 2 Saturdays (10.00 - 5.00). The teaching and learning will take the form of lectures, discussions and group work as well as counselling skills practice. Students will be encouraged to take an active approach as adult learners.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Topics Covered</B></div> <bR> <div> While some flexibility to the syllabus content is utilized so as to respond to what the students find most helpful to them, the topics covered include: Models of "wellness", personal change management, introduction to counselling theories and theorists, attributes of a counsellor, human development through the lifespan, counselling skills, stages of the counselling process, the role of the "Spiritual" in counselling, couple counselling, bereavement, suicide, addictions, stress management, bullying, multicultural counselling, sexuality, ethical considerations, depression and anxiety, the "Children First" guidelines, working with groups and group dynamics". </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Course Director</div> <div> Dr. John Canavan. Clinical & Counselling Psychologist</div> <bR> <div> Lecturer </div> <div> Mr Cathal Kearney. M.A. Education (Counselling)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Course Information</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Course Fee €1200.00 per year </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Interviews for admission held in third week of September </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Early application advised as places are limited </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Final date for applications 16th Sept '05 </div> <div> Course begins Friday 30th Sept '05</div> </td> </tr></table></body>