Basics of Counselling and Psychotherapy

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Last updated on June 21, 2025 1:03 am

This psychology training course explores the history of psychoanalysis and explains how to use counselling and psychotherapy to treat mental health disorders.

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Do you have the aptitude required to become a counsellor or psychotherapist but seek the skills? This course on the basics of counselling and psychotherapy delves into the world of mental health and the evolution of treatment options since the early days of the ?talking cure?. We trace the relationship between counselling and psychotherapy and explore the works of renowned psychologists like Sigmund Freud to train you in the use of both methods.

What You Will Learn In This Free Course

  • Define ?counselling? and identify it…
  • Outline the different types of couns…
  • Define ?psychotherapy? and lay out i…
  • Discuss the different levels of psyc…
  • Define ?counselling? and identify its aims and required skills
  • Outline the different types of counselling available in the world of psychology
  • Define ?psychotherapy? and lay out its elements
  • Discuss the different levels of psychotherapy as defined by R.W. Cawley
  • Analyse the relationship between a therapist and their client along with its effect on the treatment of mental disorders
  • Trace the relationship between counselling and psychotherapy
  • Describe the different approaches to psychotherapy along with its history
  • Discuss the works of renowned psychologists and analysts and their impact on modern mental health treatment
  • Identify various mental health conditions and the methods used to cope with them
  • Link mental health disorders to their key indicators and symptoms
  • Explain the treatment options available for each condition
  • Counselling and Psychotherapy

    This module introduces the learner to the terms counselling and psychotherapy in the world of mental health. Both the terms counselling and psychotherapy shall be defined along with a discussion on the goals that they hope to achieve. The skills required to be either of the two shall be identified and the inter-relationship between them explained.

    Mental Health and Psychotherapy

    This module shall be discussing the role of psychotherapy in treating mental health disorders. The role and evolution of dynamic psychotherapy shall be described to the learner. Various types of mental health conditions and disorders will be identified. The available forms of psychotherapy to treat these mental health conditions shall be analysed.

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