Psychotherapy & Counselling

A look into our Psychotherapy & Counselling course

Here at The School of Natural Health Sciences, we receive lots of enquiries regarding our online Psychotherapy & Counselling course. Many go on to qualify, expanding their knowledge, their practice and enhancing their overall perspectives. We have noted increasing numbers of people are choosing to go along this path in life, and it seems to be an increasingly popular and sought-after profession.

It’s so important, as any therapist, family member, friend or loved one to truly listen. Giving your undivided attention to someones words, body language and everything in between, is a skill you can improve and sharpen with the right knowledge and enough time. Simply listening and allowing them to vent can have a hugely relieving effect by itself. Adding your carefully phrased thoughts on the matter, with the intention to help and comfort will further guide them into a mind space where healing can take place.

“The individual is more important than any impersonal problem. To help just one individual to reach a solution to his difficulties, is an achievement not only satisfactory in itself but one which might be far-reaching in its effects.”
*Quite often individuals who enter into therapy, are suffering from disorders, which affect not only themselves but all those who are emotionally involved with them. Therefore the successful recovery of the individual has a positive reaction on the family and friends concerned.”
Extract from The School of Natural Health Sciences Psychotherapy & Counselling Course

Psychotherapy & Counselling provides a foundation to work from for many other therapies. As a holistic therapist, listening and talking to people is the core of your everyday working environment. Being a therapist, you already have the basic qualities required to be a professional counsellor. These are as simple as aiming to help and understand individuals whilst working towards alleviating their anxieties with compassion. This comes with being open, showing patience, providing guidance, providing a safe, trusting and confidential environment which enables them to relax and share their issues. One of the most valuable qualities a therapist can possess is putting aside biased opinions to come from a place of reasonable understanding versus a place of judgement.

Sometimes, all this comes naturally to a person. Other times, we need to work on ourselves first before we can help others. As with most things, these are qualities which can be taught, practiced, perfected and achieved. Our in-depth 10 lesson Psychotherapy & Counselling course aims to give you the tools necessary to implement these skills and more. The subjects that are covered include:

Humanistic Psychotherapy
Psychoneurosis
Conjunctive Therapy
Process of Change
Assertiveness Training
Help, Compassion & Understanding
Relationships
Electicism
Chemical Influences
Redistribution of Energy
Positive Attitudes
Positive Self Image
Counselling
Group Therapy
Integration
Emotional Freedom
Self Acceptance
Guidance & Goal Setting

With an 80% pass mark on these subjects, you will be awarded an accredited SNHS Diploma, which is recognised worldwide. This can steer your career and help you with your own relationships. It can also act as a stepping stone to other subjects such as Hypnotherapy and Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapy/Psychotherapy courses, leading to membership of the Professional Hypnotherapy Practitioners Association (PHPA).

In addition, it’s the perfect foundation course if you are interested in looking into Life Coaching, CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), Stress Management or Meridian Psychotherapy.

About the author

Rosemarie Wicks

Rosemarie is qualified in Holistic Massage Therapy, Indian Head Massage, Reflexology and Aromatherapy. She is fanatical about living a healthy life and spreads the word about health to whoever she talks to. She also loves music and has interviewed, among others, Clean Bandit, Lindsey Stirling and South Africa’s biggest DJ duo Goldfish. When she’s not writing about music or health, she’s playing with her dog.