On this course, you will learn:
Core Principles of Counselling and Listening
- Develop a solid grounding in counselling skills, including active listening and safe, ethical practice.
- Practice communication skills and receive supportive feedback to deepen your learning.
Creating and Holding Sacred Space
- Learn inner-core awareness practices to centre yourself, maintain healthy boundaries, and create a safe, sacred space.
- Discover how to cultivate a healing environment for personal growth and relational work.
Personal Development and Self-Awareness
- Engage in ongoing self-reflection using models that foster self-understanding and positive regard.
- Participate in individual and group processes to build awareness of your own patterns and growth edges.
Working with Creativity, Intuition, and Spiritual Guidance
- Explore meditation, visualisation, and other creative practices that support healing.
- Learn to access and use intuitive and spiritual abilities responsibly within a therapeutic context.
Respecting Diverse Spiritual Paths
- Develop sensitivity to a range of spiritual traditions and beliefs.
- Learn how to honour different practices while exploring your own spiritual journey.
Introduction to Counselling Approaches and Professional Foundations
- Gain an overview of Person-Centred Counselling, Mindfulness, Eco-Psychology, Body Psychology, and Transpersonal Theory.
- Understand professional requirements such as referrals, assessments, contracting, and supervision.
- Experience preparing case studies and receiving feedback from tutors and peers.
Eco-Therapy and Nature-Based Practice
Foundations of Spiritual Counselling
- What is spiritual counselling?
- Creating and holding sacred space
- Developing inner-core energy awareness for connection with self and others
- Ethics, boundaries, and psychic protection
- Introduction to CPCAB criteria and course requirements
Counselling Skills and Professional Practice
- Listening and counselling skills practice, with opportunities for feedback
- Agency work: ethics, referrals, assessments, and requirements
- Making and reviewing client contracts
- Introduction to supervision and case presentation
- Awareness of common mental health problems
Personal Development and Healing
- Self-awareness and working with sub-personalities
- Inner child/inner parent work; healing the past
- Defence patterns and an energetic developmental model
- Personal therapy (course requirement)
- Written assignments and portfolio building
Creative and Experiential Approaches
- Art in a therapeutic context (including timeline work)
- Using imagery and visualisation for healing
- Ritual and ceremony as therapeutic tools
- Psychodrama and working with family dynamics
Spiritual and Transpersonal Dimensions
- Spiritual awakening, spiritual wounds, and spiritual emergency
- Working with death, transition, and bereavement
- Working with ancestors
- Awareness of diverse spiritual traditions
Theoretical Approaches
- Person-Centred Counselling
- Mindfulness practices
- Eco-Psychology and embodied awareness
- Transpersonal theory
Eco-Therapy
- Working with the land and nature as a therapeutic resource
- Bringing the healing presence of nature into the counselling process
This course does not require any previous experience with counselling and you must be 19 years go age or over to be able to apply for this course.Â
If you are wanting to fast track to Phase II, you must evidence suitable certification and experience – this includes either the successful completion of a Level 2 certificate in Counselling, or an equivalent qualification of at least 75 guided learning hours.Â
Full Foundation Course Fees (Phase I & Phase II): £3,500
Single Phase Fees (Phase I or Phase II only): £1,895
Fees include the CPCAB registration fee.
To secure your place, a £350 non-refundable deposit is required.
Pay the full balance before the course begins and receive a 5% discount.
A monthly instalment plan is also available upon request.
2026 Dates
The course will run over 11 monthly sessions from Friday – Sunday.Â
Phase I – Level 2Â
The course will run Friday to Sunday, 9:30am – 6:00pm.
Session One: 16 – 18 January
Session Two: 13 – 15 February
Session Three: 13 – 15 March
Session Four: 17 – 19 April
Session Five: 15 – 17 May
Phase II – Level 3Â
Training days run from Friday – Saturday 10am–6pm, and Sunday 10am–5pm.
Session One: 12 – 14 June
Session Two: 10 – 12 July
Session Three: 18 – 20 September
Session Four: 16 – 18 October
Session Five: 13 – 15 November
Session Six: 11 – 13 December
