Psychodynamic counselling specifically focuses on understanding how a client’s past experiences and in particular early life interactions and relationships which continue to shape emotions, feelings, thoughts and behaviour in the current.

Psychodynamic counselling doesn’t look so much at surface level symptoms but looks at uncovering the underlying patterns that influence how a person relates to or views themselves and other people around them.

This counselling approach can be very powerful and offers great depth of insight into troubled behaviour.

Most people who seek out psychodynamic counselling do so because they’re hurting and stuck in repeating cycles.

Surface problems or symptoms are driven by unconscious patterns and influences that come into conscious awareness and psychodynamic counselling helps to make them easier to understand and significantly lead to a better more peaceful life.

Within the counselling session specific attention is given to the clients feelings and memories including repeating and re-emerging themes which can reveal deep rooted expectations, fears and defence mechanisms that developed as a way of coping within earlier life.

Gently and cooperatively bringing out unconscious material and slowly bringing it conscious feeling a cycle of feeling and thought where it becomes more integrated and accepted rather than operating at an unconscious level this process, I’ve improved self-understanding can lead to greater and more lasting change in a person’s life

Over a period of time psychodynamic counselling can help to lead to increased self-awareness and improvement in relationships with a stronger sense of personal security and wellbeing, by understanding the inner workings or origins of issues.

A person can respond more freely in the present rather than being driven by unconscious patterns and forces that were formed long ago.

Anyone is welcome to enrol on this course. This course is ideally suited to those who already are qualified therapists working in therapeutic fields.

Course Provider:

Open College UK Ltd

Format:

This course is set in the English language and is entirely coursework based. All notes and reading materials, including text book/s are supplied by us direct in one complete package. There are no other required text or materials, books to purchase. We supply everything for you within your course package for the low fee shown. There are no hidden or additional fees to pay.

Method of Learning:

This is a home study, distance learning course. All of your course study materials are posted to you in one complete study package. All of your coursework is to be completed within the outlined period. This course is structured in an EASY LEARNING and user friendly way.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this home learning programme, students should be able to understand the basics of many key areas within this subject. Participants of the course will have acquired an overall basic understanding of the subject matter and will have achieved a sound basis to summarize important topics and be reasonably competent to make further progress and educational development in this field with a range of theoretical skills and insights to assist with any short or long term goals.

Grading Assessment:

This course is assessed upon the successful completion and submission of coursework with a Pass, Merit or Distinction. Distinction is 90%. All content is course work based, home study through the post or online, depending on the subject being studied. NO attendance or visits to any exam centre is required on this subject.

Entry Requirements:
There are NO entry requirements. No background training or qualifications are required. Anyone can enrol at any time, beginners, intermediates and experienced all year round. You are expected to be able to read and write or type/word process your coursework and be able to understand the English language.