1-2 days depending on level needed.

Courses are run as requested. Please contact The Learning Curve Institute on 098 25530 or at info@thelearningcurve.ie for further information.

In order to maximize learning groups will be limited to a maximum of 15 students per course.

This programme is aimed at people who are already working in the area of addiction and wish to improve their counselling skills. The core content of the programme is an introduction to counselling skills and is specifically designed to assist participants in identifying their own level of counselling skills and to build on these.

The programme is highly interactive with a mix of role-plays, group discussion and smaller group exercises. The aim of the programme is to assist those working in the area of addiction to underpin existing skills and build on and expand these skills throughout the course.

Certificate in Basic Counselling Skills for Addiction Workers from The Learning Curve Institute.

To equip students will the tools to enable them to use basic counselling skills in their everyday work. To allow participants to learn the fundamentals of counselling skills and their relevance within an addiction setting.

1. To equip students with the tools to enable them to develop and build on their own counselling skills.
2. To build on and expand existing knowledge within the group.
3. To enhance confidence in participants use of basic counselling skills.
4. To provide space and time for participants to use the following key counseling skills:

• Listening
• Looking (non verbal communication)
• Analysing (why is this person looking for help and what do they see as the problem)
• Use of Open-ended questions
• Reflective Listening
• Summarising
• Empathy
• Paraphrasing

Participants are required to have worked in or to be currently working in the field of addiction.

Assessment will be carried out through continuous assessment of role plays and listening exercises.

The Learning Curve Institute offers a unique post course support system whereby students are provided with the contact details of the lecturer and are free to contact him/her with any questions they may have or that they would like the lecturer to help them with.

Castlebar, Co. Mayo. Sligo, Co. Sligo. Galway City.

Please contact The Learning Curve Institute on 098 25530 or info@thelearningcurve.ie for more information.