CPCAB Level 2 Award in Introduction to Counselling Skills
Course Length:
10 weeks
Course Price:
£385 per person
Course Timing:
6pm-9pm
Course Location:
Basingstoke or Online
Start Date:
Sept 2025 or May 2026
Awarding Body:
CPCAB
Essential Course Information:
Course Summary
This course is designed to introduce students to active listening in a helping role. Through practice sessions and teaching covering initial counselling skills, learners are equipped with the basic skills to establish a helping relationship with others and to offer a supportive environment within which to utilise such skills. This course will not qualify attendees to be professional counsellors, however, it will provide the essential foundations to begin or further the student's journey towards a career in counselling.
Topics Covered
By the end of the course, candidates will have greater awareness, understanding and skills in enabling them to:
- Work within the limitations of the helping role
- Establish boundaries for helping work
- Communicate empathic understanding
- Focus on the speaker’s agenda
- Understand the importance of self-awareness in helping work
- Use listening and responding skills
- Use review and feedback to develop initial counselling skills
- Work within the limitations of the helping role
- Establish boundaries for helping work
- Communicate empathic understanding
- Focus on the speaker’s agenda
- Understand the importance of self-awareness in helping work
- Use listening and responding skills
- Use review and feedback to develop initial counselling skills
Entry Requirements
As this is an introductory course, there are no entry requirements for this course in terms of qualifications or experience.
Students must be aged 16 or over.
Students must be aged 16 or over.
Assessment Process
Students are assessed through short written assignment tasks (e.g. a weekly reflective journal) as well as tutor and peer observed active listening skills practice.
Further Training
On completion of this qualification, you are eligible to apply for our CPCAB Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills, which further develops active listening skills and is the next step for those wishing to continue their training, with a view to qualifying as a counsellor.
How to Apply
To apply for this course, click the 'Apply Now' button on this page, or head to our application form here.
Upcoming Course Dates
We have the following courses coming up during the 2025/26 academic year:
Starting September 2025 (Mon 6pm-9pm via Zoom for 10 weeks)
Monday 8th September 2025
Monday 15th September 2025
Monday 6th October 2025
Monday 13th October 2025
Monday 20th October 2025
Monday 3rd November 2025
Monday 10th November 2025
Monday 17th November 2025
Monday 1st December 2025
Monday 8th December 2025
Starting May 2026 (Mon 6pm-9pm in Basingstoke for 10 weeks)
Monday 25th May 2026
Monday 1st June 2026
Monday 8th June 2026
Monday 15th June 2026
Monday 22nd June 2026
Monday 29th June 2026
Monday 6th July 2026
Monday 13th July 2026
Monday 20th July 2026
Monday 27th July 2026
Starting September 2025 (Mon 6pm-9pm via Zoom for 10 weeks)
Monday 8th September 2025
Monday 15th September 2025
Monday 6th October 2025
Monday 13th October 2025
Monday 20th October 2025
Monday 3rd November 2025
Monday 10th November 2025
Monday 17th November 2025
Monday 1st December 2025
Monday 8th December 2025
Starting May 2026 (Mon 6pm-9pm in Basingstoke for 10 weeks)
Monday 25th May 2026
Monday 1st June 2026
Monday 8th June 2026
Monday 15th June 2026
Monday 22nd June 2026
Monday 29th June 2026
Monday 6th July 2026
Monday 13th July 2026
Monday 20th July 2026
Monday 27th July 2026
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