Hi, I'm looking for a new diourection and have benefitted greatly from counselling recently. I think I could be a counsellor myself as I am highly empathic and able to relate to people from diverse backgrounds. Do you know of organisations that run training in Counselling?
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Does anyone have any suggestions about training in Counselling?
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Hi, thank you for your message Ajay and I hope you are well and enjoying the sunshine! You're right, I should contact gp as I have been on two really helpful courses and they might be open to me volunteering to help run one in the future.
I’m a university professor. Counselors actually are highly qualified mental health professionals. If you have an undergraduate degree, you may be able to complete a counseling program at the graduate level. These programs web sites will tell you what the admission criterion are and do forth. I’d definitely encourage you to go a little research to find counseling programs in your area.
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Hi, I've got a university degree plus a post grad MA (although I think I didn't really deserve that one!). Am under no illusions about the need for extensive study before becoming a professional counsellor. Am wondering whether it's the right track for me to follow, possibly, a deep furrow ploughed by contact with counsellor reveals my own marked tendency to submit and imitate rather than take flight. Thanks for your interest.
No - but my daughter-in-law recently qualified and set up a practice in West London - where are you.
Hi! congratulations to your daughter-in-law. I'm in North West London.
If you pm me, I will ask her for details. She is probably within 10 miles of you.
Hi new-baby, Counselling does require a degree, but the Open University offers one if you don't want to enter full time education with all that entails. Good luck with your new endeavour.
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Hi, thanks for the pointer. I'm finding lots of courses out there, online and at college so will make sure to look into the OU as well. 
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