| This
year is comprised of twelve weekends
and four separate seminar days.
It is for people who have completed
the Matrix foundation course,
or an equivalent training and
who may be seeking one or more
of the following:
•
Personal development of self and
relationships
• Further development of
refined counselling skills in
the course of their work
• Further training as a
counsellor
• Employment as a counsellor
• University credits and
a second year of training of a
BSc degree in Integrative Counselling.
Entry
requirements:
•
Must be 24 years of age
• Completion of the matrix
foundation course or the equivalent
of at least 60 hours of skills
training
• Can show learning ability
to work at a Higher Education
level 1-2 i.e. show an ability
to develop a rigorous approach
to the acquisition of a broad
base of knowledge and skills,
make reasoned judgements and direct
own learning
• One character reference
and one professional/academic
reference
At
interview the applicant must show:
•
Motivation and commitment to learning
and self development
• The ability and willingness
to cope with the academic and
experiential components.
• Commitment to work to
ethical standards of supervision
and anti-oppressive practice
Training
methods include:
•
Discussion time
• Experiential exercises
• Didactic teaching
• Role play
• Practice in small groups
• Skills practice
• Use of video and taping
experience to monitor own practice
• Training video material
Written
work includes:
•
Personal learning journal
• 2 essays
• Written self assessment
• Case study
• 20 minute presentation
Counselling
practice and supervision:
Students
will be expected to be already
in counselling practice or about
to start. The Matrix low cost
counselling may be available for
some who are having difficulty
finding clients. BACP supervision
requirements are one and a half
hours per month. Matrix recommends
one hour of supervision fortnightly
during training.
Successful
completion of the course is achieved
by:
•
80% attendance
• All written work at pass
level
• Completion of 100 hours
of supervised counselling practice
• Completion of 30 hours of personal
therapy hours
• External assessment interview
On
completion of this year most students
choose to continue into the Advanced
Diploma. |
