BH 100 - Basic Counseling Skills for The Health Care Professional

Course overview

his course is specially designed for the healthcare or behavioral healthcare professional who is non-clinical and non-licensed. Many pastoral and non-clinical professionals work in the behavioral health field but they may lack formal education in basic counseling science. This course provides the basic knowledge to help non-clinical counselors enhance their knowledge and expertise in employing basic attending, listening and communicating skills in counseling. It also gives new counselors a sense of comfort knowing what to expect in counseling and how to better cultivate healthy therapeutic counseling relationships. This course will address counselor ethics, attending skills, responding skills, and communication with clients. In addition, it will help counselors help understand the nature of counseling and how to productively help individuals discover true change in their lives through a variety of counseling skills and techniques. Finally, it will emphasize the importance of empathy and cross- cultural understanding in helping each client. This course is required for those who are not clinical counselors, social workers, marriage family therapists, or healthcare providers who are not licensed, or have at least not taken a college level basic counseling course. It can also be taken as recertification course for anyone looking to review counseling skills and techniques