Basic Counselling Skills

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Location: Neuroscience Institute, Groote Schuur Hospital
Time: 09h00 to 16h00
Duration: 1 day
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About the course

Basic counselling skills are crucial to foster healthy relationships when working with people, albeit patients in a clinic or hospital setting; members of the community; or research participants.

This course stimulates growth in knowledge, self-awareness and skills development. It aims to enhance participants’ ability to accurately empathize with their clients, developing and applying listening and communication skills, attending skills, active listening, body language and verbal skills such as paraphrasing, reflection, using questions appropriately and summarising.

The course is aimed at lay counsellors, adherence counsellors, community health workers, research workers, psychologists, social workers, nurses, medical officers