Professional Qualifications

The camaraderie of the course has been fantastic, the teachers work-ethic, and effort has been greatly appreciated. I think doing skills practice has been great for personal development –I have challenged myself, and been challenged, and I now understand myself way better now, than I did before I started with York College. This course has absolutely given me the skills I need as a trainee counsellor, to hopefully go out into the world as a professional. I have a new appreciation for what person-centred counselling means as I work with people who have struggled on a professional and personal level during this pandemic, at College and on placement. My future plans include, continuing my work on Soundsphere magazine (and my new mental health and disability platform, Wobbling About and Rocking Out), armed with the core conditions of person-centred counselling to hopefully make me a better interviewer! I’d like to gain more experience in counselling and do some client work alongside my other responsibilities. The skills I have learned in the College will no doubt last me a lifetime, so I am very grateful. I’m really excited about the future. Dom, Level 3 Counselling Skills and Level 4 Therapeutic Counselling student Our professional qualifications are all accredited courses by national Awarding Bodies. These courses are for those who are looking for professional development, career change or to perhaps work towards a promotion.