– Full Training Pack)

📘 1. Professional Learning Module

🧬 Introduction

Counselling and therapy support individuals with:

Learning disabilities
ADHD
Autism
Mental health conditions

They help with:

Emotional wellbeing ❤️
Behaviour understanding 🧠
Life challenges 🌍

⚖️ 2. Counselling vs Therapy

💬 Counselling

Short-term
Focused on specific problems
Goal-oriented

Examples:

School stress
Life decisions

🧠 Therapy

Longer-term
Explores deeper issues
Focus on mental health

Examples:

Trauma
Anxiety
Depression

🧠 3. Key Focus Areas (Children & Adolescents)

Young people often need support with:

Identity development
Emotional regulation
Social relationships
Independence and decision-making

👉 Older adolescents may feel pressure about:

Careers
Relationships
Life direction

🧠 4. Core Therapy Approaches

🧠 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

👉 Focus:

Thoughts → Feelings → Behaviour

🔄 Cognitive Reframing

Changing negative thoughts
Encouraging positive thinking

Example:
❌ “I always fail”
✔ “I can improve with practice”

🧘 Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

👉 Focus:

Emotional regulation
Coping skills
Distress tolerance

Useful for:

Anxiety
Emotional overwhelm

🧠 EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing)

👉 Used for:

Trauma
Anxiety
PTSD

Helps the brain:

Process difficult memories

🧩 5. Case Conceptualisation

👉 This means:

Understanding a person’s situation by looking at:

Background
Behaviour
Emotions
Relationships
Environment

🧠 Why it matters:

Helps create the right support plan
Guides therapy
Improves outcomes

🧠 6. Mental Health & Behaviour

👉 Important idea:

Behaviour may reflect:

Emotional distress
Trauma
Anxiety
Unmet needs

💬 Validation

Good counselling includes:

Listening
Understanding
Accepting feelings

👉 Not judging

🧠 7. Motivation & Engagement

Effective support includes:

Understanding risky behaviours
Recognising why they happen
Supporting change safely

👉 Build trust first

🛠️ 8. Practical Support Strategies

Build strong relationships
Use clear communication
Provide structure
Encourage self-expression

🌟 9. Benefits of Counselling & Therapy

Improved mental health
Better emotional regulation
Increased confidence
Stronger relationships

🧠 10. Key Message

👉 Counselling and therapy help people:

Understand themselves
Manage emotions
Improve wellbeing

💚 Support leads to positive change

🧠 11. Easy Read Version

💬 Counselling & Therapy

Counselling and therapy help people:

Talk about feelings
Solve problems
feel better

⚖️ Difference

Counselling = short help
Therapy = longer support

🧠 What helps?

Talking
Listening
Learning coping skills

💚 Key Message

👉 It is okay to ask for help

🎓 12. Quiz

Multiple Choice

Counselling is:
👉 A. Short-term support
Therapy is:
👉 B. Long-term support
CBT helps with:
👉 C. Thoughts and feelings

True / False

Therapy helps mental health → ✔ True
Feelings should be ignored → ❌ False
Support improves wellbeing → ✔ True

🧾 13. Assessment Sheet

Name: ____________

🧠 Knowledge

☐ Understands counselling
☐ Understands therapy
☐ Knows key approaches

🤝 Skills

☐ Communication
☐ Listening
☐ Empathy

❤️ Attitude

☐ Respectful
☐ Supportive
☐ Non-judgemental

🎭 14. Activities

🧩 Activity 1 – Think

What is counselling?

💬 Activity 2 – Discussion

Why might someone need therapy?

🎭 Activity 3 – Role Play

Practice:

Listening
Supporting
Asking questions

🧠 Activity 4 – Scenario

A young person feels anxious and overwhelmed.

👉 What would you do?

📊 15. PowerPoint Slides

Slide 1
Counselling & Therapy

Slide 2
What is counselling?

Slide 3
What is therapy?

Slide 4
CBT

Slide 5
DBT

Slide 6
EMDR

Slide 7
Benefits

Slide 8
Key message

🧠 16. Professional Insight

👉 Good counselling is:

Person-centred
Strength-based
Trauma-informed

👉 It focuses on:

Understanding
Empowerment
Growth

🌍 17. Further Resources

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
National Institutes of Health
American Psychological Association

🌟 18. Final Key Messages

💚 It is okay to ask for help
💚 Everyone has mental health
💚 Support improves lives
💚 Understanding builds trust
💚 Therapy and counselling save lives

Wednesday, 8 April 2026

📘 Chapter 15: Counselling & Therapy Module 14