Advanced School Counselling & Therapy

Advanced School Counselling & Therapy

Master Modern Therapeutic Modalities Through Hands-On Role Plays & Real Case Studies

Program Features

What Makes This Course Special

• Intimate Batch Size (Cap at 20 Learners): Ensures individual attention, personalized mentorship, and real-time guidance during practice sessions.

• Hands-On Role Plays & Mock Sessions: Build muscle memory for clinical skills through supervised peer role plays and live practice.

• Real-Life Case Studies: Learn end-to-end case formulation, treatment planning, and practical intervention application.

• Therapy-Specific Worksheets: Receive a full toolkit of downloadable worksheets ready to use in your future client sessions.

• Career & Self Employment 

• AI Integration Training: Learn how to responsibly leverage AI tools to streamline documentation, session planning, and research.

• Top Performer Recognition: Recommendation Letters awarded to the top 2 performing learners in each batch.

• Self-Care & Burnout Prevention: Essential training on protecting your own mental health while serving clients.

Program Overview (Modules)

Module 1: Advanced School Counselling

• Emotional Well-Being: Stress and anxiety management (exams, peer pressure), coping with grief/family changes, anger management, and self-esteem building.

• Social Skills & Peer Dynamics: Bullying prevention, assertiveness training, conflict resolution, empathy development, and healthy social media/online behavior.

• Academic & Study Skills: Time management, organizational skills, goal setting, study habits, and exam preparation strategies.

• Career & Future Planning: Strengths identification, subject selection guidance, decision-making, and transition planning to higher education/vocational options.

• Special Focus / Life Skills: Building resilience, developing emotional intelligence, peer mentoring, leadership, and digital safety.

Module 2: Core Therapeutic Skills

• Core Therapeutic Communication: Active listening, empathy, unconditional positive regard, effective questioning, paraphrasing, summarizing, and managing silence.

• Self-Understanding & Personal Development: Reflexive practice, identifying personal biases, managing transference/countertransference, and cultural sensitivity.

• Advanced Skills: Immediacy, constructive confrontation, managing client resistance, handling intense emotional expressions, and complex case conceptualization.

• Counselling Process & Stages: Intake, goal setting, intervention phase, progress review, consolidation, and planned termination.

• Therapeutic Alliance & Boundaries: Establishing safety and trust, handling therapeutic ruptures, and ethical boundary maintenance.

• Ethics, Self-Care & Follow-Up: Professional codes of conduct, child protection/safeguarding, confidentiality, burnout prevention, supervision, and referral protocols.

Module 3: Assessments & Planning

• Clinical Interviewing Techniques: Child, adolescent, and parent interviewing strategies, rapport-building, and structured/semi-structured approaches.

• Case History Taking & MSE: Developmental, family, educational, medical, and psychological history, alongside behavioral observations and Mental Status Examination (MSE).

• Psychological Scales & Screening:

  • Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)

  • Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC / Y-PSC)

  • Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS)

  • Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ – Short Form)

  • Vanderbilt ADHD Parent & Teacher Rating Scales

  • Learning Disability Screening Checklists (Dyslexia / LD)

  • Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-12)

  • Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale Screener (C-SSRS)

• Treatment Planning & Progress Tracking: Formulating SMART goals, evidence-based intervention selection, outcome evaluation, and clinical reporting.

Module 4: Understanding Neurodevelopmental & Mental Health Disorders

• Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Intellectual Disability (ID).

• Specific Learning & Communication Disorders: Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Speech and Language Disorders, Motor/Tic Disorders.

• Behavioral & Mood Disorders: Separation Anxiety, Social Anxiety, GAD, Depression, OCD, Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Bipolar Disorder, PTSD/Trauma, Anorexia, and Bulimia.

Module 5: Specialized Counselling Areas

• Suicide prevention and crisis intervention protocols in educational settings.

• Grief, trauma-focused, group, family, and relationship counselling techniques.

• Substance abuse awareness and intervention strategies for youth.

• Eclectic counselling frameworks applied to school, parental, and community settings.

Module 6: Advanced Techniques & Somatic Skills

• Regulation & Relaxation: Grounding exercises, visualization, targeted breathing techniques, and progressive relaxation.

• Behavioral & Expressive Techniques: Behavior modification protocols, projective techniques, and expressive art modalities.

• Mind-Body Approaches: Mindfulness-based practices and age-appropriate yoga for children and adolescents.

Module 7: Diet & Nutrition for Child & Adolescent Mental Health

• The role of nutrition in brain development and emotional regulation.

• Key brain-supportive nutrients affecting mood, focus, and behavior.

• Targeted dietary considerations for ADHD, anxiety, and mood fluctuations.

• Strategies for establishing healthy eating habits in home and school environments.

Module 8: Positive Parenting

• Foundations: Parenting styles, secure attachment, bonding, and emotional coaching strategies.

• Techniques: Positive reinforcement, consistent discipline frameworks, and non-violent communication.

• Managing Challenging Behaviors: De-escalating tantrums, aggression, defiance, non-compliance, and severe emotional dysregulation.

• Parental Self-Care: Stress management for caregivers and building family resilience through healthy modeling.

Module 9: Positive Schooling

• Principles of strength-based education and social-emotional learning (SEL) integration.

• Developing inclusive classroom practices for diverse learning and emotional needs.

Module 10: Therapeutic Modalities for Children & Adolescents

• Child Modalities: Play Therapy, Art Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT).

• Behavioral Interventions: Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) fundamentals, Behavior Modification, and Parent Management Training (PMT).

• Family & Adolescent Therapies: Family Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A).

• Integrative Approaches: Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Expressive Therapies, Group Therapy, and Social Skills Training groups.

Module 11: Mental Health & Well-Being in Schools

• Implementing mental health-inclusive curriculums and teacher awareness programs.

• Classroom strategies for fostering daily emotional well-being.

• Formulating school mental health policies, parent collaboration models, and community partnerships.