Lindum College Ltd
Specialised Counsellor Training and Continuing Professional Development Courses - We are an organisational Member of BACP
Post Qualifying Courses
Level 5 & 6 (Ofqual equivalent)
Course Reference: LIC21-L5
This course is for students who have successfully completed a classroom based Level 4 Counselling Diploma.
The objective of this course is to expand your skills to a deeper level.
Course Content:
- Anxiety & stress management
- Adding coaching to your practice
- Applied Psychology and body language
- Building Self Esteem
- Creative Intervention
- Pluralistic approach
Course Structure:
- Teaching time
- Personal awareness & development
- Group discussion
- Experiential
- Home Study
- Written Assignments
- Presentation(s)
Classroom Hrs:
- 90 Hours
Course Costs:
- £1400 Including vat (payment for the courses is made simple by offering a monthly interest free payment scheme).
Entry Level:
- This course is for students who have successfully completed a Level 4 Counselling Skills and Theory classroom based Diploma.
Course Reference: CBT-10
The objective of this course is to provide the student with the information and tools to either integrate CBT into their therapeutic work enable them to assist the client appropriately to address issues, set goals and move forward positively with their lives. This course is available to counsellors qualified to a minimum level 4 Diploma in counselling qualification. or enrolled on a level 4 counselling course - the material has been updated for 2025
Course Content: please click here to request our current prospectus.
- Attributional therapy
- CBT Framework
- Client Homework
- Cognitive analytic therapy
- Cognitive dissonance and re-structuring
- Integrating CBT
- Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT)
- Stress Inoculation Therapy (SIT)
- Thinking errors
- Understanding the origins and the application of CBT
- Working with:
> Changing learned behaviours
> Coaching and goal setting
> Depression
> Self-esteem Building
> Understanding core beliefs
> Challenging core beliefs
> Anxiety
> Defence mechanisms
> Phobias
Course Structure:
- Teaching time
- Personal awareness & development
- Group Discussions
- Experiential
Classroom Hrs:
- 72 Hours
Course Costs:
- £1,200 including vat (payment for the courses is made simple by offering a monthly interest free payment scheme).
Entry Level:
- This course is for students who have successfully completed a Level 4 Counselling Skills and Theory classroom based Diploma
Course Reference: CYP-10 -CR
The objective of this course is to provide the tools for counselling and helping children and young people to deal with the many issues they have to face in this modern world. The course is in depth and informative and is only accessible for students with a level 4 Diploma in counselling (classroom Taught) This is a practical hands on course that allows the participants to practice the skills.
Course Content: please click here to request our current prospectus.
The course briefly comprises of:
- Childhood development/attachment
- Rules of child counselling
- The assessment & session format
- Breathing exercises /Signs of tension
- CBT work with children
- Age related understanding/Understanding Goals
- Managing overwhelming emotions/Anger management
- Working with Anxiety/fears & OCD
- Family influence
- Self-monitoring/Metaphor
- Problem solving strategies
- Self-esteem building
- Grief and loss
- Working with sand tray/Russian dolls/Puppets
- Working with dolls houses & shelter houses
- Playing games in the therapy room
- Diversity & disability
- Working with child abuse
- Working with trauma, guilt and shame
- The TA perspective
Course Structure:
- Teaching time
- Personal awareness & development
- Group Discussions
- Experiential
Classroom Hrs:
- 72 hours
Course Costs:
- £1200 including vat (payment for the courses is made simple by offering a monthly interest free payment scheme).
Entry Level:
- This course is for students who have successfully completed a Level 4 Counselling Skills and Theory classroom based Diploma or are currently enrolled on a level 4 counselling course.
Next cohort starts September 2025, we are now enrolling
This course is based on the BACP competency for supervision
Entry level for this course - Level 5 qualification / post qualification course or 450 supervised client hours
During this course we will teach you to understand:
The working alliance / The supervision processes and wider concepts including culture, politics, and economics
Developing role flexibility and Building a relationship
Session structure and agenda building / Confronting incompetence and legalities
You will explore:
Your values and beliefs, assumptions and philosophy / To work in accordance with your own definition of supervision
Self-acceptance, your confidence in leadership and authority / Facilitating the process
The course is based on an integrative framework
We will cover:
Working remotely, Working creatively/ Working within diversity /The pro-active model
Working with trainees and working freelance
Course assessment will be based on:
Case studies / ethical dilemmas / setting up a practice & contract writing/Experiential work
Homework assignments and final assessment (practical)
We will require a letter of recommendation from your supervisor at the end of the course
Entry level - a minimum 1 year post qualification and 500 client hours
Guided learning hours 90 course cost £1500.00 (including vat)
A new Diploma starting September 2025
- During this courses you will learnt to work at a deep level with clients experiencing trauma, PTSD and complex PTSD
The course is two parts - the first step is level 5
You will learn how to emotionally regulate clients, help the to manage triggers and flashbacks
Approaches covered
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy(ACT)
- Cognitive Therapies CBT - CRT
- Havering techniques, use visual metaphors and infographics, mindfulness
- Re-wind technique and trauma processing
- Solution focused approach
- Working with nesting dolls and sand tray
- Trauma timelines
60 hours taught one evening per week (during academic calendar),
Teaching method online tutor led and experiential -
Course cost £900 - payment plan available
Step 2 - Level 6
You will expand on the knowledge taught in level 5 to have a clear understanding of how to work with
- Maladaptive schemas
- Trauma from historical abuse
- Collective trauma
- Intergenerational trauma
- Learn to work with complex PTSD
Theoretical bases covered
- Cognitive theories expanded to include cognitive processing and restructuring
- Polyvagal therapy
- Somatic and breath work
Practical application
- Understanding the correlation between brain and body, Symptoms and strategies
- Reconnection and integration
- Developing self-compassion
- Shame, guilt and persecution
- Trauma related illnesses
- A deeper understanding of nesting doll and sand tray work
60 hours taught one evening per week (during academic calendar),
3 hours of individual supervision provided
30 hours placement required
Teaching method online tutor led and experiential -
Course cost £1200 - payment plan available
When you sign up for both levels a discount of £200 will be applied
5 hours supervision provided within the course fees (Lindum course supervisors all minimum level 6 qualified)
This is a comprehensive course dealing with sensitive materials, we therefore recommend that students have counselling available.
Classroom course will be available with all weekend dates 2026
Contact Details
Lindum College Ltd
Greetwell Place
Limekiln Way
Greetwell Road
Lincoln LN2 4US
Contact Details:
Phone: 01522 244200
Jane Bellamy: 07590 474812
Ainslie Goddard: 07802 814304
Email: info@lindumcollege.org
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