A valuable course for anyone involved in marriage and couples counselling. There is much and varied reasons why relationships break down and irreconcilable differences is one of them.  If you work with couples, support them or want to understand your own relationship better this course is indispensable.  With this course you will:

• Learn to provide marriage and couples counselling
• Learn why relationships break down
• Learn how to help others maintain their relationships

If you want to learn more about relationships and communication counselling, this is the course for you.  Develop your understanding of the role communication plays in creating, maintaining or destroying relationships, and your ability to assist others to improve their relationships communications.

Course Aims:

• Explore the establishment of positive communication in emergent relationships and the various factors that influence relational processes;
• Examine perceptions of ourselves and how this affects our communication and influences our communication goals;
• To identify and examine patterns of communication in close relationships and consider the functions of thoughts, feelings and actions and how they inform our communication responses;
• Recognise the role of third party influences when communicating in relationships and the changing needs in a persons lifetime that affect their communication;
• Listen with improved empathy and respond accordingly;
• To understand constructive and destructive methods of maintaining relationships.

There are 6 lessons in this course:

1. Communication in Emerging Relationships
2. Self-Awareness and Communication Goals
3. Communication Patterns in Relationships
4. Influences on Relating Behaviour and PBL
5. Communication Techniques and Skills
6. Maintaining Relationships

When you have completed the lessons of your Certificate course, you will be given the option of taking the optional exam. It’s okay if you don’t want the exam, we still issue your Careerline Certificate. For Advanced Certificates however, the exam is compulsory (per module) and are included in the course fee.