Counselling clients affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

Learn step by step, highly practical and rapid learning. Useful during and after the pandemic. CBT-REBT based.

If you want to learn theory, read the books. But if you want a no-nonsense course to learn counselling clients affected by the pandemic step by step, this course is for you. The course is meant to enhance your practice, considering you are a mental health professional/health care worker.

The novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered a variety of mental health issues and possibly flared up existing conditions. The pandemic is likely to have lasting effects in the coming years. Mental health professionals and health care workers will benefit from this custom made training during the pandemic and after it. It is also a helpful course who want to learn counselling adults using the CBT and REBT techniques.

Albert Ellis Institute, New York, USA is the parent institute for REBT, and Dr. Shishir Palsapure, the trainer for the course is an Associate fellow and supervisor of Albert Ellis Institute, (Level 2 Training faculty) trained at the institute itself. He has received the title after meeting the stringent guidelines laid by the International Training Standards and Policy Review Committee in REBT. He has trained thousands of mental health professionals and non professionals, students in RECBT skills so far across the globe.

The learning objectives are

1. Establishing therapeutic alliance

2. Setting goals in therapy

3. Assessment of triggers

4. Understanding faulty thinking and behavioral patterns

5. Helping clients change their reactions

6. Teaching specific skills required in the crisis

7. Helping clients in specific contexts. Eg. Work from home, dealing with kids, loss of job/loved one etc.

8. Managing own burnout

Disclaimer: The training does not give you the license to practice counselling/psychotherapy, but is aimed at enhancing your therapy skills. Please check your state/national laws to practise therapy and ethical guidelines for your region. The participant is fully responsible for their therapy and its outcomes, the trainer takes no responsibility arising out of the training. The training does not make you eligible for the training by Albert Ellis Institute New York, nor is approved by the AEI New York, WHO, CDC, MCI or any other agency. However, this foundation training prepares the candidates for higher-level training and supervision offered by the AEI New York as well as Morphic Minds. The views expressed in the course are of the trainer based on evidence based therapies REBT and CBT, the data available at the time of the production.