Accidental Counsellor

Duration:

4.5 hours.

Delivery Style:

1 hour eLearning & 3.5 hours face-to-face or virtual.

Participants per workshop: 

8-22 

Course Description:

Accidental Counsellor by Lifeline is aimed at those who would like to be able to safely and effectively support friends, family, colleagues, and peers who are in distress or experiencing a crisis. While this course does not train participants to be counsellors, the skills learnt in the course can be applied in many contexts.  

It will provide participants with skills in active listening, effective questioning, and de-escalation and grounding techniques. Participants will also learn the skills for asking openly about suicide risk and responding to the answers. 

Objectives 

• Apply the principles of recognise, respond, and refer to someone who is experiencing an emotional crisis. 
• Demonstrate key communication skills. 
• Define the importance of self-care. 

Who will benefit from this training? 

• Anyone who finds themselves having supportive conversations with others and wants to increase their skills and confidence to respond appropriately. 
• Accidental Counsellor can provide key training for your workplace peer support program, with further options for ongoing learning and practice. Contact us to build a package that is right for your business. 

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