Short Courses & Workshops

Topic

Synopsis

Throughout a person’s life, personal experiences are transformed into personal stories that are given meaning and help shape a person’s identity. In articulating and framing those stories in the context of counselling, Narrative Therapy separates the person from the problem and encourages people to rely on their own skill sets to resolve the problems that exist in their everyday lives. In this regard, Narrative therapy places the client in the position of the narrator of his / her own life, and utilizes the power of the client’s personal stories to discover his / her life purpose.

Learner’s Outcome

Upon completion, learners should be able to:
– understand the concept and process of Narrative Therapy
– know the strengths and limitations of Narrative Therapy in Counselling Case Management
– apply Narrative Therapy to Counselling Case Management

Facilitator

Ms Ee Cheng Lian Vivian

Total Training Hours

6 hours

Venue

Executive Counselling and Training Academy, 210 Middle Road, #07-02 Singapore Pools Building, Singapore 188994

Fees

$$224.70 (with GST) (All prices will be subjected to change without prior notice)

Award

Certificate of Attendance (awarded by Executive Counselling and Training Academy)

Topic

Synopsis

Reality Therapy is founded on the principles of Choice Theory. It proposes that all human issues occur when one or more of five basic psychological needs are not met, and that an individual can only control his or her own behaviour through conscious decision-making. The founder of Reality Therapy, William Glasser, believed that when someone makes choices to change his or her own behavior, rather than attempting to change someone else’s, that person will be more successful at attaining his or her desires. The Reality Therapy approach to counselling and problem-solving focuses on the present situation and how the client can create a better future, instead of concentrating at length on the past. Typically, clients seek to discover what they really want and whether their current behaviour is actually bringing them nearer to, or further away from, that goal.

Learner’s Outcome

Upon completion, learners should be able to:
– understand the concept and process of Reality Therapy
– know the strengths and limitations of Reality Therapy in Counselling Case Management
– apply Reality Therapy to Counselling Case Management

Facilitator

Total Training Hours

20 hours

Venue

Executive Counselling and Training Academy, 210 Middle Road, #07-02 Singapore Pools Building, Singapore 188994

Fees

$711.55 (with GST) (All prices will be subjected to change without prior notice)

Award

Certificate of Attendance (awarded by Executive Counselling and Training Academy)

Topic

Synopsis

Transactional Analysis (TA) Psychotherapy was developed by Dr Eric Berne in the 1950’s, and is based on three philosophical tenets: First, that people are fundamentally OK. Second, that everyone (apart from the severely brain-damaged) has the capacity to think. And third, that people decide on their own destiny and those decisions can be changed. A core theory in TA is the Ego State model, which comprises the Parent, Adult, and Child parts of a person’s personality structure. Other clinical applications may also involve Script Analysis, Strokes, Structural Analysis, Game Analysis, and Life Positions. Using these approaches, TA seeks to help individuals gain greater self-awareness of their own internal processes, and how these processes influence their sense of self, and their interaction with other people in their life.

Learner’s Outcome

Upon completion, learners should be able to:
– appreciate the basic framework of Transactional Analysis (TA)
– apply the key TA concepts effectively in case management
– conceptualise and support common issues using TA strategies
– understand strengths and limitations of TA

Facilitator

Dr Jessica Leong

Total Training Hours

14.5 hours

Venue

Executive Counselling and Training Academy, 210 Middle Road, #07-02 Singapore Pools Building, Singapore 188994

Fees

$401.25 (with GST) (All prices will be subjected  to change without prior notice)

Award

Certificate of Attendance (awarded by Executive Counselling and Training Academy)

Topic

Synopsis

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) focuses on a client’s future possibilities and the solutions that can help him or her achieve them, rather than the challenges and problems that brought him or her to seek counselling in the first place. This emphasis, and the relatively short number of therapy sessions envisaged for typical cases, sets SFBT apart from many other major psychotherapeutic approaches. Other key features of SFBT include clear, concise, and realistic goal-setting, and the structured and systematic conversational approach adopted by the SFBT therapist.

Learner’s Outcome

Upon completion, learners should be able to:
– appreciate the basic framework of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
– apply the key SFBT techniques effectively in case management
– conceptualise and support common counselling issues using structured SFBT strategies
– understand strengths and limitations of SFBT

Facilitator

Total Training Hours

12 hours

Venue

Executive Counselling and Training Academy, 210 Middle Road, #07-02 Singapore Pools Building, Singapore 188994

Fees

$353.10 (with GST) (All prices will be subjected  to change without prior notice)

Award

Certificate of Attendance (awarded by Executive Counselling and Training Academy)

Topic

Person – Centered Therapy (PCT)

Synopsis

Person-Centered Therapy (PCT) is a humanistic theory of psychotherapy developed by Carl Rogers, and is widely-regarded as a major influence on most modern psychotherapeutic approaches and schools of thought. PCT emphasises the cultivation of a client’s internal resources through the quality of the therapeutic relationship between therapist and client. In this regard, the PCT therapist is encouraged to assume the three “core conditions” of empathy, congruence, and unconditional positive regard for their client.

Learner’s Outcome

Upon completion, learners should be able to:
– understand the core conditions of Person – Centered Therapy (PCT) – a humanistic approach to counselling
– use the Person-Centered approach to establish the therapeutic relationship with clients
– use Person-Centered therapeutic relationship to strengthen the “being” of a client

Facilitator

Total Training Hours

6 hours

Venue

Executive Counselling and Training Academy, 210 Middle Road, #07-02 Singapore Pools Building, Singapore 188994

Fees

$160.50 (with GST) (All prices will be subjected  to change without prior notice)

Award

Certificate of Attendance (awarded by Executive Counselling and Training Academy)

Topic

Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy Model in Supervision

Synopsis

The course aims to provide an introduction to clinical supervision from the CBT perspective in counselling and psychotherapy, which equips the student in both the concepts and procedures of providing supervision using the CBT framework. In looking at the observable cognitions and behaviours, with an emphasis on the supervisee’s professional identity and his/her reactions to the client, the student develops skills such as conceptualizing client and/or supervisee progress in the reduction of negative emotions, the ability to train the supervisee in generating and testing hypotheses, the way to model behaviour and implement interventions, as well as conduct evaluation using self and live-observation. The course is conducted in a structured and systematic approach, which is consistent with the emphasis of evidence-based practice in CBT.

Learner’s Outcome

Upon completion, learners should be able to:
– Demonstrate knowledge of CBT framework as it applies to supervision
– Identify and demonstrate the aspects of a collaborative supervisory relationship
– Conceptualise client/supervisee progress within CBT framework

Facilitator

Sunil Bhar is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Swinburne University of Technology. He chairs the Department of Psychological Sciences. He also directs the Wellbeing Clinic for Older Adults and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Program at the Swinburne Psychology Clinic. He runs an active research lab focusing on the emotional wellbeing of older adults and the mechanisms of reminiscence and cognitive-behavioural therapies. He has won over $2 million in grants to examine the wellbeing of older adults living in residential aged care settings and dementia care. He is a diplomate of the Academy of Cognitive Therapies, having spent 4 years working with Aaron Beck, MD investigating the efficacy of cognitive therapy for suicide prevention. Dr Bhar has maintained a clinical practice for over 20 years, and integrates clinical experience into his ongoing teaching and research activities.

Entry Requirements

Counselling and Health Sciences qualification or its equivalent.

Venue

Executive Counselling and Training Academy, 210 Middle Road, #07-02 Singapore Pools Building, Singapore 188994

Fees

$1,284.00 (with GST) (All prices will be subjected  to change without prior notice) Application Fee : $53.50 (inclusive of GST) (waived for ECTA Alumni)

Award

A Certificate of Completion will be issued by Swinburne University of Technology