Guernsey
Level 2 to Level 4
Counselling Courses from June 2025...
ACE Courses provide Professional Accredited Counselling Courses either Nationwide/Online and In-Person/Face to Face options at specific locations:
More Information - Accepting Registrations - Guernsey / Nationwide / Online
Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills (CSK-L2)
Further InformationNext course dates:
Online / LIVE / Interactive Options
June 2025 - November 2025
Tuesday Evenings / Weekly
5.00pm - 9.00pm (Excluding Optional Tutorials)
Location:
The courses will be held Online / Interactive Platfom classes and is expected to revert to a location in Guernsey at Level 4
About the course:
This qualification is designed to give candidates the underpinning knowledge, skills and competencies to use counselling skills ethically and safely in a variety of contexts and roles. Progression will lead to access to the Level 3 (CST-L3) Counselling Qualification
17 Credits
This qualification is for:
- Those starting the first level of training as a professional counsellor.
- Those who want to learn counselling skills in other professional or helping roles.
- Those who want to improve their professional and personal relationships as part of personal development.
- Those who wish to improve communication and listening skills.
About the course:
This qualification leads to employment and increases employability for those whose role is to support others in sectors such as health and social care, teaching and learning, advocacy and mediation, support and project work, and other helping roles. It provides additional skills for those already in employment and is likely to lead to increased opportunities for promotion and advancement.
To make the distinction between counselling and counselling skills clear, CPCAB refers to the person using counselling skills as a ‘helper’ and the person being helped as a ‘helpee’.[ An example of helping work would be a care assistant (the helper) listening to someone they are looking after (the helpee) who is very worried about the health of a family member. The helper will help them to express their feelings and concerns. They may also guide them to a specific professional who may be able to provide them with the more specialised or in-depth help they may need. The core theoretical model underpinning the course is the Person-Centred Approach. The terms ‘counsellor’ and ‘client’ are not used until the Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies (CST-L3).
Course schedule:
Refer to Further Information
Total cost of the course:
£1095.00
(ACE Courses Policies apply)
Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies (CSK-L3)
Level 3 Online / NationwideProgression from Level 2
Next Online / Live Interactive Classes / Course:
September 2025 until March 2026
Saturdays / Fortnightly
Course times:
9.30 am - 4.00 pm
Location:
The courses will be held Online / Interactive Platfom classes and expected to revert to a location in Guernsey at Level 4
About the course:
Progression to Level 4 (TC-L4)
Ofqual - Recognised National Qualification (RNQ) - Certificate (20 Credits)
Adopts a Humanistic Approach to inform Counselling Skills Practice
This qualification is intended for candidates who have already acquired a recognised qualification in counselling skills and want to:
Take the next step in training to become a counsellor
Learn more about counselling theory, ethics and mental health
Be prepared for work as a professional counsellor in an agency setting
This qualification leads to employment and increases employability for those whose role is to support others in sectors such as health and social care work, teaching and learning, advocacy and mediation, support and project work, and other helping roles. It provides additional skills for those already in employment and is likely to lead to increased opportunities for promotion and advancement towards practitioner-level qualifications (TC-L4).
Next scheduled course dates:
September 25
13; 20
October 25
04; 18
November 25
01; 29
January 26
04; 17; 31
February 26
14; 28
March 26
14; 21
Total cost of the course:
£1295.00
(ACE Courses Policies apply)
Level 4 Therapeutic Counselling Diploma (TC-L4) BACP Approved Practitioner Qualification (APQ)
Progression from Level 3
Due to start January 2026
Location in Guernsey
2 Year Course - further information: TBA
Please note progression to the Level 4 (TC-L4) will be subject to candidates securing a potential counselling placement.
What you will experience...
Guernsey
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Ashley
Catherine
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Ashley Rawles
Tutor/Clinical Practice/Guernsey
Ashley gained her Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling in August 2021 and works in Private Practice whilst also volunteering several hours a week for a local counselling charity. Whilst Ashley mainly works with adults over the age of 18 she has experience of working with children and young people through other responsibilities and roles she currently holds in Guernsey.
As a Person-Centred Integrative Counsellor Ashley puts the client at the heart of the counselling process whilst her working is informed by other modalities and theories. Ashley is passionate about sharing her knowledge and experience with those looking to take on helping roles in the Bailiwick. In 2022 Ashley was a shadow tutor on a Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills.
Ashley was born and brought up in Guernsey and is therefore very aware of the uniqueness of Island life.
Catherine Jones
Post-Graduate PGCE, BA (Hons) In Humanistic Psychotherapy, Dip, MNCPS (Accredited), MBACP, MLIBF
Founder/Course Director/Tutor/Clinical Practice/Supervisor/Trainer
Catherine's qualifications include a First Class BA (Hons) Degree in Humanistic Psychotherapy and a Post-Graduate qualification in Teaching & Education and in Supervision. Catherine combines a successful supervision and counselling clinical practice with delivering, creating and developing up to and including degree/research level courses. Catherine's vast experience of training draws on academic experience of lecturing at local Universities, Colleges. Catherine also maintains a passion for making a difference to others by contributing as a volunteer to a local counselling charity. The creation of ACE Courses has been inspired in collaboration with other Course Directors to provide excellence in teaching and a positive student experience by offering a portfolio of up-to-date BACP/NCPS continual professional developmental requirements of Clinical Supervision and other bespoke courses.
Catherine is a registered and accredited member with the BACP and NCPS and remains passionate about research and undertaking a PhD in an area of Humanistic Psychotherapy.
Areas of interest include Bereavement and Loss, Self Esteem, Loneliness, Trauma and PTSD, Couples work and Eating Disorders. In addition to adopting the Person-Centred Approach Catherine draws on a Pluralistic Approach to client work and an Integrative supervision practice.
