We're offering a fast-track CPCAB-approved counselling skills course for students in a hurry

One of our counselling rooms.

Finding the time to join and complete a professional training course can be difficult, no matter your commitment.

The counselling training we offer  is helping people forge new careers for themselves, but the hours our students need to put in may not always suit everyone.

So, in order to help those whose time might be restricted, we have launched a weekend fast-track version of our Level 2 Counselling Skills course. The first session will take place Saturday, April 26.

This course, which is accredited by the Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body, (CPCAB), is perfect for people who are taking their first steps on the path to qualifying as therapists.

However, it is also also suitable for those who are simply interested in their own personal or professional development.

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Our counselling manager Nick Roth explained: "There are 12 full day sessions on Saturdays to complete the Level 2 fast-track.

"The traditional course runs over 30 weeks - so the fast-track is complete in three months, rather than a full academic year.

 "The fast-track is demanding and quick-paced learning, but often suits people who are working full-time and will enable learners to start their Level 3 qualification in September.

"Normally a learner considering starting their training now would begin in September 2025 and qualify in July 2029 - take the fast-track level 2 and qualify in July 2028, a year less than the traditional pathway."

We welcomed our first intake of Level 2 counselling skills students in November 2023. At the time, our director Della Kagure Brown described that first class as the culmination of a dream she had harboured for a number of years.

Of the fast-track course, Della said: "We are thrilled we're able to offer this method of studying and obtaining this qualification.

"The Level 2 course is very much an introduction to the counselling and therapy profession.

"Approaching their learning this way will help our students fast-forward their studies and move on the next level of learning if that is what they want."

 The starting dates for all of our counselling courses, including the fast-track Level 2 are:

• Level 2 Fast-track – Saturday, April 26

• Level 2 – Tuesday, September 8

• Level 3 – Monday, September 7

• Level 4 – Wednesday, September 9

• Level 5 Integrative – Thursday, September 10

• Level 5 Counselling Children and Young People –  Monday, September 14

The New Futures Project offers a comprehensive welfare and counselling service for women and young people dealing with sexual abuse or exploitation, domestic violence, trafficking, poverty and debt, substance use or mental ill-health.

Call us on 0116 251 0803 or send us a message at: info@new-futures.org.uk

You can find us at 71 London Road, Leicester, LE2 0PE