Individual Counselling Skills

Course code CNSK 1505

Credit 3.0

Length 45.0 hours

Course outline View

This course builds upon the knowledge and skills gained in previous courses and introduces students to a broader range of counselling skills.

Prerequisites

CNSK 1502 taken prior or concurrently.

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What you will learn

  • • Active listening
    • Introducing therapeutic relationships – “first session”
    • Immediacy in counselling
    • Self disclosure
    • Transference and counter transference
    • Stages of Change
    • Advanced empathy
    • Use of challenging & confrontation
    • Ending therapeutic relationships
    • Self care and building personal resilience

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Course schedules

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CRN# Duration Delivery Location
11884 January 14, 2026
to April 15, 2026
Lecture/Practical Online See full schedule

Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule.

CRN# Duration Delivery Location
22179 May 13, 2026
to August 19, 2026
Lecture/Practical Online See full schedule

Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule.

Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and we acknowledge our privilege to be here.