Bedonwell Training
Bedonwell Training is the leading specialist for Accredited Counselling and Professional Development courses in the South East. Our award winning ABC Awards Showcase Centre is located within the heart of the Creative Quarter in Folkestone.
Our counselling training offers a clear progression route from Introductory Skills training through to Certificates in Counselling, and on to professional Diploma qualifications.
We also provide training for advanced specialist Diplomas in Working with Children and Young People, and Supervision.
Our short courses and workshops are dedicated to expanding areas of knowledge, skills, and professional and personal development. These courses are aimed at students in training, qualified counsellors and psychotherapists, as well as other professionals working in a range of supportive roles.
Our dedicated training centre is proud to offer a comprehensive range of courses to provide both individuals and organisations with their training requirements.
Counsellor Training Overview
comprehensive training for all levels
Bedonwell offers a full range of ABC Award Certificates and Diplomas from introductory training to advanced, specialist Level 6 courses.
Short Courses and Workshops
Specialists in Continuous Development
Short Courses and Workshops meeting your professional development needs. Suitable for counsellors and many other supporting roles
Counsellor Training Taster Days
Specialists in Continuous Development
A ½ day taster workshop that offers demonstrations and activities for you to sample what it’s like to train to become a Counsellor
UK Registered Training Provider 10038564
ABC Awards Accredited Centre No. 2671
Registered Company No. 08200765
VAT no. 289 8036 49
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Canterbury, Kent
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Bedonwell Training, Mill Bay (off Tontine St), Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1JR . Tel: 01303 244 141
Bedonwell Training, Mill Bay (off Tontine St), Folkestone
Kent, CT20 1JR
Tel: 01303 244 141
If you are interested in training to be a counsellor, we are offering a low cost, no obligation taster day for a nominal fee of £10.00 redeemable against course enrolment.
Whilst there is a shortage of male counsellors, and we are definitely encouraging men to consider ta counselling career - our taster offer is for male and female alike!
Next date: Saturday 21st September, 10am - 2pm.
Click HERE to register your interest
Our director of training is Graham Griffin, a BACP Accredited Counsellor and Supervisor of 18 years’ experience as a therapist.
Graham is looking to encourage more men to undertake counselling training.
“Traditionally, more women than men have sought counselling. Talking about feelings and exploring emotional and psychological difficulties has been seen as a ‘female’ rather than a ‘male’ trait”. Graham added …. “This has been embedded in gender socialisation and how women and men consider and evaluate themselves. However, things are beginning to change with more men seeking counselling and seeing it as both a positive and relevant source of help”.
With the number of men seeking counselling increasing, the numbers of trained male counsellors remain very low. Of over 40,000 counsellors registered with the British Association of Counsellors & Psychotherapists (BACP), less than 20% are male. The explanation for the lack of male counsellors is down to the historic gender roles, but Graham believes that is beginning to change:
“As more men seek out counselling and experience positive outcomes as a consequence, more men will consider training to become a qualified therapeutic counsellor as a viable and positive option for them”. Graham continued, “I am keen to encourage more men from all kinds of backgrounds and current occupations to consider counselling training. From my own experience, men have often felt silenced through male gender roles and have felt the need to keep their emotions secret, adding feelings of shame and isolation to their emotional mix”.
Bedonwell’s accredited training programmes aim to enable men to feel empowered to release themselves from those male stereotypes, bringing a unique richness of masculine perspectives to enhance the inter-relational dynamics of a mixed-gender training programme.
Call 01303 244141 to book your taster evening place. Alternatively Email Us today.
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