10 advantages of a "Psychosocial Counseling" course
The "Psychosocial Counseling" courses are open to all adults who have completed their basic education; no specific prior training is required.
Summary of the most important advantages of a "psychosocial counselor" course:
- No prior knowledge of psychology is required to join a "Psychosocial Counseling" course.
- The courses are structured in such a way that they can be completed alongside work or family life.
- You can choose between different approaches such as individual psychological, integrative, person-centered or body-centered psychological counseling.
- The "Psychosocial Counseling" course is very practice-oriented and the ongoing practice makes it possible to apply what you have learned immediately in everyday life.
- Those who graduate from a school recognized by the SGfB (Swiss Association for Counselling) can apply for membership of the SGfB and use the specialist title "SGfB Counsellor".
- Psychosocial counsellors have the opportunity to take the higher professional examination (HFP) to obtain a federally recognized qualification as a certified counsellor in the psychosocial field.
- In therapy and supervision sessions, students also look at their own issues, so that the "Psychosocial Counseling" training also contributes a great deal to their own development.
- The need for psychologically oriented counseling is increasing and many more trained people will be needed in the future.
- Psychosocial support and counseling in Switzerland is generally not subject to licensing, i.e. graduates are allowed to become self-employed and run their own counseling practice (they are not allowed to counsel people with mental illnesses; these may only be treated by psychotherapists and doctors).
- Anyone who passes the higher professional examination following the training can receive up to 50% of the total course fees back from the federal government.
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