About the course

This Certificate course provides an introduction to counselling and aims to integrate counselling and psychological theory with biblical truths, spiritual development, and matters relating to Christian ministry.
 
The face-to-face elements will be taught by Lynn Millar, Laura Wylie and Jo Turner alongside their team of core tutors and guest speakers.
 
This Certificate offers integrative and dialogical approaches to counselling and aims to empower and equip people working within any helping role. It also meets the Certificate requirements for application to the Vital Pathways Training Diploma in Integrative Counselling with a Christian Perspective, a professionally validated Diploma that enables students to work as counsellors.
 
This 6-week programme will be delivered face-to-face within a group setting and will consist of engagement with relevant theory, practical application, personal reflection and self-development opportunities, large and small group discussions and practice of key counselling skills in triads. Each morning will start with worship, prayer and bible teaching relevant to the psychological theory or topic explored throughout the day. Students are introduced to common psychological issues presented by clients or service users and will learn how to work with these using key counselling and communication skills, working in a way that is both ethical and professional.

 

The Certificate in Integrative Counselling with a Christian Perspective will help you feel more confident in supportive roles, demonstrate greater self-awareness in your relationships with others, and have an enhanced understanding of mental health issues, together with improved communication through key counselling skills.

 

Dates

The course will be delivered over 3 weekends (one weekend per month) from 9:30am-4pm. The dates are as follows:
 
Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd October 2026
Friday 6th and Saturday 7th November 2026
Friday 4th and Saturday 5th December 2026
 

Venue

St Mungo’s Ministry Centre,
46B Bavelaw Road,
Balerno,
Edinburgh
EH14 7AE

 

For more details about the course, you can download the course handbook here.

 

 

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