Bamboo Grove Training Centre
Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
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Key Information
Where: 20 Cowgate, Peterborough, PE2 1NA
Duration: 30 weeks (90 Guided Learning Hours)
Classroom based, face to face in a small group with a tutor.
Starting Date: Monday 8th September 2025
5.30pm-8.30pm
Cost: £790 and CPCAB registration fee £182*.
Attendance: 90% minimum face-to-face presence
Age: 19+
* Registration fee subject to change

How can it benefit me?
- By giving the foundational skills and self-awareness to go onto further courses in counselling.
- By building self-awareness to help improve professional and personal relationships.
- By increasing employment and promotion opportunities for roles in supporting others

Why Study CSK-L2 at BGTC?
This qualification focuses on personal development and is designed to give learners the underpinning knowledge, skills and competencies to use counselling skills ethically and safely in a variety of contexts and roles.
Our students engage in practical exercises and role play, developing self-awareness and empathy, learning to read body language, understanding ethics and boundaries, working with prejudice or stereotypes, giving and receiving feedback, and taking part in group work and discussions.
Those interested in the Level 2 come from all walks of life and the varied classes offer a rich tapestry for learning.
Our learners leave the course with a recognised qualification showing ethical awareness, depth of knowledge and the skills required to develop into excellent practitioners. We are privileged to be a part of their counselling journey and proud of their professional and personal achievements through being a part of BGTC.

What does the course involve?
- Regular written reflections (Learning Reviews) on your progress through the course
- Termly assignments
- Counselling Skills Practice
- Receiving and giving peer feedback
- Group presentations
- Research in the counselling field
- An introduction to different counselling theories.
- Personal Development