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LRCCS offers several short courses for those interested in increasing their own self awareness or gaining basic counselling and communication skills. 

 

Anyone who works with people will benefit from these skills. Examples of careers where these skills would be useful are:

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Teachers and Medical staff

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Community workers

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Team Leaders and Supervisors

 

Currently we offer the following short courses:

 
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Know Yourself

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Listening for Relating

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Getting the Whole Story

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Conflict Resolution

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Cultural Awareness

 

Know Yourself

 

‘To thine own self be true…”

 

This course focuses on the participants themselves. The secret of successful living is often the awareness of your own personal process and biases. This course is a prerequisite for the full counselling course.

 

Involves self exploration and awareness and includes the following:

 

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Relating with myself

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Relating with others

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Working in groups

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Exploring my response to conflict

 

4 sessions over either 2 weekends or 4 days

 

Course cost is  $230 (subsidies available).  When funding permits they may be offered for free or at a reduced rate. See individual course details below.

 

Upcoming Know Yourself Course Dates:

 

Moree - 6 Thursdays commencing February 19th, continuing on February 26th, March 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th. 9 am to 1.15 pm. Location to be advised - Call 6752 3419 to book. *** Free Course ***

 

Tamworth - 4 Mondays commencing March 16th, continuing March 23rd, 30th and April 6th. 2pm to 9 pm. Location to be advised - Call 6765 2527 to book. *** Free Course ***

 

If there is not a course listed in (or near) your location please contact the LRCCS Office to be added to the waiting list - Ph: 02 6762 5210 or Email: lrccs@westnet.com.au

 

Listening For Relating

 

Do people often say to you that “you just don’t listen?”

 

This course is for people who care. This includes anyone in a relationship but will be of particular use to those in a helping role. It takes participants through the basic counselling microskills

 

Listening effectively involves:

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Showing you are listening by minimal responses;

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Making reflective comments;

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Repeating your version of what you heard;

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Reflecting and summarising;

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Clarifying with appropriate questions ;

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Reframing and confronting

 

2 sessions over either 1weekend or 2 days

 

Course cost $100 (subsidies available)

 

Next course is planned to be held in 2009. Dates to be advised.

 

If there is not a course listed in (or near) your location please contact the LRCCS Office to be added to the waiting list - Ph: 02 6762 5210 or Email: lrccs@westnet.com.au

 

Getting The Whole Story

 

The next stage in developing your counselling skills...

 

More about effective listening

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Body Language

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Understanding without being judgmental

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Empathy vs sympathy

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Processing to uncover the hidden thoughts and feelings

 

1  day or two 3 hour sessions

 

Course cost $75 (subsidies available)

 

Next course is planned to be held in 2009. Dates to be advised.

 

If there is not a course listed in (or near) your location please contact the LRCCS Office to be added to the waiting list - Ph: 02 6762 5210 or Email: lrccs@westnet.com.au

 

Conflict Resolution

 

Conflict is an opportunity for change. This course gives you a background on the causes of conflict along with the skills to manage and resolve it effectively.

 

Course is run over 16 hours - either 8 x 2 hour sessions or 4 x 4 hour sessions.

 

Course cost $180 (subsidies available). When funding permits they may be offered for free or at a reduced rate. See individual course details below.

 

Upcoming course dates:

 

Tamworth - 6 Tuesdays commencing 3rd February, continuing on February 10th, 17th, 24th, March 3rd and 10th. 6 to 9 pm. Anglican Counselling Service Training Room 88 Bridge St, Tamworth - Call 6765 2527 to book. *** Free Course ***

 

If there is not a course listed in (or near) your location please contact the LRCCS Office to be added to the waiting list - Ph: 02 6762 5210 or Email: lrccs@westnet.com.au

 

Cultural Awareness

 

This course assists you in developing your awareness of current local Aboriginal culture using culturally appropriate models.

 

3 hour session

 

Course cost $45

 

Next course is planned to be held in 2009. Dates to be advised.

 

If there is not a course listed in (or near) your location please contact the LRCCS Office to be added to the waiting list - Ph: 02 6762 5210 or Email: lrccs@westnet.com.au

 

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