In 2008 we started our succesful Diploma Course for counselling and coaching also in English. All the studymaterial is in English, in the training English is spoken and the examination will be in English. You can be part of our

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Els Barkema - Sala
I was born and raised in Holland, but started to explore the world from age 20.  Since then I have lived in several European countries, the Middle East and the Far East (including 25 years in Japan).  I married, raised two children in Tokyo, divorced, and more recently happily remarried/resettled in my native country.

I have been variously employed in banking, tourism, airline, education, counselling and research; learning several languages and studying extensively, gaining further credentials through the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow (Postgraduate Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling & Master of Philosophy for research in the Department of Educational Studies). In recent years I qualified as Mediator and completed the Specialisation: Existential Psychotherapy.

Having experienced the corporate/ex-pat world both first- and second hand, I frequently managed to adjust to foreign cultures as well as an even more difficult readjustment to my own culture after prolonged absence.

As counsellor/psychotherapist I have worked in Tokyo, Glasgow and Holland  in settings such as a public counselling and private practice, student counselling, Social Work and NHS Health Centres - with clients from all walks of life and with diverse problems.  Currently too, clients are from many backgrounds/nationalities and present with the great variety of issues that human beings can encounter. As trainer for ACC I have worked in the Hague and more recently started groups in Leiden; I have also provided supervision and counselling to students from other groups or counselling courses in English or Dutch.

The BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy guides me with the highest professional standards possible.

Trainer: Lya Young-Afat Anna Blamansingel 157 1102 SV  Amsterdam e-mail - Tel: 06 - 12 51 90 32 Site: - www.gcoach.nl/lya-young-afat

Lya Young-Afat
At the age of  18 I left  Surinam, my home country with my parents, not knowing that I will choose Holland as my home base. I had no moments to regret , because I took all those chances, possibilities and challenges on my life path with both hands.

Sometimes I found that life was heavy, difficult and tricky, until I discovered that when I accepted a situation as it was , it created the space to move forward.  Instead of the paralysing feeling I  got energy and at those moments I  also got into action and became active.

I also found out that every second of the day I can choose how I will fulfil my life and how I want to relate to other people and situations.

Those things where so to speak master-classes of life and I call them my way of life!
 
 

Because of my interactions with other people my changing process has gotten  meaning and quality . These interactions changed and enriched my life enormously! They made me the REAL ME!

I have found the Power and Force in myself and I came to the conclusion that this Power, this Force is present in every human-being, every soul on this earth!
 
In the past years my vision in relation to other people has developed itself like this: "When people are standing in their Power, they can replace mountains, they can have overwhelming success!"

My work experience comes from various organizations in the public and private sector where I was involved with management development, turnaround processes and human recourse management. In the past thirty years my passion for coaching and counselling enables me to inspire and motivate my students to follow their passion.
 
Last but not least, I want to say that I like cooking and travelling very much.

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Trainer: Anita Veenstra Cornelis Ketelstraat 73 2806 SL  Gouda e-mail - Tel: 0182 - 78 69 02 / 06 - 41 82 52 50 Skype: anita.veenstra Sites: - http://www.gcoach.nl/anita-veenstra - http://www.coachplus.nl/en/index.htm Member of: - ABvC

Anita Veenstra
I grew up in the Netherlands. As a child already I had great interest in other cultures and an aptitude for languages, along with being very enterprising and outgoing. It was therefore only a matter of time before I started to explore the world, literally. From my early twenties I have backpacked around the globe leaving no continent untouched and wearing out two pairs of mountain boots along the way. Apart from two extensive world trips totalling near three years, I also spent long periods abroad studying at several universities. I know what it is like to be an ex pat and having to adjust, both ways! I have lived for years in Australia, Japan and England. 

Having travelled a lot and having to adapt to all kinds of circumstances at a fast pace has enable me to think on my feet very quickly. Meeting all sorts of people from all walks of life resulted in becoming highly flexible in my thinking when dealing with people including clients. It is easy for me to put myself in the other person's shoes. Living and working in several countries gave me the chance to get to know these cultures from the inside out and has contributed enormously to my knowledge of people. I can put all this to good use when teaching and coaching people.

I have always been intrigued in what motivates people, in other words what makes them tick. I am a strong believer in that everybody is the master of his or her own destiny. This doesn't necessarily mean that you always had a say in what happened to you in life, but it does mean that you have a choice in how to deal with the consequences and/or come to terms with it, in other words move on. This realisation and many others are part of the journey of my own personal development. Like my travels the road to personal development has not always been an easy one, but every step of the way was, even though at times hard, worth it. And the road continues… 

As far as education is concerned I have done a Joint Honours degree (Bachelors) at the University of Leeds in England in Management Studies and Japanese. Having graduated from Leeds University I did a Masters at Maastricht University in the Netherlands in 'Technology, Science and Society in Europe', an international programme with students from the four corners of the world. My thesis was on the transfer of knowledge, which regularly comes in handy. 

In 2006, after decades of corporate employment, I decided to settle down in Gouda. Being a former student of the Academy of Counselling and (Life) Coaching myself, I opened up my own life coach practice COACHplus. I find this kind of work very rewarding and it is me down to a tee. Not a day is the same as clients vary as much as the questions they come with.

I work among other things a lot with energies and objects, but also like to use drawing as a coaching tool with a client. One of my specialisations is Constellations, which goes much further than the well known Family Constellations. In different settings over the years I have given workshops such as 'Systemic work', 'Analytic Drawing' and 'Making Choices and Reaching Goals'. In these workshops and during sessions I like to share my knowledge with Life coaches and counsellors (to be) and the likes. This goes a lot further than just explaining some of the theory.

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What do you learn in this Professional Counselling & Coaching course?
Just to mention the goals for learning to work as counsellor or coach, that you can achieve within that year:

• learn to work safely and in a well-organised way
• learn to develop a trusting relationship with clients within the boundaries of a sound ethical and professional code
• gain sufficient knowledge of legal issues pertaining to counselling & coaching
• acquire a working knowledge of counselling and coaching theories and methods
• learn to work with diverse views, values and norms and with people from different cultures and backgrounds
• learn to work with the personal experiences of clients, fellowstudents and of yourself
• achieve personal growth that can be expressed in increased openness, honesty or being straightforward, personal integrity and authenticity
• learn to work independently as counsellor or coach
• learn to work creatively while maintaining an eye for coherence
• being able to express fully and coherently what counselling and coaching actually means: what it is, how you do it, how it can work for people, what it is not, if/how it differs from other helping approaches, etcetera.

In addition to that, a whole range of topics and concepts will be explored, such as: safety and confidentiality / feedback / personal convictions, beliefs and values / feelings and emotions / congruence, unconditional positive regard and empathy / time and energy / resistance / personal and professional vision or mission / identity / systems / psychiatric conditions and diagnoses / culture / power& authority / ethics / autonomy /last but not least: self presentation.

Course requirements include:

• full attendance of the 10 training days - a total of 60 hours (or making up for lost time by attending relevant, accepted workshops)
• participating in studygroups with fellow students to practice skills and/or discuss literature or relevant issues - at least 30 hours
• being counselled or coached - minimum of 3 hours
• counselling/coaching of individuals with not too complex problems - minimum of 15 hours
• getting supervision on this clientwork - minimum of 3 hours
• case study of part of actual clientwork - minimum of 10 hours
• studying the required literature
• Tallying this shows that training and practice hours will be a minimum of 121 hours, but may well exceed this total. Study time depends largely on previous education/experience level.

Fees are requested upon registration and entitle the student to:

• the complete studymap
• 10 training days
• evaluation of your two extended essays (one on personal growth and one on professional development)
• an oral exam by an external examiner (a 2nd try would cost 125 euro)
• award of the Diploma upon meeting all requirements

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Registration - Mail the answers to: paul@counselling.nl (In Word.doc or a mail.)
Here is the registration form in Word.

0. First name - Surname (Daily use.)
1. Full name (For your diploma.)
2. Full Address (Street - No - Zip - Residence - Country)
3. Phone Number
4. E-mail address
5. Homepage
6. Date and place - Country of birth
7. Gender
8. What training location do you prefer? (The Hague)
9. When do you want to start the training? (Autumn 2008)

10. What is your family situation? (Family members / children - ages)
11. What are your daily activities? (Type of (volunteer)work ,....)
12. What training have you followed?
13. What work experience do you have?
14. What is your goal regarding this training?
15. What specialisation would you like to choose in the future?
16. What are your favourite activities?
17. What sports do you do?
18. What do you do for relaxation?
19. How would other people experience you?
20. What positive qualities do you have?
21. What characteristics of yourself do you want to improve?
22. How much time do you have for your studies?
23. Does your partner (family / friends) support you in chosing this Diploma Course?
24. What obstacles do you expect?
25. How could you overcome them?

26. Why do you choose for this training and not for any other training?
27. How did you find us in the first instance?

28. I declare that I do not have serious psychological problems or receive psychiatric
     treatment currently. (The training is not a treatment, but helps you to become a
     counsellor / coach.)

29. Is the billing address the same as mentioned above?
      If not, to whom can we send the bill?

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A - StudyMap
Here you can download our new StudyMap V7.0 - English Version.
In our StudyMap you find all the essential information you need for your study.
After registration and paying the invoice, we send the complete StudyMap to you.

Contents of the Studymap:
--- PDF - DOC - 00 - Contents and Books
--- PDF - DOC - 01 - The Regulations
--- PDF -         - 02 - ACA Code of Ethics
--- PDF - DOC - 03 - The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback
--- PDF - DOC - 04 - The Learning Goals
--- PDF - DOC - 05 - The Criteria
--- PDF - DOC - 06 - The Forms
--- PDF - DOC - 07 - The Examination
--- PDF - DOC - 08 - The Art of Counselling (or Life Coaching)
--- PDF - DOC - 09 - Practice Exercises

Updates and Supplements to download:
--- PDF - DOC - U01 - How to use www.Gcoach.nl to best advantage?
--- DOC - Attachment - You need this for your examination.

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B - Literature
After the approval of your registration you can start with the latest edition of the literature we use. The price is approximately. At bol.com you can get 10% discount.

1 - The skilled helper: A problem management and opportunity development
     approach to helping -  Gerard Egan
     Paperback | 416 Pages | Thomson Learning | International ed
     ISBN10: 0495127957 | ISBN13: 9780495127956 - € 54,99

2 - Approaches to psychology - William E. Glassman & Marilyn Hadad
     Paperback | 544 Pages | Open University Press | 4th Revised edition
     ISBN10: 0335213480 | ISBN13: 9780335213481  € 49,99

3 - An introduction to counselling - John McLeod
     Paperback | 464 Pages | Open University Press | 3rd Revised edition
     ISBN10: 0335211895 | ISBN13: 9780335235445 - € 54,18

4 - Person-centred counselling in action - Dave Mearns & Brian Thorne
     Paperback | 264 Pages | SAGE Publications Ltd | 3rd Revised edition
     ISBN10: 1412928559 | ISBN13: 9781412928557 - € 33,99
     Sage Review - Video about the 3rd revision.

5 - Handbook Coaching - Rudy Vandamme
     Paperback | .... Pages | Entos | The 'Print on Demand Edition' is out now.
     Not yet available in the bookshops !!
     (We will order this book exclusively for our students when the training starts.)
      ISBN10: ............. | ISBN13: .............. - € 37,00
     This book will be published in English soon. The Dutch edition is a great succes.
     The Dutch version: Handboek Ontwikkelingsgericht Coachen - Rudy Vandamme
     Paperback | 365 Pages | Uitgeverij Nelissen | 4th edition
     ISBN-10: 9024416302 | ISBN-13: 9789024416301 - € 37,00

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Lesson 0 - Just for Fun:
- Monty Python - Marriage Guidance Counsellor
- Monty Python - Vocational Guidance Counsellor
- The Big Man as Student Counsellor
- Guidance Counsellor - Jobs Jim Jeffries Shouldn't Do
- The Counsellor
- Guidance Counsellor
- Poor Performance Counselling
(In our Diploma Course you learn a different style of Counselling,..... we start with the Ethics.)

Training Videos: (To get an idea what counselling / coaching is. We go much deeper.)
- John Cleese - Counselling - Can you spare a moment - (Free Preview 24 min.)
- John Cleese - Coaching - The helping hand - (Free Preview 37 min.)
- More Free Previews - Several Topics - www.videomedia.net

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Scholarship Program
Most students can afford our prices, they are very economical. We are a Counselling Foundation and have no need to make large profits. Therefore we can offer top quality Diploma Courses at highly competitive prices. Since we also like to help students who cannot afford even these favourable fees, we offer a Scholarship to some of them. We allow approximately one per ten paying students for free in this English Diploma Course. (The Stichting Counselling pays for them, there is no Government or other Funding.)

Criteria:
1. There must be enough paying students (10 paying - 1 for free.)
2. We offer this Scholarship only to students who register for our English Diploma Course.
3. You can not afford the fees and no one (relatives / government) is willing to pay for you.
4. You need to be strongly motivated to become a counsellor / coach.
5. Answer the following questions and mail them to us together with your Registration.
6. If there is enough place and we feel you earn a Scholarship then you can receive it.

Here is the Scholarship form in Word.
Mail it together with the registration form if you would like to apply for a scholarship.

If you would like to apply for a Scholarship, also answer these extra questions:
30. How could this Diploma Course assist you and/or others?
31. What is your country of origin? 
32. Length of time in the Netherlands?
33. Are your living conditions stable enough to participate and finish the Diploma Course?
34. Would you be able to manage the cost of the books?
      (New Price € 200 - € 226 -   Maybe you can buy them 2nd hand - also at bol.com .)
35. Would you be able to manage the cost of the required 3 hours of personal counselling /
      coaching and 3 hours of supervision on your client work?
      (Total Price for 6 hours € 300 - € 400)
      (Maybe you can get it for free through volunteer work. Volunteer organisations often
      provide counselling / coaching / supervision for those who work for them.)
36. Do you have access to a computer and internet?
37. Can you read and understand the literature and communicate and write in English.
38. Give at least two reliable references that we can contact.
      (Full name, address, telephone number, e-mail (site) and organisation they work for.)

When there is no place available, please accept it. We can not spend more than we receive.

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