Academie voor Counselling en Coaching.

International Counselling and Coaching TeleClasses
English Spoken - Worldwide Accessible

Join now the TeleClass and get your Diploma within six months
The training starts Thursday evening 13th of January 2011
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Teleclasses give you the opportunity to take
Counselling and Life Coaching Courses in small groups.
Just five students and a trainer, which means more personal attention!
All you need is a computer, access to internet and a webcam.

Counselling and Coaching Courses - Training.

Counselling and Coaching Courses - Training.

Any Time - Any Place - Any Where
Study and Train Together at home when it suits you.

Get your diploma in about 10 months - study workload around 6 - 8 hours a week on average.
Once every two weeks, weekday evenings, duration: 16 times 90 minutes.
Enlist now for the training that starts in October 2010.

Accelerated Courses
Once every week, duration 16 times 90 minutes, ready in 6 months.
Study workload around 12 hours on average.
No scheduled course YET, enlist and as soon there are five students we begin!

Enlist quickly as small groups also means limited places available!

Times and dates
Even though new group dates are not set yet and on the website, you can enlist already anyway. As soon as a group of five is formed, training dates and time are set by mutual agreement and the course will start.

For more Information, Reservation, Open Days, mail Paul: paul@counselling.nl

Just try it and experience it for free, make an appointment.

Besides the training in the TeleClasses we also have training on location
in Amsterdam and The Hague.

Trainer Counsellor Coach

Are you ready for take-off?

How does it work?
In the TeleClasses you will get an intense training course in a small group of five students. You will be able to see and communicate with all participants and of course the trainer through modern teleconferencing system. In addition to seeing all the participants and trainer at all times you will be shown on the screen, if the need arises, material to practise with such as coaching models, Power Point presentations (level 2), etc. Just as in the regular groups you will be able to practise with each other and get feedback from each other and the trainer.

Academy for Counselling and Coaching located in the Netherlands is one of the first worldwide to offer training courses in Counselling and Life Coaching through TeleClasses. We've already built up quite some experience.

Even if you don't want to get a diploma or are not sure yet, the course will still be of interest to you as due to the students coaching each other you are more than likely to benefit in terms of advancing in your personal development. Remember, the best investment is in yourself!

Some advantages of taking TeleClasses lined up:

No time needed to travel to the venue. You only have to log in and click on a link. Might save you up to 30 hours or more. Time you can now spend studying already and/or practising with the other group members.
No travel expenses! Money that can go towards the course fee.
TeleClasses are only 90 minutes at a time. Just a small time investment.
You don't need to miss a single lesson as you can access the internet on a computer worldwide. Even during your holiday, visiting relatives or work abroad you only need to be away from it for 1,5 hours.
You can start when it suits you before the start of the course by starting to read the literature
Because you are trained being at home you don't really have to get a babysitter. You are close to who you need to be looking after such as babies, child(ren), (sick) partner or a parent.
In case of pregnancy, certain illnesses or being tied to the house (temporarily) you can still take part in the training.
You will get used to working with modern technical equipment.
Highly intense and effective way of learning in a small highly motivated group. .
You can to practise as much as you want with your fellow participants during the week. Because you don't need to travel, time investment and arrangements to be made are likely to be limited.

In addition of being trained to be a professional Counsellor or Life Coach by TeleClass and the advantages above, you will also get used to working through Teleconferencing. This will enable you to counsel, coach your clients or supervise by telephone, through skype and all sorts of teleconferencing equipment and/or by mail. This means you are no longer depending on local clients you have to see face to face and can look for clients worldwide. More and more people are getting use to shopping and working on the internet. Being counselled by computer is just a step away from it. It saves time, we all seem to be short of nowadays. You can help as many as five to ten clients a day at home without leaving your home. Building up an expertise and specializing in a certain field and offer these services on the internet could become well worth it for you. The world is your oyster!

Content and quality of the regular trainings and TeleClasses are virtually equal,
with the advantage of TeleClasses being less time consuming.

Do we admit just about everyone?

No. Just as with the regular training courses of the Academy we have an extensive application form, so we can work out if someone is suitable. In the case of TeleClasses we have a few additional pre-requisites; some technical criteria such as the speed of your internet connection, a good webcam and being able to install and use skype (easy). The latter is simple and for free but needs to be done. Note we don't give TeleClasses through skype, but you will receive the link you need to click on to access the TeleClass. Most internet connections meet the speed criteria.

Exciting International classes with people from all over the world.

Connecting and Uniting People
Train together with the next generation of Counsellor and Coaches

Low Introductionairy TeleClass Prices
Level 1: Counselling en Coaching
- Course fee including oral exam - € 990,-
- Literature - around € 230,-
- Getting counselling - 3 hours
- Getting supervision - 4 hours

Level 2: Specialisation
- Course fee including oral exam - € 990,-
- Literature - around € 200 - 250,- depending on your choice of specialisation,
- Getting counselling - 5 hours

Level 3: Promotion
- Fee including oral exam - € 350,-
- Literature - around € 230,-
- Getting counselling - 10 hours

Level 4: Mastery
- Fee including oral exam - € 350,-

Over 25% discount
If you would pay for the four levels separately, you would spend € 2.680,-. If you enlist for all four levels at once and pay for them in one payment you will get an anniversary discount of € 681,-. This is a discoundt over 25% ! You only need to pay € 1.999,- in one payment.

Level 1 practise experience:

Preparation, introductions, finding out if your system works- 1 hour in total (P0)
Intensive TeleClass training - 24 hours (P1)
Practising with fellow students - 50 hours (P2)
Counselling or coaching 'real' clients - 20 hours (P3)
Getting supervision - 4 hours (P4)
Studying and practising 'The Art of Counseling' - 20 uur (P5)
Getting counselling/ being coached yourself - 3 hours (P6)
Oral exam individual by TeleClass equipment - 1 hour (P7)
The hours of practise etc. needed should be at least - 123 hours (PT)

The course fee is usually slightly higher, when we don't have an anniversary to celebrate, than the normal trainings courses. The reason for this is Teleclasses are more intense as there are only five students to a class. Another reason is students need to take an one hour oral exam each by TeleClass. In regular training courses there can be as much as 15 to 18 students to a class. In these classes you still get personal attention, but not as much as in a Teleclass.

You save a lot on travel time and travel expenses. You are much more flexible in choosing a starting date and time as classes start up quicker with a maximum of five students. Simultaneously you can look after your children who might be asleep or doing there homework in another room. In this respect Teleclasses are cheaper, more modern and much more environmental.

Advantages

Before you enlist first the advantages of our courses, especially of the TeleClasses, lined up. This way you can choose wisely and convince your partner or if applicable an organisation that is likely to pay the course fee for you.

A high standard and highly affordable courses in the counselling and life coaching field.
Flexibility in starting dates and times as time moves on.
You will be trained not only as a counsellor but also as a life coach. This way you will have more (job) opportunities after getting your diploma.
A lot of training is given by practising first hand.
Good theoretical frameworks are part of the course.
Before you enlist you will know the itinerary of the course and what literature the course will be using.
Inner growth is an important part of the course.
Wide range of specialisations to choose from.
The possibility to go on and do a Mastery.
Having your own trainer, life coach or counsellor and supervisor
Rapid support through the internet
Advice if starting up your own practice, finding a teaching practice
Free membership of www.counselling.nl , www.Gcoach.nl en being on our mailing list, which has all sorts of advantages.
International courses in Dutch and Englisch in different countries and through TeleClasses.
In the Netherlands recognised diploma's. We are working on recognition from other countries.
Studying at your own pace. We advice to prepare for the training as you will get more out of it.
Flexible in where from to log on (at home, at work of even on holiday).
We have our own network of thousands of professional life coaches, counsellors, trainers and supervisors. .
Workshops nationwide given all over the Netherlands and becoming more available in english all the time.
With over more than 2000 satisfied students every year we are the biggest institute in the Netherlands in our field.
Because we are a large company and classes are usually full, on top of working hard, we are generally about 2 or 3 times cheaper than our competitors.

Studying and later working by teleconfering equipment enables you to work from where ever you want. This way you are free to choose where to live. All you need is a working computer, access to the internet, webcam and teleconferencing equipment.

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.

Content of practise training.

The training sessions are divided in 16 topics, each taking 90 minutes. The content is virtually the same as the regular practise training A TeleClass training consists of:

Preparing by reading the literature.
Preparing for TeleClass by practising with your fellow students by skype, webcam or another system.
The actual TeleClass in which you show what you have learnt and you will be given feedback on this. - An introduction to the next topic to work on for the next teleclass.
Putting what you have learnt in your dissertation/paper or essay.

Counselling en Coaching Level 1 - Overview.
Day 1.
Literature: the Art of Counselling (part of the syllabus)
Itinerary;
- Introductions trainer and students
- Outline of the course
- House rules
- Ethical Code
- Feedback rules
- Practise counselling and life coaching skills and techniques; listening, open and closed questions, paraphrasing.

Day 2.
Literature: the Art of Counselling (part of the syllabus).
Itinerary:
- Counselling skills; reflecting, further reaching questions, summarising and evaluating.
- Counselling/ coaching how it is not done.
- Difference between coaching and counselling.

Day 3.
Literature: The skilled helper - G. Egan.
Itinerary:
- Working with G. Egan's model.
- Problemstage, targetstage, the road to it and evaluation.

Day 4.
Literature: The skilled helper - G. Egan.
Itinerary:
- Working with G. Egan's model.
- Problemstage, targetstage, the road to it and evaluation.

Day 5.
Itinerary:
- Counselling skills: what do you tell a client at the beginning of his/her first session.
- follow up sessions.
- Being genuine, Empathy and unconditional acceptance.

Day 6.
Itinerary:
- Counselling skills: dealing with difficult clients, what is your position as the coach/counsellor.

Day 7.
Literature: Approaches to psychology - William E. Glassman & Marilyn Hadad.
Itinerary:
- Biological approach, behavouristical approach, cognitive approach.
- Practising with these approaches.

Day 8.
Literature: Approaches to psychology - William E. Glassman & Marilyn Hadad.
Itinerary:
- Psychodynamic approach - humanistic approach, and working eclectic.
- Practising with these approaches.

Day 9.
Literature: An introduction to counselling - John McLeod.
Itinerary:
- Counselling skills; dealing with resistance.

Day 10.
Literature: An introduction to counselling - John McLeod.
Itinerary:
- Counselling skills: working with traumatized people, addictions, stress.

Day 11.
Itinerary:
- Familysystems: how to use the client's family history in a session.

Day 12.
Itinerary:
- Working with couples, with a group, group dynamics.

Day 13.
Literature: Handbook Coaching - Rudy Vandamme.
Itinerary:
- Different coachingsmodels: enneagram - Grow.
- Practising coaching/counselling skills

Day 14.
Itinerary:
- Trainer's specialisation and/or students preference for repeating or practising something particular.

Day 15.
Itinerary:
- Intervision: what is intervision - When to use it - practising with intervision.

Day 16.
Itinerary:
- Specialisations, Presentation, Marketing and rounding up.

Note! Due to difference in groups, we might deviate from the set itinerary.

Level 2
Day 1.
Introductions of students, the trainer and the second level of the course
House rules, Ethical Code - Feedback rules.
Introduction to Intervision (peergroup feedback)

Day 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16.
Intervision: Every student is in the hot chair twice.
Think of it as a free counselling session of a Master Mind Group.

Day 7, 9, 11, 13, 15.
Specialisation workshops by the students.

Your Trainer for the International TeleClasses: Anita Veenstra

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:
- Gcoach.nl
- CRKBO
- 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.

My credo is:
You are the master of your own destiny!

Data

Even though new group dates are not set yet and on the website, you can enlist already anyway. As soon as a group of five is formed, training dates and time are set by mutual agreement and the course will start.

Counselling and Coaching - Level 1
TINTE1 Thursday Evening Dutch Time Zone 20:30 - 22:00 Day - Data
1 - 13-01-11 2 - 20-01-11 3 - 03-02-11 4 - 17-02-11 5 - 03-03-11 6 - 17-03-11 7 - 31-03-11 8 - 14-04-11 9 - 21-04-11 10 - 05-05-11 11 - 19-05-11 12 - 26-05-11 13 - 09-06-11 14 - 23-06-11 15 - 30-06-11 16 - 14-07-11

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?

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
--- PDF - DOC - 11 - Level 2 - Specalisation

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.

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. (The best place to buy them is in your own country, to save on shipping costs.)

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

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