Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Introduction to Holistic Counselling
Introduction to Holistic Counselling provided an excellent foundation for those aspiring to pursue a career in counselling or psychotherapy. Once completed, students will have explored; the person-centred conditions for effective counselling (empathy, congruence, unconditional positive regard); the importance of inner work (“burning your own wood”) and metaskills; the ethical pillars of counselling; integration of head-heart-body awareness; and deep listening as a spiritual practice of presence.
6 weeks, 1 hour per week
Associate Professor Shuai Zheng
Dean
Metavision Institute
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Reflect on deep listening and distinguish it from general listening in counselling contexts.
- Explain Dr Carl Rogers’ core conditions (empathy, congruence, unconditional positive regard) and their role in therapeutic alliance.
- Identify and apply basic behaviours that demonstrate presence (attunement to verbal, non-verbal, somatic cues).
- Describe inner work and outline a safe, personal plan for “burning your own wood” outside client sessions.
- Summarise metaskills (for example, curiosity, beginner’s mind, compassion) and reflect on how they shape technique.
Syllabus
Students explore the: • person-centred conditions for effective counselling (empathy, congruence, unconditional positive regard); • importance of inner work (“burning your own wood”) and metaskills; • ethical pillars of counselling, such as confidentiality, boundaries and safe practice, are explored. • integration of head-heart-body awareness, drawing on Process-Oriented Psychology perspectives and First Nations wisdom; • importance of deep listening as a spiritual practice of presence.
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Issued on 4th September 2026
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