CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies
Take the Next Step Towards Becoming a Counsellor
Deepen your understanding, strengthen your self-awareness and prepare for professional practitioner training.
Having completed Level 2, you're now ready to explore counselling in greater depth.
The CPCAB Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Studies builds on your existing knowledge and skills while placing increasing emphasis on personal development, reflective practice and understanding the counselling relationship.
At Aphrodite School of Counselling and Psychotherapy, we believe becoming an effective counsellor is about much more than learning theory. It is about developing the emotional maturity, self-awareness and reflective capacity that enable you to work safely and ethically with future clients.
This course is designed to help you make that transition.
Your counselling journey continues here.
Course at a Glance
Start Date: January 2027
Location: Worcester Park, Surrey
Day: Tuesdays (Full Day)
Duration: 18 Weeks
Small Teaching Groups
Course Fee: £1,400
Secure your place with a £200 deposit, with the remaining balance spread across flexible monthly payments.
Is This Course Right for You?
This course is ideal if you:
Have successfully completed a CPCAB Level 2 (or equivalent).
Intend to progress towards becoming a qualified counsellor.
Want to develop greater self-awareness and emotional insight.
Value reflective learning and personal development.
Are ready to challenge yourself both personally and academically.
Want to study within a supportive learning community.
Why Choose Aphrodite?
We develop therapists, not just students.
As you move closer to practitioner training, personal development becomes increasingly important.
At Aphrodite, we believe knowledge, skills and self-awareness develop together.
Every aspect of this course has been designed around one central question:
"Will this help develop a better therapist?"
Through small teaching groups, experienced practising therapists and a strong emphasis on reflective learning, we'll help you continue developing the confidence and professional identity needed for the next stage of your counselling journey.
A Unique Part of Our Training
Weekly Process Group
One of the defining features of our Level 3 course is our weekly facilitated process group.
This confidential and professionally facilitated group provides an opportunity to:
Explore your emotional responses.
Increase self-awareness.
Better understand your patterns of relating.
Experience group processes first-hand.
Reflect on your personal development alongside your peers.
We believe this work is invaluable preparation for practitioner training and an important part of becoming a thoughtful, reflective and ethical counsellor.
What You'll Learn
Throughout the course you'll develop both your counselling knowledge and your understanding of yourself.
Topics include:
Developing advanced counselling skills.
The therapeutic relationship.
Professional ethics and safe practice.
Professional boundaries.
Major counselling approaches.
Diversity, equality and inclusion.
Reflective practice.
Self-awareness.
Recognising professional limits.
Appropriate referral.
Preparing for practitioner training.
Learning takes place through tutor input, discussion, experiential learning, skills practice and personal reflection.
Learning That Works for You
We recognise that every learner develops differently.
Teaching combines visual, auditory, experiential and reflective approaches to support a range of learning styles.
Where possible within CPCAB requirements, we adapt learning and assessment to support neurodivergent learners while maintaining professional standards.
Our aim is to create an inclusive learning environment where every student feels supported to succeed.
Assessment
Assessment is designed to support your development rather than simply measure it.
You'll demonstrate your learning through reflective assignments, skills practice, discussions and portfolio work, with constructive feedback throughout the course to support your continued growth.
Where Could This Course Take You?
Successful completion prepares you to progress onto a professional practitioner qualification.
Many students continue to:
CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
Practitioner training
Further personal development
Enhanced roles within healthcare, education, social care and support services
Ready for the Next Step?
Choosing to continue your counselling training is an important commitment.
If you're ready to deepen your understanding, continue your personal development and move one step closer to becoming a qualified counsellor, we'd love to welcome you to Aphrodite.
Helping you become the therapist your future clients can trust.
Why do we include a weekly process group?
We believe effective counsellors need more than knowledge and skills. They need the capacity to reflect on themselves, understand how they relate to others and recognise how their own experiences influence their work. Our weekly process group provides a safe, professionally facilitated space where this development can begin.