Oxford Diploma : Counselling young children with depression

February 2025

• Application of 50 counselling skills added.

Counseling young people with depression requires special considerations and approaches that differ from those used with adults. Here are some key aspects that make it unique , all of which are covered on this course:

• Developmental Understanding

• Family Involvement

• Building Trust and Rapport

• School Collaboration

• Legal and Ethical Considerations

• Technology and Social Media

• Prevention and Early Intervention

• Stigma and Awareness

• Integrating Play and Creativity

• Focus on Strengths and Potential

All of the above topics are covered plus:

• Age-appropriate interventions

• Challenges faced

• How these challenges may be addressed

And that is just the first section of the course!

The second section includes:

• Intro

• Cognitive behavioural therapy

• Play therapy

• Art therapy

• Narrative therapy

• Solution focused brief therapy (a therapeutic approach that emphasizes finding solutions in the present time and exploring one's hopes for the future, rather than focusing on past problems. )

• Family therapy

• Mindfulness and relaxation techniques

• Developmental understanding

• Emotion identification

• Monitoring and adaptation

• Use of technology

• How can a child identify emotions

• Parental support

• The listening game

• Colouring mindfully

• Bubble breathing

But the above only details the lectures.

In addition to lectures there are Case Studies + Discussion Questions. The aim of the Discussion Questions is...to encourage discussion! That means a heavy emphasis is placed on posting in the Q/A .

Accreditation

The Oxford Diploma is accredited by the Oxford School of Learning. To achieve the Diploma all the homework, all the Case Studies have to be done and discussed. Then, if the student feels that s/he meets the criteria for the Diploma a statement is made in the Q/A.

Then INDEPENDENT ASSESSORS come in and assess the claim.

Therefore everyone who achieves the Diploma has really worked hard, learned a lot, shared a lot.

That's why it is a Diploma of Achievement - fewer than 30 out of 243,000 students have achieved it!