Professional Relationship Counseling Certification
Why you should study with us
Professional Relationship Counseling Certification
Note: As a counselor you will need a a professional qualification and be state regulated, to become a therapist. You can use this specially designed course to supplement your traditional counseling qualifications.
This is an in-depth study course and considered as an add-on qualification for professional counselors. It is also suitable for study alongside a traditional counseling qualification.
You will obtain a comprehensive understanding of the emotional issues, problems and obstacles that can occur in a relationship. Every couple is different, and the nature of their relationship will depend on a number of factors. Career or financial pressures and life transition points can weaken a relationship that was previously strong and cause acrimony. An increasing number of couples experience rising relationship stress due to the hectic pace of modern-day living.
You will Learn:
- The different circumstances, behaviors and factors that can have a negative effect on relationships and cause friction between couples
- How each partner expresses themselves and an analysis of control, power and violence in relationships that usually forms the basis of conflicts
- How to help clients uncover hidden, repressed and simmering emotions and redirect their communications with each other using positive strategies
- How to help the couple explore positive and responsive rather than reactive strategies while communicating with each other
- How to counsel couples to recognize patterns in the relationship and analyze the different types of conflicts
- How to help couples overcome their problems and develop positive strategies to sort out their differences
Benefits of Taking this Course:
You can benefit from the professional relationship counselling course in several ways, including:
- Your role as a counselor can help couples overcome their problems and improve their relationship
- Being a relationship counselor can be a rewarding experience as you help people relate positively to one another
- Your services as a relationship counselor can help unite warring couples and restore family harmony and wellbeing
This course includes
24/7 Student Support
End of course certification
Lifetime access to your course
Compatible with modern devices
- Who this course is aimed at
- Who this course will benefit
- Overview of the course content
- About EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy
- The required counseling skills
- The importance of encouraging your clients’ commitment to the process
- An understanding of the cycle of conflict and how to break it
- The foundation levels of security in a relationship
- An introduction to attachment insecurity and its impact on a relationship
- An understanding of emotional experience, and how this includes physical responses
- The importance of communicating at an emotional level
- The three levels of emotional experience
- How primary emotions are an important indicator of what is really happening
- Considering secondary emotions as a reaction to primary emotions
- What instrumental emotion is and why people use it
- Why couples fall into negative patterns
- How to encourage clients to focus on positive traits
- How taking an inventory of emotions in a relationship can help
- The negative behaviors used by couples in a state of conflict
- The importance of identifying when and how the negative cycle of behavior began
- An understanding of the different fighting styles used by couples
- How to encourage a defensive partner to open up
- The ways to encourage couples to work together
- The importance of removing blame from the process
- How to identify and correct negative patterns of behaviour
- How to teach couples to hear and respond positively to each other’s pain
- What withdrawing behavior means / What pursuing behavior means
- The roles of fear and reassurance
- How to recognize emotional states
- How to help a client to face their fears and open up
- What to do when progress in therapy is hindered
- How to Identify shame as a block to progress
- How to help clients to face their fears and move past blocks
- How to identify and resolve attachment injuries
ID: YDFT67YHJ
of achievement
This certificate is presented to
Your Name
For completing the
Professional Relationship Counseling Certification
on 21st November 2026
Selena Hurford
Selena Hurford
Course Tutor
Daniel Morgan
Daniel Morgan
Head of Academy
Anyone who has an interest in learning more about this subject matter is encouraged to take the course. There are no entry requirements to take the course.
The course is broken down into 9 individual modules. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to study. Although you are free to spend as much or as little time as you feel necessary on each module, simply log in and out of the course at your convenience.
You can study the course any time you like. Simply log in and out of the web based course as often as you require. The course is compatible with all computers, tablet devices and smart phones so you can even study while on the move!
Once you have completed all 9 modules there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the 9 modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken a time and location of your choosing.
The pass mark for the test is 70%.
If you don’t pass the test first time you will get further opportunities to take the test again after extra study. There are no limits to the number of times you can take the test. All test retakes are included within the price of the course.
You can either use your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Solo cards or PayPal account to pay for the online course. Our site uses the latest SSL encryption to ensure your safety. All payments are handled securely by PayPal.
You can begin the course immediately after your payment has been received. You will create your login details during the checkout process. We will also send you an email confirming your login details.
We estimate that the course will take about 6 hours to complete in total, plus an additional 30 minutes for the end of course test.
Once you have been awarded your certificate it is valid for life. The certificate does not expire or need renewing.
Was really nice to be able to sit through an online course and fly through it.
This is because my learning styles are predominantly read/write and/or kinaesthetic so being in a classroom listening to teachers is often mind numbing and other students tend to hold me back. This course was great for allowing me to work through at my own pace.
It was also great value for money and although I didn't need to request for student support, all confirmation emails came through quickly and efficiently so I am overall pleased with the service.
Good job New Skills Academy, looking forward to learning with you more in the future.
Christian Roach
The Marketing Diploma Course was laid out in such a way that it was easy to understand and work through and the modular approach meant I was able to complete the course in a way which suited me.
The New Skills Academy website is easy to use and the user dashboard provides all the information you need to start, continue and complete your studies.
Each module in the course was detailed and broken down into manageable chunks, with downloadable worksheets to test knowledge at the end of each module making sure you have the understanding to progress.
Overall, an easy way to develop new skills!
Nick Eyley
Great value course that is very easy to use and full of great content. I learned a lot from it and will now be signing up for other courses.
Thanks New Skills Academy
John Beavan
I am over the moon with this course and just had to leave a positive review.
The content is very relevant and completely up to date, it gives a fantastic overview of Advertising which is simple and easy to read and digest. It has helped me understand aspects in my current job role more than I needed. I am confident it would help anyone take the plunge into the marketing world!! The little tests along the way are also really handy, and tests what you have understood.
I would highly recommend this course. I am really looking forward to completing the remainder of this course, and browse what other courses are available. Thank you!!
Danielle Woodall
The course was very useful. It covers everything you need starting from the introduction to the comments. Everything was explained in a way to understand easily each one module of it. I really liked the pivot table module.
It is so helpful, don’t know how I lived until now without it at work. It is just amazing. I am so glad that I started the course and I am proud of myself that I did it in a such a short time.
Thank you for this. Can’t wait to start the next one – intermediate level! Hopefully I will pass it. And who knows – maybe after that I will pass the advanced one.
Eleonora Kanazirova
As a teacher I have experienced working with children with a range of learning and physical abilities. This course helped consolidate my knowledge and understanding gained during my 12 years of teaching and working with SEN children. It also added knowledge about the various diagnoses and categories and how to recognise them to support children’s learning.
I found the course easy to navigate, informative and I enjoyed the learning experience. In the future it will help me to think of the children in my care and how best to support their learning needs to achieve the best they can. I hope to someday specialise in working with children with SEN.
Rebecca Dobson
Professional Relationship Counseling Certification
Note: As a counselor you will need a a professional qualification and be state regulated, to become a therapist. You can use this specially designed course to supplement your traditional counseling qualifications.
This is an in-depth study course and considered as an add-on qualification for professional counselors. It is also suitable for study alongside a traditional counseling qualification.
You will obtain a comprehensive understanding of the emotional issues, problems and obstacles that can occur in a relationship. Every couple is different, and the nature of their relationship will depend on a number of factors. Career or financial pressures and life transition points can weaken a relationship that was previously strong and cause acrimony. An increasing number of couples experience rising relationship stress due to the hectic pace of modern-day living.
You will Learn:
- The different circumstances, behaviors and factors that can have a negative effect on relationships and cause friction between couples
- How each partner expresses themselves and an analysis of control, power and violence in relationships that usually forms the basis of conflicts
- How to help clients uncover hidden, repressed and simmering emotions and redirect their communications with each other using positive strategies
- How to help the couple explore positive and responsive rather than reactive strategies while communicating with each other
- How to counsel couples to recognize patterns in the relationship and analyze the different types of conflicts
- How to help couples overcome their problems and develop positive strategies to sort out their differences
Benefits of Taking this Course:
You can benefit from the professional relationship counselling course in several ways, including:
- Your role as a counselor can help couples overcome their problems and improve their relationship
- Being a relationship counselor can be a rewarding experience as you help people relate positively to one another
- Your services as a relationship counselor can help unite warring couples and restore family harmony and wellbeing
This course includes
24/7 Student Support
End of course certification
Lifetime access to your course
Compatible with modern devices
- Who this course is aimed at
- Who this course will benefit
- Overview of the course content
- About EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy
- The required counseling skills
- The importance of encouraging your clients’ commitment to the process
- An understanding of the cycle of conflict and how to break it
- The foundation levels of security in a relationship
- An introduction to attachment insecurity and its impact on a relationship
- An understanding of emotional experience, and how this includes physical responses
- The importance of communicating at an emotional level
- The three levels of emotional experience
- How primary emotions are an important indicator of what is really happening
- Considering secondary emotions as a reaction to primary emotions
- What instrumental emotion is and why people use it
- Why couples fall into negative patterns
- How to encourage clients to focus on positive traits
- How taking an inventory of emotions in a relationship can help
- The negative behaviors used by couples in a state of conflict
- The importance of identifying when and how the negative cycle of behavior began
- An understanding of the different fighting styles used by couples
- How to encourage a defensive partner to open up
- The ways to encourage couples to work together
- The importance of removing blame from the process
- How to identify and correct negative patterns of behaviour
- How to teach couples to hear and respond positively to each other’s pain
- What withdrawing behavior means / What pursuing behavior means
- The roles of fear and reassurance
- How to recognize emotional states
- How to help a client to face their fears and open up
- What to do when progress in therapy is hindered
- How to Identify shame as a block to progress
- How to help clients to face their fears and move past blocks
- How to identify and resolve attachment injuries
ID: YDFT67YHJ
of achievement
This certificate is presented to
Your Name
For completing the
Professional Relationship Counseling Certification
on 21st November 2026
Selena Hurford
Selena Hurford
Course Tutor
Daniel Morgan
Daniel Morgan
Head of Academy
Anyone who has an interest in learning more about this subject matter is encouraged to take the course. There are no entry requirements to take the course.
The course is broken down into 9 individual modules. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to study. Although you are free to spend as much or as little time as you feel necessary on each module, simply log in and out of the course at your convenience.
You can study the course any time you like. Simply log in and out of the web based course as often as you require. The course is compatible with all computers, tablet devices and smart phones so you can even study while on the move!
Once you have completed all 9 modules there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the 9 modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken a time and location of your choosing.
The pass mark for the test is 70%.
If you don’t pass the test first time you will get further opportunities to take the test again after extra study. There are no limits to the number of times you can take the test. All test retakes are included within the price of the course.
You can either use your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Solo cards or PayPal account to pay for the online course. Our site uses the latest SSL encryption to ensure your safety. All payments are handled securely by PayPal.
You can begin the course immediately after your payment has been received. You will create your login details during the checkout process. We will also send you an email confirming your login details.
We estimate that the course will take about 6 hours to complete in total, plus an additional 30 minutes for the end of course test.
Once you have been awarded your certificate it is valid for life. The certificate does not expire or need renewing.
Was really nice to be able to sit through an online course and fly through it.
This is because my learning styles are predominantly read/write and/or kinaesthetic so being in a classroom listening to teachers is often mind numbing and other students tend to hold me back. This course was great for allowing me to work through at my own pace.
It was also great value for money and although I didn't need to request for student support, all confirmation emails came through quickly and efficiently so I am overall pleased with the service.
Good job New Skills Academy, looking forward to learning with you more in the future.
Christian Roach
The Marketing Diploma Course was laid out in such a way that it was easy to understand and work through and the modular approach meant I was able to complete the course in a way which suited me.
The New Skills Academy website is easy to use and the user dashboard provides all the information you need to start, continue and complete your studies.
Each module in the course was detailed and broken down into manageable chunks, with downloadable worksheets to test knowledge at the end of each module making sure you have the understanding to progress.
Overall, an easy way to develop new skills!
Nick Eyley
Great value course that is very easy to use and full of great content. I learned a lot from it and will now be signing up for other courses.
Thanks New Skills Academy
John Beavan
I am over the moon with this course and just had to leave a positive review.
The content is very relevant and completely up to date, it gives a fantastic overview of Advertising which is simple and easy to read and digest. It has helped me understand aspects in my current job role more than I needed. I am confident it would help anyone take the plunge into the marketing world!! The little tests along the way are also really handy, and tests what you have understood.
I would highly recommend this course. I am really looking forward to completing the remainder of this course, and browse what other courses are available. Thank you!!
Danielle Woodall
The course was very useful. It covers everything you need starting from the introduction to the comments. Everything was explained in a way to understand easily each one module of it. I really liked the pivot table module.
It is so helpful, don’t know how I lived until now without it at work. It is just amazing. I am so glad that I started the course and I am proud of myself that I did it in a such a short time.
Thank you for this. Can’t wait to start the next one – intermediate level! Hopefully I will pass it. And who knows – maybe after that I will pass the advanced one.
Eleonora Kanazirova
As a teacher I have experienced working with children with a range of learning and physical abilities. This course helped consolidate my knowledge and understanding gained during my 12 years of teaching and working with SEN children. It also added knowledge about the various diagnoses and categories and how to recognise them to support children’s learning.
I found the course easy to navigate, informative and I enjoyed the learning experience. In the future it will help me to think of the children in my care and how best to support their learning needs to achieve the best they can. I hope to someday specialise in working with children with SEN.
Rebecca Dobson
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