Chrysalis Courses - advice please

[Lillyvine]

Hi
I'm new here so sorry if this post is in the wrong place.
I'm currently taking my counselling certificate but made a mistake at the beginning and took a level 2 course (I should have picked a level 3 I think). I've passed my practical assessment and the exam is in January.
I'm looking for a progression path that I can afford and have found Chrysalis Courses that seem to fit the bill but I wondered if anyone could advise whether this is a good option with regard to the up and coming legislation on who can practice.
I looked at the BACP accredited courses and just cannot afford the only one in my area (inter-psyche).
I would be grateful for any advice, I'm 56 and re-training so I really can't afford to make a costly mistake in either time or money.
Thanks

[Jenny]

Hi there and :welcome: to the forum :)

I wish I could answer your question or give some useful advice but unfortunately i don't know! In the past I too have looked at the Chrysalis course but for several reasons didn't go through with it, not because of the course itself but because of my own 'stuff'.

The only semi useful (?) thing i can think of is to ask whether you would be restricted to going to ones in Kent only? I mean some counselling courses run on Saturday and Sundays only, for example the Link Centre http://www.thelinkcentre.co.uk/ does courses one weekend a month.. could something like that be an option where it may be cheaper and maybe you could stay overnight on the Saturday night somewhere? I don't know.

But i really do hear that your question is more related to the actual accreditation and the future validation of whatever course you chose so i wouldn't go with something like i've suggested without really looking in to it, which you seem to be doing. Could you phone up a few training centres and ask for advice? Or maybe someone here will have some more useful information instead of this reply which is just waffle :)

Good luck whatever you choose
xx