Professional Relationship Counseling Certification

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

PLUS - Access to the exclusive New Skills Academy Study Group!
  • 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
certificate

of achievement

This certificate is presented to

Your Name

NSA

For completing the

Professional Relationship Counseling Certification

on 21st November 2025

Selena Hurford

Selena Hurford

Course Tutor

cpd

Daniel Morgan

Daniel Morgan

Head of Academy

Certificate Example

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.

Once you have completed your test you can log in to your account and download/print your certificate any time you need it. If you would prefer us to post you a certificate to a UK address, there will be an admin charge of £10 (certificates sent internationally may cost more).

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.

My dream has come true. Eventually I found this online course after searching for years in my area where none of the colleges provided it and it is necessary to get my dream job.

I got an incredible discount and what I like the best I got a lifetime access to the course, so there is no rush and I can revisit any time to revise as well.

Excellent support and immediate response to emails, I am very pleased. The course material is written in an easily understandable way, no hidden fees and mobile friendly so I can learn anywhere.

Zsuzsanna Horak

I took it up in myself to take this course as I am wanting to get on the personal trainer business. I found this course to be really insightful and beneficial.

As well as providing the information needed for health care professionals in the Fitness industry, it also provides the information you might be interested in to take your career further. Such as qualifications you can take afterwards to specialise in a specific area in the Fitness industry.

If you want an informative course that gives you a little extra, this is perfect for you. If you would like the bare minimum, then this course isn’t for you.

Emma Fulford

Hello people! This has been a great course for me. I have learned everything I will need to maintain my own and other people's gardens in the future. I just love the Garden design and maintenance course. Thank you so much.

Juliane Ramallo

I decided to change career and few of my friends did similar on line courses and now work as teaching assistants.

This course is very well written and understandable.There is a lot of important information,all the chapters are well proportioned and enjoyable to read and understand.

I really liked worksheets on the end of modules which give you chance to summarise all the important parts in each module.I can recommend this course to anyone who would be interested in becoming teaching assistant.

Zuzana Duru

A clear and concise course that allowed me to go at my own pace, with no time limit. A great way to learn and study from home so that you can fit it around your daily lifestyle.

With demonstration videos and help always on hand, the course is easy to follow and understand. The course taught me a variety of techniques and methods to apply Make-Up and has also given me the advice and guidance I needed to go forward with a career.

The end test is challenging so it is important to study and revise all modules in order to pass.

Summer Wearn

I am Massage Therapist, I know many things about various massages and techniques. On this website I finished Upper body course and I learned loads of interesting information which I did not know before. I recommend this for everyone who wants to be a professional massage therapist or just keep it as a hobby and give a massages to family members or close friends, because it is very helpful to know how to give massage correctly. Definitely will buy more courses from this website. Looking forward to buy a new course and learn more and more and more!

Sarune Liepaite

Duration:
6 hours

Access:
Lifetime Access

Approved by:
CPD

Learning Type:


Text based modules  Images  Video learning 

Cost:
$120.00

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

PLUS - Access to the exclusive New Skills Academy Study Group!
  • 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
certificate

of achievement

This certificate is presented to

Your Name

NSA

For completing the

Professional Relationship Counseling Certification

on 21st November 2025

Selena Hurford

Selena Hurford

Course Tutor

cpd

Daniel Morgan

Daniel Morgan

Head of Academy

Certificate Example

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.

Once you have completed your test you can log in to your account and download/print your certificate any time you need it. If you would prefer us to post you a certificate to a UK address, there will be an admin charge of £10 (certificates sent internationally may cost more).

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.

My dream has come true. Eventually I found this online course after searching for years in my area where none of the colleges provided it and it is necessary to get my dream job.

I got an incredible discount and what I like the best I got a lifetime access to the course, so there is no rush and I can revisit any time to revise as well.

Excellent support and immediate response to emails, I am very pleased. The course material is written in an easily understandable way, no hidden fees and mobile friendly so I can learn anywhere.

Zsuzsanna Horak

I took it up in myself to take this course as I am wanting to get on the personal trainer business. I found this course to be really insightful and beneficial.

As well as providing the information needed for health care professionals in the Fitness industry, it also provides the information you might be interested in to take your career further. Such as qualifications you can take afterwards to specialise in a specific area in the Fitness industry.

If you want an informative course that gives you a little extra, this is perfect for you. If you would like the bare minimum, then this course isn’t for you.

Emma Fulford

Hello people! This has been a great course for me. I have learned everything I will need to maintain my own and other people's gardens in the future. I just love the Garden design and maintenance course. Thank you so much.

Juliane Ramallo

I decided to change career and few of my friends did similar on line courses and now work as teaching assistants.

This course is very well written and understandable.There is a lot of important information,all the chapters are well proportioned and enjoyable to read and understand.

I really liked worksheets on the end of modules which give you chance to summarise all the important parts in each module.I can recommend this course to anyone who would be interested in becoming teaching assistant.

Zuzana Duru

A clear and concise course that allowed me to go at my own pace, with no time limit. A great way to learn and study from home so that you can fit it around your daily lifestyle.

With demonstration videos and help always on hand, the course is easy to follow and understand. The course taught me a variety of techniques and methods to apply Make-Up and has also given me the advice and guidance I needed to go forward with a career.

The end test is challenging so it is important to study and revise all modules in order to pass.

Summer Wearn

I am Massage Therapist, I know many things about various massages and techniques. On this website I finished Upper body course and I learned loads of interesting information which I did not know before. I recommend this for everyone who wants to be a professional massage therapist or just keep it as a hobby and give a massages to family members or close friends, because it is very helpful to know how to give massage correctly. Definitely will buy more courses from this website. Looking forward to buy a new course and learn more and more and more!

Sarune Liepaite

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