# Relationship and Couples Counselling

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Relationship and Couples Counselling brings together three complementary courses, each with eight modules. The curriculum combines subject knowledge, responsible role boundaries and practical work.

## Who can attend?

Open to everyone for personal development, learning and professional awareness. People seeking healthier relationship communication and boundaries; education and service staff working in client communication; and mental-health or social-service professionals with relevant foundational degrees.

## Curriculum

### Relationship Coaching

#### 1. Relationship framework in coaching

Establish the purpose of conversations, voluntary participation, mutual expectations and professional boundaries.

#### 2. Expressing emotions and needs

Work on distinctions between emotions, thoughts and behaviour, and communication focused on needs.

#### 3. Active listening and questions

Develop reflection, summarising and questions that help participants generate their own solutions.

#### 4. Healthy boundaries

Practise personal space, digital communication, privacy and saying no.

#### 5. Conflict and relationship habits

Identify triggers, conflict cycles and everyday communication habits.

#### 6. Goal-focused development

Turn relationship goals into measurable behaviours and prepare a monitoring plan.

#### 7. Separation and change

Cover self-care, social resources and seeking specialist support when needed as relationships change.

#### 8. Ethical case review

Practise stopping coaching and arranging safe referral when violence, threats or coercion are evident.

### Couples Therapy

#### 1. Introduction to couples therapy and ethics

Learn its scope, consent, privacy, competence boundaries and principles of joint consultations.

#### 2. Couples' interaction patterns

Analyse recurring interaction cycles such as arguing, withdrawal and defensiveness at a theoretical level.

#### 3. A relationship-assessment framework

Explore a structured understanding of relationship history, shared goals and areas of difficulty.

#### 4. Communication-skills education

Work on general techniques such as listening, reflection and expressing needs clearly.

#### 5. Trust and commitment themes

Examine loss of trust, jealousy, shared decisions and emotional closeness through case analysis.

#### 6. Emotional regulation during conflict

Evaluate pausing arguments, reducing tension and maintaining safety during conversations.

#### 7. Violence, coercion and risk

Cover the risks of joint work and the need for referral where partner violence or control is present.

#### 8. Case formulation and referral

Use a fictional case to identify matters requiring specialist supervision and map referrals to appropriate services.

### Family and Marriage Therapy

#### 1. Foundations of the systemic approach

Explain patterns of behaviour and communication through which family members influence one another.

#### 2. Family history and relationship mapping

Analyse relationship connections using sample family trees and life events.

#### 3. Power and boundaries within families

Discuss authority, caring responsibilities, conflicting roles and safety factors.

#### 4. The marital life cycle

Examine shared living, parenting, separation and reorganisation through examples.

#### 5. Analysing communication patterns

Identify indirect communication, triangulation and conversational cycles through an educational case.

#### 6. Ethical assessment and consent

Cover confidentiality, consent, records and data security when working with multiple family members.

#### 7. Crisis and safeguarding approaches

Evaluate referral to authorised services for child-safety concerns, domestic violence and mental-health risks.

#### 8. Practice boundaries and case presentation

Report support and referral options for a fictional case while respecting competence boundaries.

## Integrated practical portfolio

Create a relationship-communication development plan, an interaction map for a fictional couple and a confidentiality and risk-referral protocol.

## Professional boundaries and certificate scope

Relationship coaching does not replace couples therapy or mental-health treatment. Couples therapy requires relevant professional authority, adequate clinical education and supervision; a certificate alone does not confer a right to practise therapy. Family and marriage therapy may require clinical professional competence; this education alone does not confer a therapist title or independent treatment authority.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which courses are included?

Relationship Coaching · Couples Therapy · Family and Marriage Therapy

### Who can attend?

Open to everyone for personal development, learning and professional awareness. People seeking healthier relationship communication and boundaries; education and service staff working in client communication; and mental-health or social-service professionals with relevant foundational degrees.

### Does this package confer professional practice authority?

Relationship coaching does not replace couples therapy or mental-health treatment. Couples therapy requires relevant professional authority, adequate clinical education and supervision; a certificate alone does not confer a right to practise therapy. Family and marriage therapy may require clinical professional competence; this education alone does not confer a therapist title or independent treatment authority.

Package type: Fixed package
Current package price: 4,399.00 ₺

## Required courses
- Relationship Coaching
- Couples Therapy
- Family and Marriage Therapy
Certificate eligibility is assessed separately for each course according to its completion requirements.
