Counselling training and placements
Counselling training and placements
We equip people with the skills and experience they need to support children and young people.
Our child counselling courses, qualifications and placements in schools are informed by over 25 years of experience delivering mental health services.
Become a child counsellor
Make a real difference to children's lives. See what your next step is, whether you're starting your child counselling training from scratch or partway through a course.
Our counselling qualifications
Taster day
The starting point for all our child counselling courses. Experience what it is like to be a children's counsellor.
Level 2
This award will introduce you to the skills and theory you need to work therapeutically with children and young people.
Level 3
Develop your skills and theory as a child counsellor. Once complete, you can apply for one of our child Counselling Placements.
Level 4 Diploma
This one-year intensive course will allow you to qualify as a counsellor in 12 months and includes placement experience in a Place2Be Partner School.
Postgraduate Diploma
Gain the expertise and experience you need to become a qualified child counsellor.
Post-Qualification Level 5 Certificate
This Certificate will build advanced counselling knowledge and play skills to work therapeutically with children and young people.
Level 6 Certificate
Designed for experienced counsellors, our Certificate enables clinicians to practice as clinical supervisors in line with ethical standards.
Placements and alumni
Counselling Placements
We offer child Counselling Placements in schools for counsellors and therapists across the UK.
Place2Be alumni
Have you trained with us or been on one of our child Counselling Placements? Stay up to date with our latest opportunities.