End of Life Therapy
Practitioner level 3
By successfully completing this course, you will:
- Gain skills and knowledge to practice End of Life Therapy
- Be awarded the professional BSY Diploma
- Become a Registered BSY End of Life Therapist
- Receive the Level 3 Certificate of Achievement from ABC Awards and Certa Awards*
You can study this course from the comfort of your own home; in your own time and at your own pace; with helpful support and encouragement from our friendly tutors.
Course overview
This course is designed to prepare counsellors, psychotherapists, coaches and other professional care givers to respond sensitively and creatively to the psychological processes that people face at the end of life. It will provide the counsellor with helpful frameworks relative to the various stages people go through as they approach the final chapter of their lives.
Specific issues will be identified concerning the client’s emotional, physical, social, ethical and spiritual beings. These will enable both counsellor and client alike to address anxieties and difficulties which are likely to be raised. Students will explore professional ethics and boundary issues relating to end of life and bereavement and gain increased confidence in their ability to support people through the process of dying. An important and rewarding therapy which can be of great benefit to those supporting this crucial time at the close of life.
Syllabus
Practical training
No practical training is required to complete this course.
Prerequisites
You do not need to have any previous qualifications to study this course.
Level
On successful completion of this course you will have received professional training at level 3. This is ideal if you wish to start a practice, or expand a career.
Certification
On successful completion students will receive dual awards: Award 1- The professional End of Life Therapy Diploma and will become a Registered BSY End of Life Therapist.
Award 2- Certificate of achievement at Level 3 from ABC Awards and Certa Awards. Registration through BSY is essential with this course.
How the course works
Upon enrolment you receive your first course lessons.
You can study in your own time, at your own pace and from the comfort of your own home. If you have any questions, or would like feedback or encouragement about your course or your studies then you can contact our friendly tutors by phone, email or post.
At the end of each lesson are a set of questions. Completing these can aid your learning and help you master each step before moving on to the next. Your next lesson will then arrive for you to continue when it suits you.
Having progressed through each lesson you can take your final examination at home, and at a date and time that suits you. Then, on successful completion you will be awarded your BSY certificate.
Additional benefits
Health and Harmony Magazine
Enrol on this course and you will receive a complimentary issue of Health & Harmony, our inspirational full colour magazine. Giving complementary and natural health updates and news, it also includes student profiles, lists the most recent award winners, and provides interesting articles and short stories.
Professional Indemnity Insurance
Once you have successfully completed this course, you will be eligible for Professional Indemnity Insurance which protects you as a practitioner against professional public liability and malpractice. This insurance cover is considered essential in protecting the interests of both practitioners and the public.
Enrol on this course from £50
Enrol on this course from £55
Enrol on this course for £55
There are two ways you can enrol on this course. You can:
- Pay with a deposit of £50, followed by 11 monthly instalments of £35
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- Pay the total course fee of £435 in one sum and receive a voucher towards the cost of your next course

*Registration through BSY is essential with this course at any time during the studies. Registration fee of £20 applies.