​​Welcome to Discovery counselling and training services, an organisational member of The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society.

​If you are interested in counselling training or doing a counselling course in West Yorkshire, i.e. the Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield or Halifax areas, then we hope that we can provide what you are looking for.

Introduction to Counselling, and Certificate in
​Counselling courses starting in SEPTEMBER 2025​

Diploma in Person Centred Counselling

If you have a serious interest in counselling, then this course will provide you with a professional counselling qualification...​

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Introduction to Counselling

Designed for people who want to develop their ability to listen and communicate.​..​

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Certificate in Counselling 

Designed for people who are interested in learning about counselling...​

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Diploma in the Person Centred Approach

For people who don't want to train to be a counsellor, yet are interested in various aspects of personal growth such as, self-awareness, interpersonal communication, enhancing personal and professional relationships...

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Our ethos

Our courses are grounded in one theoretical model, the Person Centred Approach. This approach to counselling
and helping relationships was developed by Carl Rogers, and falls within the humanistic school of psychology. 
The Person Centred Approach places trust in the client’s ability to discover their own solutions when the counsellor provides a relationship based on genuine understanding and acceptance of the client and her experience.  

Rogers discovered that the Person Centred Approach applies to any interpersonal relationship for example
teacher-student, employer-employee, parent-child.  We, therefore, adopt a Person Centred Approach to our work
with students, in order to promote their growth and development as individuals and as counsellors.

“Person-centered counselling is a way of being with people based on a particular theory of helping relationships which, in turn, rests on a deep respect for and trust in the individual’s capacity for growth, development and creativity... its theory of counselling relationships is based on the presence of certain personal qualities, attitudes and values. It is a democratic, non-authoritarian approach to people that emphasises a constructive human relationship as the key to the change process.”  
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Taken from: Merry, T, (1999) Learning and Being in Person-Centred Counselling. PCCS Books

​We believe that courses, particularly counselling diplomas, need to be grounded in one specific theory/model, which creates a solid foundation for the therapeutic relationship, leading to consistent, integrated and ethical counselling practice.  The Person Centred Approach is the model that informs our work and our ethos.

We believe that our courses not only give students a high standard of counselling training, they also provide experiential learning that impacts on their personal development and their lives, improving their relationships with family and friends, and in the workplace. 

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