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The Hammond Institute is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) under the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF).

We have been known for the last fifteen years for our exceptional quality in counsellor training, with our graduates highly sought after and recognised in the counselling field.

We deliver a unique communications course in which we invite participants to become aware of their own individual communication style and experiment with how this can be improved to enhance their relationships at home and in the workplace.

In 2009 we are heading into new directions with the development of our ASPERGERS SERVICES DIVISION in which we are developing products and resources for people with ASD and their family and friends.

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What is Holistic Counselling?

Holistic Counselling draws from Person Centred, Existential and Transpersonal Counselling in the broader context of holistic and humanistic theory. We use a Process Focused Learning approach, where students learn to help others by first applying what they learn to themselves.

To that end, we teach our courses in small groups that work together for the entire course with a skilled trainer who is with each group through their entire training.

Some of the modules offered are: basic counselling skills, grief counselling, addictive process, systems theory, clinical skills, family therapy, relationships, conflict resolution, group process.

Holistic Counselling, as a counselling philosophy and practice, is based on the following principles:

  • Respect for the individual as a whole person rather than a cluster of symptoms or problems.
  • Understanding the individual as a member of a wider familial, social and political context which profoundly influences her/his life.
  • Reverence for the individual as the expert on her/his own life who will be empowered by discovering the answers to (their own) questions and problems in their lives.
  • Acknowledging that it is the basic right of every human being to be loved and acknowledged and feel good about themselves.
  • That it is not the right or responsibility of the counsellor to direct, give advice or problem solve for the individual they are counselling.