Empower Lives Through Skilled Communication and Compassionate Care

Welcome to Your Journey of Transformation in Public Health Counselling!

Are you passionate about supporting individuals and communities through meaningful conversations and guidance? Do you want to make a lasting difference in people’s lives by becoming a trusted public health counsellor?

This course is your gateway to building a strong foundation in counselling, communication, and mental well-being. Whether you’re an aspiring counsellor, a healthcare worker, a teacher, or simply someone who wants to develop essential people skills this course will guide you every step of the way.

Why Enroll in This Course?

Comprehensive Learning: Gain extensive knowledge in public health counselling, its core concepts, principles, ethics, and practical skills.
Skill-Based Approach: Learn essential counselling techniques like listening, reflecting, paraphrasing, rapport-building, and effective questioning.
Real-Life Application: Practice self-reflection, develop emotional intelligence, and become more self-aware skills that benefit both personal and professional relationships.
Holistic Curriculum: Understand mental health, HIV/AIDS counselling, reproductive health, and more.
Empowerment: Open doors to opportunities in health education, community outreach, psychosocial support, and counselling roles across public and private sectors.
Certification: Receive a Diploma in Public Health Counselling upon completion, issued by Billiard Training Academy a registered training institution in Zambia. Kindly note that we now only issue certificates after 30 days from the completion date.

What You’ll Learn

In this course, you’ll gain valuable skills and knowledge across the following topics:

• Introduction to Public Health and its core functions

• Determinants and dimensions of health

• Basics of counselling and therapeutic communication

• Key counselling skills: attending, silence, reflecting, clarifying, paraphrasing, summarizing

• Types of counselling: client-centered, directive, and problem-solving

• Listening techniques and what to avoid

• Building effective client counsellor relationships

• Counselling ethics and professional responsibilities

• Core qualities of successful counsellors

• Open vs. closed-ended questioning techniques

• Introduction to HIV counselling and testing

• HIV/AIDS disease progression and interpreting test results

• Reproductive and mental health awareness

• Guidance on next steps after completing this course

  
  

Course Design

This course is part of a six module series developed by Billiard Training Academy. To complete the full training journey, you have to complete:

1. public Health Counselling (this course)

2. Mental Health

3. Nutrition

4. Mastering Communication Skills

5. Sociology

6. Psychology

Who Should Enroll?

This course is suitable for:

• Beginners seeking a foundation in counselling and public health

• Healthcare providers looking to improve their communication skills

• Teachers, volunteers, and community workers in psychosocial support roles

• Anyone with a desire to help others through guided conversations and reflective listening

What You Need to Start:

• Basic English proficiency (reading, writing, understanding)

• A phone, tablet, or laptop

• A good internet connection