Aloe Endorsed Level 5 in Relationship Counselling (Online Edition)
Empower all types of Relationships, Deepen connection, Create Change
Course Overview
Aloe Endorsed Level 5 Integrative in Relationship Counselling (Online Self-Paced Edition)
The Aloe Level 5 Integrative in Relationship Counselling (Online Self-Paced Edition) is a comprehensive, practice-focused qualification designed to support qualified counsellors and experienced coaches in developing the knowledge, confidence, and therapeutic skills required to work effectively with couples and relationships of all types.
Delivered through a flexible online learning platform, this self-paced programme allows you to study around your existing professional and personal commitments, with lifetime access to the course materials. You can progress through the training at your own pace, revisit modules whenever you need to, and continue developing your relational counselling skills long after completion.
The course includes 26 in-depth online modules exploring key relational theories, therapeutic frameworks, and evidence-based approaches. Through engaging learning materials, practical activities, reflective exercises, and skills development, you will build a deeper understanding of relationship dynamics and develop the confidence to integrate this specialist knowledge into your counselling practice.
Our integrative approach draws from leading relationship counselling frameworks, including:
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
The Gottman Method
Transactional Analysis (TA)
Imago Therapy
Bowen, Minuchin and Satir – Systemic and Family Systems Theory
Terry Real – Relational Life Therapy
Bowlby, Ainsworth, Hazan & Shaver – Adult Attachment Theory
Esther Perel – Relational Aliveness and Erotic Intelligence
The programme also explores inclusive and contemporary perspectives on relationships, including gender, sexuality, culture, parental alienation, mentalisation, and the evolving nature of modern relationships.
Throughout the course, you will be encouraged to reflect on your own therapeutic approach, develop your relational awareness, and strengthen your ability to support clients navigating complex relationship challenges.
Designed for practitioners who want to expand their therapeutic expertise, this online edition provides a comprehensive route into relationship counselling training with the flexibility of self-paced study and the reassurance of ongoing access to your learning materials.
Entry requirements:
Applicants should be qualified counsellors or experienced coaches with appropriate professional experience. As this is specialist relational training, learners should have access to appropriate supervision and be ready to integrate relationship counselling skills into their existing practice.
The Aloe Level 5 Integrative in Relationship Counselling (Online Self-Paced Edition) is a comprehensive, practice-focused qualification designed to support qualified counsellors and experienced coaches in developing the knowledge, confidence, and therapeutic skills required to work effectively with couples and relationships of all types.
Delivered through a flexible online learning platform, this self-paced programme allows you to study around your existing professional and personal commitments, with lifetime access to the course materials. You can progress through the training at your own pace, revisit modules whenever you need to, and continue developing your relational counselling skills long after completion.
The course includes 26 in-depth online modules exploring key relational theories, therapeutic frameworks, and evidence-based approaches. Through engaging learning materials, practical activities, reflective exercises, and skills development, you will build a deeper understanding of relationship dynamics and develop the confidence to integrate this specialist knowledge into your counselling practice.
Our integrative approach draws from leading relationship counselling frameworks, including:
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
The Gottman Method
Transactional Analysis (TA)
Imago Therapy
Bowen, Minuchin and Satir – Systemic and Family Systems Theory
Terry Real – Relational Life Therapy
Bowlby, Ainsworth, Hazan & Shaver – Adult Attachment Theory
Esther Perel – Relational Aliveness and Erotic Intelligence
The programme also explores inclusive and contemporary perspectives on relationships, including gender, sexuality, culture, parental alienation, mentalisation, and the evolving nature of modern relationships.
Throughout the course, you will be encouraged to reflect on your own therapeutic approach, develop your relational awareness, and strengthen your ability to support clients navigating complex relationship challenges.
Designed for practitioners who want to expand their therapeutic expertise, this online edition provides a comprehensive route into relationship counselling training with the flexibility of self-paced study and the reassurance of ongoing access to your learning materials.
Entry requirements:
Applicants should be qualified counsellors or experienced coaches with appropriate professional experience. As this is specialist relational training, learners should have access to appropriate supervision and be ready to integrate relationship counselling skills into their existing practice.
Become a Certified Relationship Counsellor for Every Kind of Relationship
Relationships today come in many forms and so should the counsellors/coaches who support them. This Level 5 in Relationship Counselling has been designed to prepare you to work confidently, sensitively, and ethically with the full diversity of relationship structures found in modern society. This model is based on real life experiences and interventions.
Whether You’re Supporting:
- Couples Navigating Disconnection or Conflict
- Understanding Relationship Style
- Support Building Good Communication creating Emotional Safety
- Blended families Adjusting to New Dynamics
- Dating in the Modern Age
- Equipping therapist to work with conflict in the relationship
- Polyamorous, open, or non-monogamous partnerships seeking balance and honesty
- Cross-cultural or interfaith couples negotiating difference
- Neurodiverse relationships managing communication and emotional attunement
- Digital-age relationships impacted by online connection, dating apps, or virtual intimacy
This training will help you bring insight, empathy, and structure to your practice. You’ll learn how to hold space for complexity, difference, and growth working relationally with couples and systems that reflect the world we live in today.
This Qualification Is Ideal For:
Qualified counsellors who are ready to integrate relationship work into their professional practice.
Coaches and helping professionals who wish to expand their scope of practice to include relational and couple work.
Applicants are required to provide a supervisor’s/manager's letter confirming readiness to undertake this specialist training.
Coaches and helping professionals who wish to expand their scope of practice to include relational and couple work.
Applicants are required to provide a supervisor’s/manager's letter confirming readiness to undertake this specialist training.
Course Curriculum
PART 1 – Foundations of Relationship Counselling (Modules 1–9)
Key Areas:
• Identity and role of the relationship counsellor
• Pre-screening, assessment, communication foundations
• Attachment theory and emotional regulation
• Emotionally Focused Therapy principles
• Relational trauma and containment
• Cultural awareness and diversity
• Systemic and genogram work
• Transactional analysis
• Overcoming relational blocks
• Cultural and Intirsectional competence
PART 2 – Advanced Relational Practice (Modules 10–17):
• Helping Couples to Separate Amicably
• Parental Alienation in Split Families
• Dating in the Modern Age
• Supporting Blended Families
• Additional Topics:
o Gender and relationship structures
o Narcissistic dynamics
PART 3 – Working with Coercion, Control & Mentalisation Themes (Modules 18-24):
• Coercive and controlling behaviour
• Gaslighting, minimising, isolation
• Risk assessment and safety decisions
• Narcissistic and high-conflict presentations
• Mentalisation and emotional regulation
• De-escalation and rupture repair
• Infidelity
PART 4 – This complete Module will be based on Psychosexual Relationship Training. Building upon the exploration of narcissistic dynamics and the complexities of coercion, control, and mentalisation, this section delves into the multifaceted nature of psychosexual relationships. Emphasizing comprehensive assessment and understanding of sexual histories, the focus shifts toward desire, arousal, and the varied aspects of sexual functioning within partnerships. Contemporary challenges such as pornography use, addiction, and digital sexual culture are examined alongside considerations for sexual identity, LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and the impact of trauma and dissociation on embodied safety. The training also addresses the nuances of consent, sexual power dynamics, and coercion, providing guidance on navigating addiction, shame cycles, and fostering recovery. Ultimately, this part aims to cultivate skills for supporting healthy intimacy, enriching eroticism, and enhancing communication within diverse relational contexts.
Themes:
• Psychosexual assessment and history
• Desire, arousal, and sexual functioning
• Pornography, addiction & digital sexual culture
• Trauma, dissociation and embodied safety
• Consent, sexual power dynamics and coercion
• Addiction, shame cycles and recovery
• Healthy intimacy, eroticism and communication
Residential Training Weekends
• Weekend 1: Safety and Structure
• Weekend 2: Boundaries and Movement
• Weekend 3: Control and Mentalisation
• Weekend 4: Psychosexual Relationship Training
Assessment & Integration
• Observed skills
• Reflective Journals
• 5000-Word Case Study
• Supervision Logs
Professional Alignment Aligned with CPCAB, BACP, COSRT, NCPS.
• Identity and role of the relationship counsellor
• Pre-screening, assessment, communication foundations
• Attachment theory and emotional regulation
• Emotionally Focused Therapy principles
• Relational trauma and containment
• Cultural awareness and diversity
• Systemic and genogram work
• Transactional analysis
• Overcoming relational blocks
• Cultural and Intirsectional competence
PART 2 – Advanced Relational Practice (Modules 10–17):
• Helping Couples to Separate Amicably
• Parental Alienation in Split Families
• Dating in the Modern Age
• Supporting Blended Families
• Additional Topics:
o Gender and relationship structures
o Narcissistic dynamics
PART 3 – Working with Coercion, Control & Mentalisation Themes (Modules 18-24):
• Coercive and controlling behaviour
• Gaslighting, minimising, isolation
• Risk assessment and safety decisions
• Narcissistic and high-conflict presentations
• Mentalisation and emotional regulation
• De-escalation and rupture repair
• Infidelity
PART 4 – This complete Module will be based on Psychosexual Relationship Training. Building upon the exploration of narcissistic dynamics and the complexities of coercion, control, and mentalisation, this section delves into the multifaceted nature of psychosexual relationships. Emphasizing comprehensive assessment and understanding of sexual histories, the focus shifts toward desire, arousal, and the varied aspects of sexual functioning within partnerships. Contemporary challenges such as pornography use, addiction, and digital sexual culture are examined alongside considerations for sexual identity, LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and the impact of trauma and dissociation on embodied safety. The training also addresses the nuances of consent, sexual power dynamics, and coercion, providing guidance on navigating addiction, shame cycles, and fostering recovery. Ultimately, this part aims to cultivate skills for supporting healthy intimacy, enriching eroticism, and enhancing communication within diverse relational contexts.
Themes:
• Psychosexual assessment and history
• Desire, arousal, and sexual functioning
• Pornography, addiction & digital sexual culture
• Trauma, dissociation and embodied safety
• Consent, sexual power dynamics and coercion
• Addiction, shame cycles and recovery
• Healthy intimacy, eroticism and communication
Residential Training Weekends
• Weekend 1: Safety and Structure
• Weekend 2: Boundaries and Movement
• Weekend 3: Control and Mentalisation
• Weekend 4: Psychosexual Relationship Training
Assessment & Integration
• Observed skills
• Reflective Journals
• 5000-Word Case Study
• Supervision Logs
Professional Alignment Aligned with CPCAB, BACP, COSRT, NCPS.
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Course Tutor
Shirley Marais
Seasoned CPCAB Tutor
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Shirley Marais is a seasoned relationship counsellor and dedicated educator who brings a wealth of professional experience and relational insight to her role as course tutor. A Registered Member of both the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS), Shirley has built a successful private practice working with individuals and couples in the Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire region and online for many years. Shirley’s therapeutic style is rooted in the Person‑Centred approach, providing clients a safe, compassionate environment in which they are fully seen, heard and valued. Over time she has integrated a rich repertoire of modalities including Psychodynamic, Transactional Analysis (TA), Solution‑Focused and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to meet the complex needs of couples and individuals alike. In her role as tutor and supervisor she supports aspiring counsellors on accredited courses (Levels 2, 3 and 4) as well as offering CPD in relational work. Her teaching is characterised by clarity, practicality and relational depth she draws directly from her practice to help delegates develop both therapeutic confidence and relational competence.