Course description
Counselling & Psychology Course
Become a qualified counsellor. The course provides an opportunity to interact with and learn from very successful, highly qualified and experienced professionals. It also allows you to enter one of the fastest-growing professions.
How Will You Benefit?
- Fast track your career as a counsellor
- Learn the inside secrets of how to become a counselling pro in months not years!
- Study a counselling course that was designed in conjunction with senior members of the profession
- Free up valuable time, don’t waste time and money travelling to classes
- Study at your own pace whenever and wherever you are
- Have access to a tutor
- Easy interest-free payment plans from as low as £25 per week
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Suitability - Who should attend?
There are no previous work or education requirements for entry into any course level. Students may enrol directly into the diploma or advanced diploma levels without completing lower ranked qualifications. Graduates can expect higher course levels to result in higher potential salary, positions and skill capabilities.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
On successful completion of the course you will receive:
- A graduation certificate officially recognizing your successful completion of studies and qualifications as a counsellor
- Transcripts indicating units completed
- Letter of recommendation and validation for current and future employers
- Post-nominal letters placed after your name which indicate that you hold the relevant qualification. For example: John Smith, DipCouns
- Job search assistance: Graduate Career Services Program
Training Course Content
Counselling Skills I
- Learning Specific Skills
- Listening & Bonding
- Reflection
- Questioning
- Interview Techniques
- Changing Beliefs and Normalising
- Finding Solutions
- Ending the Counselling
Counselling Skills I
- The counselling session
- Focus on the present
- Telephone counselling
- Dealing with crises
- Problem-solving techniques I: Aggression
- Problem-solving techniques II: Depression
- Problem-solving techniques III: Grief and loss
- Problem-solving techniques IV: Suicide
Councelling Techniques
- Psychoanalytic psychotherapy l – Freud, Erikson, Jung
- Psychoanalytical psychotherapy ll – Adler
- Humanistic/Existential approaches I – Gestalt Therapy; Fritz Perls
- Humanistic/Existential approaches II – Person-Centred Counselling; Carl Rogers
- Rational behavioural therapy – Albert Ellis
- Cognitive behavioural therapy – Aaron Beck
- Behavioural therapy
- Solution-focused counselling
Introduction to Psychology
- The Nature and Scope of Psychology
- Neurological basis of behaviour
- Environmental effects on behaviour
- Consciousness and perception
- Personality
- Psychological development
- Needs, drives and motivation
Professional Practice in Councelling
- Understanding counselling
- Ethics and Confidentiality
- Understanding the self
- Personality
- Emotions and Behaviour
- Supervision
- Referral practice
Course delivery details
This entire course is carried out via Distance Learning (also known as correspondence learning). Distance learning is ideal if you need to adapt around work, family, or other commitments. It is also extremely beneficial should you simply wish to fast track your studies (and career) and not be locked into a timetable.
Our course content and learning experience ensure that your course is relevant and interesting. Learning, tutorial assistance and assessments take place whenever and wherever you are in the country or world. It takes place at your own pace on your own terms to fit your lifestyle. As an ICI student, you’ll never endure a pop quiz, spend countless hours and hundreds of dollars travelling, and never be late with an assignment or for class.
Course Length
ICI courses allow you to study at your own pace with no assignment deadlines. This means that you determine the pace of the course and within which time period you will ultimately complete your studies in.
- Completing your course with ICI is flexible as you can fast-track and graduate in a matter of months. You complete activities and submit assignments whenever you are ready.
- The maximum time given to complete a program is three years.
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Expenses
- Diploma: £798
- Advanced Diploma: £998
Continuing Studies
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