Diploma in counselling

CTPDC Counselling Training Limited developed this accredited Diploma in Counselling course for students who want to become counsellors. Our Diploma in Counselling Courses are three-year (450 hours) part-time courses (3 hours a week, daytime and evening classes are available).

The course is a balanced composition of counselling skills, personal development and counselling research. We believe that the students' development in any of these components requires development in the other components. For example, the personal development component enhances the competence in using various counselling skills, while development in counselling research encourages controlled generalisation of professional counselling experiences. We expect our students to perform well in each of these areas to meet the awarding requirements.

Apart from the main theoretical framework of the course (person-centred counselling), students will be introduced to the key concepts of Gestalt Therapy and Transactional Analysis.

Some of the sessions are delivered by sessional tutors (for example, Peter Dinsmore, Brian McMinn, Frances Trotman). To find out more, please click here.

We believe that the learning support that we provide on this course is unique in the sector and facilitates very high quality training.

This is what one of our students said about her experience

We guarantee the following:

The maximum number of students in any one course will not exceed 12.
There will be two tutors for each course.
There will individual tutorials for every student at least once a term, but also as needed.
Although students are encouraged to seek their own placement, we guarantee that all of our students will have their placement by the middle of the second year.
Our special sessions and theme-workshops will be delivered by our guest speakers who are experts in the subject concerned.
We provide all the necessary equipment for tutor and student works and presentations. Students will have access to all the refereed counselling journals.
Our residential weekends will take place in an environment that facilitates maximum learning experience (including the third year residential weekend abroad)
Life-long e-mail address and discussion forum.

Admission:

Applicants for the first year

Applicants have to submit a 500-word personal statement. Applicants have to attend one of CTPDC's open day. In addition, there is an interview for assessing the applicant's suitability for the course if they have not cpmpleed the Basic counselling skills course with CTPDC. If the applicant is not accepted onto the course, he or she will be given the opportunity to discuss this in a further interview.

Applicants for the second year

Applicants who have completed a 150-hour guiding counselling training (for example, an Intermediate Counselling Skills course) elsewhere, can apply to join our Diploma course at the second year. Such applicants have to demonstrate that their skills, knowledge and personal development are at the level we expect from our own students in a three-hour session (that includes a formal interview). They would also have fill in the appropriate application form. This process is also known as APL.