Holistic Counselling & Psychotherapy

This course will appeal to people who wish to pursue a career as professional counsellors and psychotherapists, or for those who have an opportunity to use counselling skills as part of their work. The programme is for a variety of professionals who wish to augment and build upon previous training. It is also suitable for life-long learners or second-chance learners returning to education in adult life.

Application is limited to mature learners who have evidence of a minimum of ONE of the following: - being a professional working in the field, or related disciplines - being able to demonstrate a level of maturity of being able to reflect on their personal development experience (evidenced through a portfolio of prior learning, personal development, life experience, community work, etc) - successful completion of an Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy programme, or equivalent - successful completion of an Irish Leaving Certificate (with 5 O6/H7s (ord/pass), including English and Maths), or equivalent. Where English is the applicants second language, they must provide acceptable proof of English proficiency. The English language proficiency tests and scores which are considered acceptable for ICPPD programmes is 6.5 IELTS, or equivalent. (https://www.ieltsdublin.com/ ) Applicants are also required to have appropriate IT skills to facilitate their engagement with the programme and have a computer with internet access to facilitate completion of assessments and some online delivery of programmes if scheduled. ICPPD is responsible for ensuring learners’ ongoing Fitness to Practice, in terms of health, behaviour and character. Therefore, progression through the programme is at the discretion of the College.