Training Courses > Professional Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy
(IAHIP Recognised)
Our four-year part-time programme offers a professional training and qualification in counselling and psychotherapy.
Our training is suitable for :
- Health Professionals
- Teachers
- Counsellors
- Pastoral Care Workers
- Community Workers
- Others who are interested in working from a humanistic and integrative perspective
Psychotherapy is understood, within this training, as a journey in relationship through any relevant aspects of personal, social and spiritual life – a journey which accommodates and encourages a growing awareness of the ‘whole’ self. The person’s own inner wisdom, personal freedom, and ‘responsibility for self’ are respected as central elements in this process.
- Course Structure
- Attendance
- Assessment
- Entry
- Fees
- Applications
- Staff
- Venue
- Personal Development
- Regular individual psychotherapy throughout training
- Fortnightly group psychotherapy during term
- Personal development workshops (including residential weekends)
- Theoretical Learning
- Theory seminars
- Written assignments
- End-of-year written examinations
- Skills Development
- Skills training seminars
- Supervised ‘reciprocal trainee therapy’
- Supervised Clinical Practice
- One-to-one psychotherapy practice (3rd & 4th years)
- Weekly group supervision
- Clinical seminars
Attendance Requirements
- One tuition/workshop day per week from October to the end of May
- One weekend residential workshop per year
- Weekly individual psychotherapy
- Group psychotherapy (fortnightly in term)
- ‘Reciprocal Trainee Therapy’ (1 hour per week – years 1 & 2)
- Group supervision (fortnightly in year 2; weekly in years 3 & 4)
- Clinical practice placement (years 3 & 4 for total of 200 hours of work)
- Assessment
- Monthly self-evaluation
- Mid-year review meetings
- Written assignments (term papers)
- Case studies (years 3 & 4)
- Dissertation (year 4)
- Written examinations (end of years 1, 2 & 3)
- Personal end-of-year-interviews
As this training is offered at post-graduate level, applicants shall normally possess either
- a relevant primary degree
or - equivalent training/experience in a field relevant to counselling and psychotherapy
In addition to this entry requirement candidates will also be expected to have an appropriate level of maturity and life experience, normally indicated by being aged at least in their mid-twenties.
The annual fee includes all costs (tuition, supervision, examinations, residential weekends, assessments) with the exception of individual and group psychotherapy fees, which will be negotiated by the student on a private basis.
Course fees are reviewed annually.
Applications are invited between January and May every second year. Brochures and application forms are available from:
The Administrator,
Dublin Counselling & Therapy Centre,
41 Upper Gardiner Street,
Dublin 1.Tel: 01 8788236
E-mail: info@dctc.ie
Our training staff are highly qualified professionals in the field of Counselling and Psychotherapy.
In addition to the Centre’s training team, tutors from both Ireland and the UK who have specialist training and experience are invited to contribute to the centre's training programmes in their areas of expertise.
Training seminars/workshops (with the exception of residential weekends) will take place at the Centre’s premises on Upper Gardiner Street.
The Centre maintains an extensive and up-to-date counselling & psychotherapy library for student use.
This training programme is also offered at the Castlebar Counselling & Therapy Centre.
Qualification and Professional Accreditation
On successful completion of the course students are awarded the Centre’s Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy. Following completion of an appropriate post-training period of supervised practice in line with prevailing standards, graduates may apply for accredited membership of the Irish Council for Psychotherapy (ICP) through its constituent body, the Irish Association of Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapy (IAHIP). They may also apply for accredited membership of the Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (IACP).
For further details or if you would like to book a place on one of our courses, please contact us »