- Three year course
- Monthly weekend training
- 10 months per year
About
This course is accredited by the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and leads to registration with the UK Council for Psychotherapy as a Psychotherapeutic Counsellor. On successful completion of the course and training requirements you will be awarded the UKCP accredited Northern Guild Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling.
This three year diploma course runs over ten weekends each year and is designed for those seeking to become professional counselors. It is also relevant for individuals who may wish to develop and expand counselling skills within either work or vocational settings. Students who meet the entry criteria may convert to the MSc programme at the beginning of Year Three.
Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
Aims
•To provide quality, in-depth training leading to professional registration as a Psychotherapeutic Counsellor
•To train students to a standard that equips them to work competently as a fully qualified professional Psychotherapeutic Counsellor with children and young people
•To facilitate personal and professional development
•To offer arts based creative methods training
•To develop understanding of research and cutting edge theory
•To provide community based learning in a friendly supportive environment
•To develop opportunities to specialise in a range of areas of work
Course Requirements
•Attendance at all training modules
•Prescribed reading
•Specialist Modules including the following Workshops: TA101(3 days), Sand Tray Therapy (3 days),
Child Protection, Ethics & Legal Issues (3 days), Researching Counselling & Psychotherapy (3 days),
Imagery & Metaphor (3 days)
•Infant & Toddler Observations (40 hours per year over 1 year plus 6 seminars per year)
•100 hours of formal supervised counselling practice with children and 50 hours counselling Adults
•Clinical supervision requirement throughout training
•Ongoing Personal Therapy requirement throughout training
•Written requirements (Pass grade required)
•Oral Case Presentation (Pass grade required)
•Maintenance of personal and professional journal, including client/supervision log
Progression
Students can continue to the Diploma in Psychotherapy with Children & Young People (DIP Child) by Dual Registering any time up until the end of Year 2. Students will then join the Year 3 DIP group to complete their training. They will still need to continue meeting the DPC (Child) requirements and take their Final Assessments to gain their Counselling qualification.
Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)
Students may be eligible to enter training at the appropriate level if they have relevant prior learning/experience.
Entry onto United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy Register
On satisfactory completion of this course students will be eligible for entry on to the Register as a Psychotherapeutic Counsellor. Students must ensure that prior learning, their period of psychotherapy training and their post accreditation practice comply with United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and Psychotherapeutic Counselling College (PCC) requirements if they wish to be entered onto and remain on this register. From time to time these requirements change. Please note: completion of a course and/or successful completion of the final examination does not lead to automatic inclusion on to the UKCP register.
Entry Requirements
In order to be accepted onto the training programme applicants need to have:
•Proven ability to study at a higher educational level. This may take the form of a vocational qualification in a related field, and/or equivalent life and work experience.
•Personal and emotional resilience, the ability to respond to, and cope with challenges.
•Openness and flexibility.
•Ability to demonstrate an understanding of therapeutic work with children.
•Relevant experience of working with people in a responsible role, evidenced by a written reference.
•Suitable personal qualities and a genuine interest in working with people, evidenced by a written reference.
•Willingness to undergo statutory CRB checks required by law for work with children. These checks can take several months and work with children cannot commence until these are clear.
•A personal value system in keeping with the philosophy of the training, including an open attitude towards all people irrespective of their race, creed, gender, sexual orientation.
•Ability to be flexible, playful and non-defensive.
We have a policy of flexibility and will be pleased to discuss with candidates how they can meet our entry requirements. Northern Guild has an equality and diversity policy which can be found in the full prospectus, on our website, or is available on request.
Course fees and further information
To find our more about the training costs of this course, please get in touch and a PDF version of our prospectus will be sent to you by email. You are welcome to contact us if you have any further questions or would like to discuss any aspects of your training with a course tutor.
