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Continued Professional Development (CPD)

A CPD Certificate is awarded to all successful students in addition to their Course CPD Certificate or Diploma. This CPD Certificate is an Institute of Counselling award that recognises the students’ continuing professional development. This applies to all our courses. The Institute’s programme of courses provides:

a comprehensive range of courses from introductory level to advanced counselling or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) knowledge and skills
training for those who use counselling or CBT skills in the workplace or private practice
training for individuals who seek to acquire skills for crisis management
opportunities to learn about the psychological insights to help underpin counselling or CBT practice
training for those who require access to counselling or CBT skills to help clients

Our courses are open to all who will benefit from them. The English Language proficiency requirements apply only to our credit rated courses - see below.

Credit Rating

For our credit rated courses proof of English Language proficiency achieved within two years prior to the course application must be produced. For all students normally this will be:

IELTS 6.5 (with no subtest less than 6)
ibTOEFL 92 (with no less than 20 in listening, 20 in writing, 20 in reading and 20 in speaking.)
Cambridge ESOL Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) – B minimum or Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) – C minimum
Pearson Test of English (Academic) – PTE minimum score of 60 with a minimum 59 in all sub-tests.

We are an educational partner with Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) and many of our courses are credit rated by the Scottish Credit Qualification Framework (SCQF) credit rating body. You will see in our course details that our flagship Diploma in Clinical and Pastoral Counselling Skills course is credit rated with 120 credit points at Level 9 in the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) by GCU . (See www.scqf.org.uk for further information on credit rating and how this relates across Britain and Europe). Our SCQF credit rated certificate courses attract 20 credit points at SCQF Level 8. Our Diplomas have their modules each independently credit rated by the IoC with 20 to 30 credit points at SCQF Level 8 and SCQF Level 9 in total. We continue to add more modules to our SCQF approved portfolio.

(Please note SCQF Level 8 = 2nd Year BA/BSc Level and SCQF Level 9 = 3rd Year BA/BSc Level).

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Certificate in Couple and Family Counselling Skills

I found the course easy to navigate with lots of practice questions and examples. The materials provided were sufficient and relevant to the topics. I particularly enjoyed the understanding and application of theory into practice through the assignments and practice questions. Mairi, was very helpful with her feedback highlighting key areas of satisfactory application of knowledge . This helped me understand the need to understand the case and apply relevant principle in practice

Nonye A, 17 days ago

Certificate in Christian Counselling

I really enjoyed the course and want to carry on with course 2400 to level 4. I expected to get a bit more support from my tutor tbh, like a quick call or messaging back and forth a bit more, but her feedback was valuable and to the point. I think the assignment 5 wording can be improved. It was not very clear and I got marked as C which was upsetting. I’d have done a much better job, had the instructions been clearer. Happy to be corrected. Thanks.

Daniela S, 20 days ago

Certificate in Grief and Bereavement

The tutor was very supportive and always available to provide guidance. Her feedback on assignments was clear, constructive, and helpful. The course content was well-structured and the learning materials were interesting and easy to understand. Overall, it was a positive and valuable learning experience and I appreciated the quality of support and resources provided for the course.

Daniel M, 28 days ago

Certificate in CBT 2 (Credit rated at SCQF level 8)

The course material is detailed and far ranging, giving an excellent exploration of CBT. My tutor, Marie, has provided me with helpful feedback and assessments over the duration of the course.

Gethin R, 29 days ago

Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Credit rated at SCQF level 8)

I feel well supported during this course, in the materials, admin support, and tutor support.

Mary R, 33 days ago

Certificate in Counselling

Dear Marie, thank you very much for the feedback and insights I have gained in this course (through you).

Jassir d, 34 days ago

Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Credit rated at SCQF level 8)

Marie was very helpful and advice offered readily via email or zoom. I would have preferred more interactive online work but other than that the course work easy to follow.

Melanie C, 35 days ago

Certificate in Grief and Bereavement

Having returned to learning I found that learning on-line was initially quite difficult. Personally in the early stages when it took me some time to get into my stride a telephone call from the institute to inquire how things were going would have been supportive. My tutor was very supportive and encouraging.

Kim B, 40 days ago

Certificate in Counselling

Thought the course was really interesting and enjoyed the content.

Hannah B, 46 days ago

Certificate in Grief and Bereavement

The course really helped me get myself together. I registered for a course soon after losing my brother and I was going through a hard time. The tutor was really helpful in guiding and giving me some direction throughout the course

Rosinah N, 55 days ago

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