Addiction Counsellour

ItsAWindUp

Hey all, I was just looking for some information on the career of an Addiction Counsellour, what type of Leaving Cert subjects needed, college courses, etc. Thanks:)

Odysseus

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

Hey all, I was just looking for some information on the career of an Addiction Counsellour, what type of Leaving Cert subjects needed, college courses, etc. Thanks:)

Just to add a bit of background the OP was in contact with me by PM with his question, I asked him to post here to get a bit of wider feed back.

OP firstly as you can see the OP is leaving cert age, generally most psychotherapy training courses want you to have some life experience, I seen my first client when I was 27 and a few people remarked on how young I was.

I trained as a psychoanalyst both my BA and MA, I now suggest to people to do their degree in psychology which you can do after your leaving cert, so speak to you guidance counsellor about points and stuff around that. I suggest psychology as it opens more doors for you in relation to further study. Get as qualified as you can, this will be your livelihood, not matter how much you enjoy it. Work to live, don't live to work.

When you finish your psychology degree, you could train as a psychologist [they get paid more than me:(] or you could train as a psychotherapist or a counsellor.

Does that get you started? Feel free to ask for more info.

ItsAWindUp

Yeah thanks:)Would you suggest just doing a degree in psychology straight away?

Odysseus

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

Yeah thanks:)Would you suggest just doing a degree in psychology straight away?

Yes, I don't know what the points are like for it, but there are also private colleges where you can do it when you have done your leaving if you have the cash. Be careful about the private colleges and use here to ask questions about them.

ItsAWindUp

Do you know what colleges do the course?

Odysseus

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

Do you know what colleges do the course?

Off the top of my head:
Trinity,
UDC,
DCU I think
Some of NCIs


Private
DBS

Can anyone else help out here with any I missed?

Old Perry

Qualifax.ie will give you a list of all the courses in the country from level 5 upwards, and also some info on what the coarse covers and the points/requirments. It wont give an opinion on coarse quality etc so as Odysseus said ask here or maybe one of education forums might be helpful.

Old Perry

Odysseus wrote: »

Off the top of my head:
Trinity,
UDC,
DCU I think
Some of NCIs


Private
DBS

Can anyone else help out here with any I missed?

NUIGalway, just had a look and it looks interesting although its through arts, dont know if that makes a difference.

elfan

OP you need to do an undergraduate degree accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland, these are the currently accredited courses:

University College Dublin BA (Hons) Psychology
Trinity College Dublin BA (Mod) Psychology
National University of Ireland, Maynooth BA (Hons) Psychology / BSc Psychology
Dublin Business School BA (Hons) Psychology
NUI - Galway BA in Psychology
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art and Design Technology
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Applied to Information Technology and, from 2008, Bachelor of Science(Honours) in Applied Psychology
University College Cork BA (Hons) Psychology / BSc (Hons) Psychology
Mary Immaculate College, Limerick B Ed in Education & Psych
Mary Immaculate College, Limerick BA Arts with Psychology
University of Limerick BA in Psychology and Sociology
Waterford Institute of Technology BA (Hons) Psychology with Arts

Look up the university websites to get an idea of the module breakdown involved in the different courses, hope this helps!