Addiction Counsellor Training

pookie1234

Am interested in becoming an addiction counsellor and am wondering which course is the best one to undertake.

Odysseus

What courses have you looked at? Though I hate that term addiction counsellor. The HSE dropped the term years ago, I just wish other programmmes would follow suit.

Kooli

Odysseus wrote: »

What courses have you looked at? Though I hate that term addiction counsellor. The HSE dropped the term years ago, I just wish other programmmes would follow suit.

What is it called now?
And why do you hate it?

Odysseus

Kooli wrote: »

What is it called now?
And why do you hate it?

People are just counsellors or therapists. The term addiction counsellor is misleading as it implies that a therapist is only addressing the addiction or drug use/behaviour.

We see people who may have addiction problems, but there may be many more things than need to be addressed as well as the addiction. The clinical issues addressed with the confines of a drug treatment centre are vast and certainly go way beyond mere drug use or compulsive/obsessive behaviour. Does that make sense?

Kooli

Odysseus wrote: »

People are just counsellors or therapists. The term addiction counsellor is misleading as it implies that a therapist is only addressing the addiction or drug use/behaviour.

We see people who may have addiction problems, but there may be many more things than need to be addressed as well as the addiction. The clinical issues addressed with the confines of a drug treatment centre are vast and certainly go way beyond mere drug use or compulsive/obsessive behaviour. Does that make sense?

Yeah I guess that makes sense. So do you think that there is no extra training or different skills required to work with addiction?

pookie1234

Odysseus wrote: »

What courses have you looked at? Though I hate that term addiction counsellor. The HSE dropped the term years ago, I just wish other programmmes would follow suit.

I have looked at:


IACP Recognised Courses:


Dublin Business School of Arts (DBS)
BA in Counselling & Psychotherapy
13/14 Aungier Street, Dublin 2
Tel 01-6485485
www.dbs.ie

Dublin Counselling & Therapy Centre
Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy
41 Upper Gardiner Street,Dublin 1
Tel: 01-8788236
www.dctc.ie

Cork Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) In Counselling & Psychotherapy
Dept of Social & General Studies Bishopstown, Cork
Tel: 021-4347800 / 021-4326547
www.cit.ie

Dundalk Counselling Centre
Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy
“Oakdene” 3 Seatown Place Dundalk, Co Louth
Tel: 042 9338333 Fax: 042 9333042
www.dundalkonline.net

Fingal Counselling Services
Diploma in Humanistic Counselling
Base Resource Centre, Brackenstown, Swords,Co Dublin.
Tel: 01 890 2596

Irish Gestalt Centre
Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy (Irish course)

Course Delivery Address:Teach Bhride, Tullow, Co Carlow.
Tel: 059- 9152465
Office Address: Baile Eamonn, An Spiddal, Co Galway.
Tel:091-553548
www.irishgestaltcentre.com


Irish Gestalt Centre

Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapy ( British & Irish course)
Course Delivery Address:Teach Bhride, Tullow, Co Carlow.
Tel: 059- 9152465
Office Address: Baile Eamonn, An Spiddal, Co Galway.
Tel:091-553548
www.irishgestaltcentre.com



Irish Institute of Counselling & Psychotherapy at Turning Point
Graduate Diploma In Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy
23 Crofton Rd Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin
Tel: 01-2801603
www.turningpoint.ie

Institute of Intergrative Counselling & Psychotherapy (IICP)
Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy
Killinarden Enterprise Park Killinarden, Dublin 24
Tel 01-2600805
www.iicp.ie

Liberties College
Liberties College Counselling Course
Community and Further Education, Bull Alley Street, Patrick Street, Dublin 8
Tel: 01-4540044 www.libertiescollege.ie


Northside Counselling Service
Diploma in Counselling
Coolock Development Centre, Bunratty Drive, Dublin 17
Tel: 01-848 4789

PCI College
Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy (weekend course, corrig house),
Corrig House
Old Naas Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.
Tel: 464 2268
www.pcicollege.ie

Target Counselling
Diploma in Humanistic Counselling
St Kevin’s National School, Newbrook Road, Donaghmede, Dublin 13
Tel: 01-8488165
www.targeteducation.net

The Counselling Centre
Diploma in Counselling
7 Fr. Matthew Street, Cork
Tel: 021-4273995

www.thecounsellingcentre.ie

Tivoli Institute
Diploma in Counselling
24 Clarinda Park East, Dun Laoghaire Co. Dublin
Tel: 01-280 9178
www.tivoliinstitute.com

Odysseus

Kooli wrote: »

Yeah I guess that makes sense. So do you think that there is no extra training or different skills required to work with addiction?

Of course extra training is needed,but in all areas. I may work with sex offenders who have an addiction. Woeking in the addiction open you up to working with so much more than drug use or "addictive behaviours". Does than answer your question?

Odysseus

@Pookie1234,you have been busy. DBS would be my number one suggestion, you could follow it on with the MA in Addiction Studies there.

pookie1234

Odysseus wrote: »

@Pookie1234,you have been busy. DBS would be my number one suggestion, you could follow it on with the MA in Addiction Studies there.

Many thanks for your reply. Currently just finishing year 3 of an arts degree (psychology + sociology) but am thinking of finishing in May and opting to transferring credits over to Open University so I can complete the degree in psychology and then continue with DBS and do the MA in Addiction studies.

Odysseus

pookie1234 wrote: »

Many thanks for your reply. Currently just finishing year 3 of an arts degree (psychology + sociology) but am thinking of finishing in May and opting to transferring credits over to Open University so I can complete the degree in psychology and then continue with DBS and do the MA in Addiction studies.

Sounds like a good plan; all you will need to do is get some clinical training/work to go along side with the academic learning. Best of luck with it.

hudhastings

Wow I think I just found a new career