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Diploma/Degree in Counselling & Psychotherapy Course Advice.

  • 11-05-2012 3:22pm
    #1
    Rainbow_Bright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭


    Hello,

    I've just completed the foundation certificate in Counselling & Psychotherapy at PCI. I was considering doing the degree course there in October but I've recently found out that the course does not provide qualifications to allow graduates to be recommended by GPs. As far as I am aware, this requires a course that is accredited by IAPPC. I am also interested in IAHIP accreditation. PCI is only accredited by IACP.

    Also there is the issue of PCI having lost it's accreditation a few years back, although it has received it back again...

    Does anyone else know anything about this? All advice welcome as I am considering my next step.

    Thanks.

    A


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  • #2
    Odysseus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,754 ✭✭✭Odysseus


    Gp's can refer to any psychotherapist. The above is crap, where did oyu get that one from?


  • #3
    JuliusCaesar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,885 ✭✭✭JuliusCaesar


    Rainbow_Bright wrote: »
    I was considering doing the degree course there in October but I've recently found out that the course does not provide qualifications to allow graduates to be recommended by GPs

    As Odysseus says, GPs can refer to whoever they like.

    Accreditation is some sort of guarantee that a person is properly trained and qualified, but that depends on the quality of the accrediting body. While psychotherapists and counsellors might know their way around the various bodies, most other people don't.

    Rainbow_Bright wrote: »
    As far as I am aware, this requires a course that is accredited by IAPPC. I am also interested in IAHIP accreditation. PCI is only accredited by IACP.

    Also there is the issue of PCI having lost it's accreditation a few years back, although it has received it back again...

    Does anyone else know anything about this? All advice welcome as I am considering my next step.

    If you do a search of this forum, you'll find various discussions about this.


  • #4
    Rainbow_Bright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭Rainbow_Bright


    Admittedly, it was from "someone who knows someone" who graduated from PCI. It's just made things a little confusing when it comes to deciding where to do the degree. It's a lot of time and money to use if it's all for nothing in the end.


  • #5
    Odysseus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,754 ✭✭✭Odysseus


    Rainbow_Bright wrote: »
    Admittedly, it was from "someone who knows someone" who graduated from PCI. It's just made things a little confusing when it comes to deciding where to do the degree. It's a lot of time and money to use if it's all for nothing in the end.

    Have a serach for threads on PCI here, you should get a bit of info. Don't pay any attention to that other organisation.


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