Counselling Course

The Black Oil · 08-05-2018 9:48pm

You could look at something like Mental Health First Aid - this is a basic 2 day thing and not really geared towards children, nor will it give you any accreditation. I've no affiliation other than having done it. You're primary so it might be hard to convince colleagues (training is in groups, afaik) to do it as it'll lack relevance if they are not encountering some of the disclosures coming to you. Maybe talk to a guidance counsellor at secondary level for suggestions.

I don't know the ins and outs of training courses, but it seems to always come down to walking before you can run. Put less emphasis on specialising in children and adolescents for now and get a good foundation in theories, background knowledge and skills you'll need. It sounds like you're doing the right thing otherwise - signposting and. Good idea to speak to your BoM and principal.

How about the likes of Open University?

09-05-2018 8:59am

heldel00 wrote: »

Plan would be to qualify myself and step away from the classroom in the future. Any course would be of benefit to offer advice now but a qualification would allow me to counsel others professionally (ie: move away from fulltime teaching to counselling/ psychotherapy).

I'm talking about a 10 year plan here but would appreciate guidance on how i could go about doing this? Ie: would a masters with PCI be a good move?

I see you didn’t say this in your post but this sounds much more realistic! I know there is a good counselling course in Trinity but as I am in teaching field others here will have better advice for you. Good luck.

SuperRabbit · 09-05-2018 8:00pm

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SuperRabbit wrote: »

Can I ask a question?

If I got a BA in counselling and psychotherapy, worked my 2 years and got accredited (maybe get a professional cert in CBT in the meantime), would I be likely to be accepted for the trinity higher diploma in CBT? And if I was, would I be likely to then be able to do the MA in CBT? Could I.. and this sounds like a real pipe dream... even skip the H.dip and go for the MA?

Well, there'd be some saving to be done in between... but anyway! Plenty of time.

Anyone?

ggg16 · 19-05-2018 8:33am

Any advice on how to qualify as a child psychologist while keeping my job as a secondary teacher? I can do loads of distance learning if needed.

19-05-2018 3:06pm

ggg16 wrote: »

Any advice on how to qualify as a child psychologist while keeping my job as a secondary teacher? I can do loads of distance learning if needed.

It’s a 3 year full time doctorate now.

SuperRabbit · 20-05-2018 8:56pm

You don't mean child counsellor though, do you? There are lots of courses in that.. THis + your teaching qualification MIGHT be an acceptable prerequisite but you'd have to ask the college you'd be applying to for the masters: https://www.dbs.ie/child-psychology/evening-diploma . I don't think it would be, I think you'd have to do the undergraduate in counselling.

and then do one of the masters on offer focusing on children and teenagers. For example

http://www.pcicollege.ie/counselling-courses/child-adolescent-counselling-psychotherapy

Just thought this might be what you mean because you posted in the counselling course. When I think "child psychologist" I think things like diagnosing dyslexia and writing research papers about bullying, not sitting and talking to a kid who needs emotional support.

SuperRabbit · 26-06-2018 6:11pm

I just found out how much Turning Point actually costs.. It says on the website 5000 for first year, which makes you assume the other years are similar. Not only do you have to pay for the 200 hours of personal therapy they want you to do (which is what made me realize I couldn't afford it )it is not 5000 a year, that is the cheapest year, some years cost as much as 10,000.

No. Way. José.

Gremlinertia · 28-06-2018 8:37pm

The variation in fees and qualifications needs to be looked at closely i feel.. I notice in my local paper that people advertise counselling but baulk when called and asked about what they have studied, with expanding awareness about mental health this is deeply unhelpful.

SuperRabbit · 30-06-2018 7:52pm

Gremlinertia wrote: »

The variation in fees and qualifications needs to be looked at closely i feel.. I notice in my local paper that people advertise counselling but baulk when called and asked about what they have studied, with expanding awareness about mental health this is deeply unhelpful.

If they baulk they must not be qualified. It won't be long before it will be illegal to call themselves counsellors and they'll have to say "life coach" etc. Another benefit of the Yes vote in the referendum is that they are fast tracking the protection of the tittles "counsellor" and "psychotherapist" .

The fee is the fee, but the fact they try to make it look as if it is priced similarly to similar MAs is pretty manipulative. A "low ball" as Cialdini would say...

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