Counselling and Psychology
Details
ICI’s counselling and psychology course allows you to achieve a very rewarding career in a rapidly growing profession. You can find many opportunities to work in established institutions and companies as well as help people cope with personal and professional difficulties. We offer you a course developed and conducted by qualified professionals who are highly experienced and successful in the field.
Course Outline
Module 1: Introducing Counselling Skills
Module 2: Personal Development
Module 3: Taking Care of Yourself
Module 4: Maintaining Good Practice
Module 5: Being a Listening Helper
Module 6: Qualities, Skills, and Knowledge for Listening
Module 7: Recognising Your Own Barriers to Listening
Module 8: Establishing a Helping Relationship
Module 9: Counselling Practise 1: Beginning the Discussion
Module 10: Counselling Practise 2: Deepening Understanding
Module 11: Counselling Practise 3: Working with Action and Endings
Module 12: Being Prepared for Common Personal Problems
Module 13: Understanding People from a Social Perspective
Module 14: Understanding Individuals from a Psychological Perspective
Module 15: Coping with Different Types of Helping Conversations
Module 16: Dealing with Difficulties
Module 17: Key Counselling Skills
Career Prospects
There is a huge demand for counsellors today and this is supported by credible reports. In the recent years, employment in this field increased by more than 50% and it is expected to grow even more. With an ICI counselling and psychology education, you will be confident in joining organisations of any scale and specialisation. You can also set up your own practice in time.
Our graduates have been proven to be efficient in performing as:
- Counsellors (family/grief/education/conflict)
- Welfare and social workers
- Educators
- Sports coaches
- Life coaches
- Personal trainers
- Rehabilitation and health care administrators
- Mental health institute staff
- Sales and marketing associates
- Industrial relations and management staff
Course Delivery
The International Career Institute (ICI) is a leader in distance education with some of the most diverse course offerings available to students. It is part of a network of affiliated colleges established in 1978 which together educate tens of thousands of students yearly worldwide.
ICI students are given skills that will change their employment prospects and increase their value to employers. The Institute listens to employers, through its strong links to industry. Our tutors are professionals who are not full-time teachers but rather practitioners who actively work in their field of specialisation. ICI currently offers over 50 exciting career and lifestyle focused courses to a broad range of adult learners regardless of location or prior experience and education.
ICI students can study an online course at their own pace, in their own time with complete flexibility to choose their learning hours. You can access the programme, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.