We teach a BACP-Accredited 3-year Combined Certificate and Diploma in Adlerian Counselling. The two courses are separated into a one-year Certificate, and two-year Diploma.
Certificate in Adlerian Counselling
The Adlerian Certificate course is the first year of the 3-year Combined Certificate & Diploma in Adlerian Counselling. The 3 year course is accredited by the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), and moderated and accredited by the Adlerian Society UK (ASIIP).
However, the certificate course as a stand-alone course is not accredited.
The course consists of six main modules:
- Core Counselling Skills – we learn and practice skills including listening and attending, reflecting and paraphrasing and identifying and expressing feelings;
- Fundamentals of Adlerian Psychology – we look at all the Adlerian theories including Early
- Recollections; Dreams, Private logic and child behaviour;
- Personal and Professional Development – we explore how we are in groups, personal boundaries and working with difference; this module requires each student to have 10 hours min of their own personal counselling.
- Adlerian Lifestyle Assessment – students have an opportunity to explore their own and others ‘lifestyles’ using counselling skills;
- Grief and Loss – we explore the impact on individuals and families of different types of loss including suicide;
- Alternative Approaches – we have a tour around other counselling approaches including TA and person centred, and look at similarities and differences.
The learning methods include: lectures; skills work in pairs and triads; small group work; group
process and assignments and reading.
The certificate course is a part time course with a total of 150 teaching hours across weekly two hour webinars and a weekend of in-person teaching every month during term time.
For more details on the Certificate in Adlerian Counselling, please visit this page.
Diploma in Adlerian Counselling
he Diploma in Adlerian Counselling constitutes years 2 and 3 of IPT’s counsellor training course, continuing the training from the Certificate course. Entry is by interview, and requires potential students to have completed a suitable Certificate training, either with IPT or another organisation.
The course extends the teaching of Adlerian counselling skills to cover more advanced topics, exploring Adlerian theory at greater depth, as well as ongoing personal development and self-awareness learning, and the preparation of students for training placement work via the development of professional skills.
The final qualification, which entitles students to become full members of UK professional counselling organisations, is issued by ASIIP (UK), and is awarded on the basis of a client case study, written during or after the latter stages of the training, and extensive training and preparation work is done in order to enable students to complete this successfully.
The diploma course is a part time course with a total of 320 teaching hours over two years across weekly two hour webinars and a weekend of in-person teaching every month – two of which are residential – during term time.
For more details on the Diploma in Adlerian Counselling, please visit this page.
Applications
To apply for either Certificate or Diploma entry, please contact us for an application form.