Institute of Counselling Reviews

Like i said above very clear and concise information for a correspondence course.

I was pleased to find an online course that I could complete as a distance learner. The course helped me to consider coaching from different angles as well as to deepen my understanding of my own coaching style. Course contents were easy to follow but I found the suggested reading and websites outdated. Many of the given weblinks do not work. The core text has a newer edition than the one suggested. Even course notes are dated as 2010 or 2012 and could do with a refresh - small things like updating submission instructions to allow for email, for example, would help make the notes more relevant.

overall good I have done a lot of my own resource searching as well

PDF’s were problematic in places, and some of the case studies were somewhat esoteric, but the principles and theories were well explained. The documentation around the TMA was confusing in places and could have easily been misinterpreted (e.g. specifying models as examples could have been taken as instructions instead).

The materials were well put together and the self exercises were useful. I would have liked to some sample answers for the assignments and questions in order to understand the expected structure a little better. I was sometimes uncertain if I was approaching the exercise in the right way. Fortunately, my tutor was able to guide me here.

Very Thorough but also allowed for further research.

the materials are helpful

Very limited and at times difficult to understand language. Infact i quite battled going through pieces of text and learning matetial.

the material is not enough to work with i suggest if more resources and reading material can be provided it will be helpful as in some parts of the world it is not easy and faster you receive if you order online. also for second language speakers i suggest the material should be supporting according to their requirements.

Apart from the points mentioned above, the course material was good.