Institute of Counselling Reviews

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 Course contents were easy to follow but I found the suggested reading and websites outdated.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.

I find it very useful and very informative

I was very surprised and happy by the volume of course material that was sent through when I first registered. Really helpful, informative and great for advice with further reading and websites.

Very informative,interesting and challenging

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).

Very informative course.

A fantastic course. It has provided me with many counselling tools that I can utilise in my work with my specific client base. Living and working abroad was not an issue and the distance learning aspect of the course suited me perfectly.

Very relevant for times as this

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.