Institute of Counselling Reviews

It was really interesting, especially about the psychology of people or the process of mentoring. Some lessons were more exciting, when they were about that topic. Others more theoretical were a bit more hermetic. I liked the case studies and when we had to think and invent some situations and imagine what they would be like.

Overall good and all the information needed was included with in resources

Great course materials although the link to the referencing aid did not work and I had to ask Marie for some assistance! Overall topics were clear and interesting and presented well.

Easy to understand material and what was required for each assignment.

Very thorough with plenty of recommendations for relevant further reading.

I really liked the introduction to the different counselling approaches very much, and this is one of the reasons why I chose the course in the first place. The second section was a little surprising to me in that it seemed to get into quite advanced skills very quickly although it is a basic course. Perhaps it is just my too-literal mindset but it bothered me a little that it said somewhere in the course text that advanced empathy is not for the first appointment for the client and yet the advanced empathy assignment situation was with a new client.

I am now on my third course with the institute and am already anticipating more.

Perhaps some video material would help. But the theoretical aspects were very adequate. The assessment questions relevant and dynamic.

The downloadable resources were fine; as mentioned above, the YouTube clips were a little dated and sometimes a little tricky to find.

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