11 Counseling and Psychotherapy Degree Programs in Ireland

DCU's Doctorate in Psychotherapy (DPsych) is a part-time, four-year Level 10 NFQ programme that enhances your psychotherapy expertise through advanced research and practice. You'll develop skills in supervision, explore psychotherapy theories, and complete a research thesis, preparing you for leadership roles.

DCU's MSc in Psychotherapy equips you with the skills and knowledge needed to work with a diverse range of clients facing complex and multifaceted needs. Throughout the course, you'll study evidence-based, flexible, and responsive psychotherapeutic approaches to support and treat adults with psychological issues. You'll also complete modules on adult intimate relationships and psychosexual well-being, enabling you to work with both individuals and couples after graduation.

Counselling and Psychotherapy provide the opportunity to speak in one's own terms in order to articulate the difficulties and the questions in one's life. They offer the opportunity of clarifying the direction, or its lack, in one's life. In recent decades counselling and psychotherapy have had a major contribution to the alleviation of distress and suffering in the everyday human experience of loss, bereavement, trauma, depression, choice and relationships.

This course is designed to provide comprehensive training within the field of counselling and psychotherapy. As a college, we are committed to making transformative contributions to individuals and society as a leading educational establishment in mental health and wellbeing.

The main aims of this 4-year, part-time, Level 8 Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Holistic Counselling and Psychotherapy is to provide adult learners with the opportunity to explore and develop their interest in the field of holistic counselling and psychotherapy and to, thereby, become competent, compassionate, ethical, professional practitioners.

The MA in Psychotherapy offers a postgraduate qualification which meets requirements for professional training for individuals interested in training as humanistic and psychodynamic psychotherapists in the integrative model. The course has been designed for graduates from a Level 8 Counselling and Psychotherapy programme who are suitable for supervised clinical training in humanistic and psychodynamic psychotherapy in accordance with the integrative model.

Are you at a “Turning Point” in your life, do people and how they tick fascinate you Are you a good listener?, did you ever think of Counselling and/or Psychotherapy as a Profession?.

The MA in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy is a recognised component which contributes to a post-graduate specific modality training in psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. A combination of this Masters’ programme with the Post-Masters’ Specific Modality Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in The School of Psychotherapy at St Vincent’s University Hospital meets the minimum 4-year postgraduate training requirement to enable graduates to apply with confidence for accredited membership of a professional body in the field.

There is a growing awareness of the widespread harm caused by addiction to individuals, families and society at large and an evolving shift of reliance from a medically based model of treatment to engaging in Talking Therapies.

The Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Early Childhood Care, Health & Education is a four-year degree course that equips graduates with the necessary competencies to work with young children and their families. It is an invigorating and exciting career path.

This programme is aimed at professionals who wish to enhance their current practice in the use of expressive arts or those who wish to integrate the academic and practical applications of the creative process into their therapeutic work with people.