Institute Of Counselling
Diploma In Clinical and Pastoral Counselling

Glasgow, United Kingdom

DEGREE TYPE

Diploma

DURATION

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

APPLICATION DEADLINE

EARLIEST START DATE

Aug 2025

STUDY FORMAT

Key Summary

About : The Diploma in Clinical and Pastoral Counselling equips students with essential skills for effective counselling. This course combines theory and practical training over one year, preparing students for real-world scenarios. It emphasizes understanding human behaviour and fostering a supportive environment for individuals facing emotional challenges.

Career Outcomes : Graduates can pursue various career paths in the counselling field, including roles in mental health services, community organizations, and religious institutions. Potential positions include clinical counsellor, pastoral care worker, or therapist. This diploma prepares you to make a meaningful impact in people's lives.

If you are presently in nursing, social work or one of the other caring professions and want to develop your career by gaining an additional qualification or upgrading an existing one, this course will be of major interest.

You might, for instance, be a non-graduate first level nurse seeking to upgrade to degree level by studying for additional credits, which can include modules from the Diploma in Clinical and Pastoral Counselling.

This University accredited programme of 4 counselling modules allows the student to build on the introductory module which brings an understanding and appreciation of counselling and current models, and then leads the student into the more specialist counselling modules covering Grief and Bereavement, Couples and Families and Crisis and Trauma. On completion the student will have gained 120 SCQF points at level 9 (third year Ba/BSc.)

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