MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Cognitive Behavioural Modalities)

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Type
Postgraduate
Duration
Two Years Part-Time
Validated by
QQI (by ICHAS)
Mode
Blended Learning
Campus
Dublin Main Campus
NFQ Level
9
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Course Overview

Looking to develop your career as a CBT specialist?

This is an ICHAS course delivered at Griffith College by ICHAS.

This programme helps practitioners and graduates enhance their professional competence in counselling and psychotherapy through advanced study, professional placement, and research. It fosters personal and professional growth, collaborative problem-solving skills, and evidence-based practice.

Why Study a Master's in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Cognitive Behavioural Modalities)?

This programme addresses the needs of practitioners and graduates who wish to develop their professional competence in counselling and psychotherapy, with a particular focus on cognitive behavioural approaches.

The overall aims of the MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Cognitive Behavioural Modalities) are to:

  • Successful completion of the programme provides learners with a QQI-awarded Master's qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Modalities of Counselling and Psychotherapy.
  • Provides a modularised and scaffolded developmental structure across the study duration, designed to contribute to the requirements of relevant Professional Associations for professional Accreditation.
  • Meets the requirement of professional accreditation with the Association of Professional Counsellors and Psychotherapists (APCP) and the National Association for Professional Counselling & Psychotherapy
  • This programme has been mapped against the training standards for Psychotherapy issued by the European Association of Psychotherapy (EAP). 
  • This programme is congruent to provide accessible and flexible programmes to adult learners. It has been designed with particular emphasis on using blended learning technologies to support traditional classroom learning.
  • This programme supports learners to develop personally & professionally to enable them to achieve a Master's Degree in Counselling & Psychotherapy focusing on Cognitive Behavioural Modalities.
  • Develop learner's knowledge, skills & competence to an appropriate level of ‘Higher Order Practice’
  • Modules within the programme are designed to build personal capacity, collaborative problem-solving skills and an understanding of the systems and context within which individuals may be best supported.
  • The programme provides a progression opportunity to complete various Programmes at Level 10 nationally and internationally.

Intake Dates

  • Dublin - Blended - September 2024

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