Institute of Counselling reviews

4.6 (483 reviews)
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Personal tutor support is the clearest strength attendees identify: tutors are approachable, patient and responsive, offering clear, constructive feedback that builds confidence. They find the distance-learning courses well structured, accessible and flexible around work, with clear explanations, exercises, case studies and assignments that connect theory to practice and strengthen their work with clients. Materials are informative and useful for revisiting learning, while the overall experience is encouraging and engaging. Some attendees find the PDFs, instructions and links need updating or clearer presentation.

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Course content was good

beth m · 21 Mar 2019
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The course content was enriching and provided me with relevant skills to learn to be a counsellor. The assignments and the self-assessment exercises provided opportunities to think through counselling practices and to role play them with a colleague; that was instructive.

Joy I · 13 Mar 2019
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I enjoyed this course but will admit to finding some of it a little too on the "church/pastoral" side for my liking. I am an atheist so some of the course material didn't sit well with me but I managed to discern what was required of me by using those particular lesson models.

Caroline M · 06 Mar 2019
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Excellent and relevant content and material, with lots of cross referencing.

Muhammad W · 27 Feb 2019
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The course was very interesting and the cases were very different from each other which kept me on my toes and focused. It was difficult at times to ask clients questions when there was no-one to actually answer them so you were having to imagine what the outcome would be to move forward with your next question. Ultimately I enjoyed the course and I will be able to use my new skills in my job role in Bereavement Services at the Crematorium.

Sarah W · 19 Feb 2019
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Great info. I struggled to get hold of essential reading materials though as don’t have the funds to invest. Would be good if the cost of the course included an online log on to the relevant texts.

Sarah S · 18 Feb 2019
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I have really enjoyed the course. The materials are well put together and very clear. The content is displayed in a very attractive way which encourages learning.

Gerry B · 18 Feb 2019
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Good. Easy to understand.

diane b · 13 Feb 2019
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The notes were easy to follow, informative, and user-friendly. The assignments were very practical, relevant, and useful, and the bibliography was a great guide to further reading.

Jim S · 12 Feb 2019
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All was very good and easy to understand and quick delivery and response from everybody

Nisha R · 12 Feb 2019
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