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Alicja B, 03 Aug 2025

My tutor has been great. Dr Marie is friendly and approachable. She’s been very helpful with any questions/ worries I had about my assignments. The course material is outdated. The references to other resources are all mostly out of date. I wish there was an access to an online library as this would help with accessing materials for assignments and expand the knowledge. However, the course is suitable for working professionals and it can be easily completed outside of work.

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Rebecca R, 31 Jan 2024

Although I enjoyed this course as it gave me something to do, I wouldn’t recommend or say that it was anywhere near worth the amount it’s priced at. Unfortunately I feel the information was ones I could have found on google very easily, and my tutor really let me down.
Response : We are sorry to hear that the course has not met your expectations. It is disheartening to hear that you had not gotten the most out of your learning journey. I want to assure you that our courses have been developed and enhanced over many years. The qualifications we deliver have been externally quality assured to determine that they meet the correct standards for the level and number of academic credits that the qualification has been awarded. Thank you for taking the time to communicate your concerns. We are committed to addressing them and assisting students with their professional development, while providing an enriching learning experience.

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Vanessa H, 30 Jan 2024

I certainly enjoyed this course. It fed into my existing knowledge, as well as further enhanced my depth of understanding of counselling theory and skills.
Response : Thank you very much for taking the time to share your thoughts with us Vanessa. We are glad to hear that your learning journey on the Certificate in Counselling has been enriching and we are thrilled to have played a part in your learning and understanding of in-depth counselling theory and skills.

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Anne M, 22 Oct 2019

good

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Olivia M, 23 Sep 2019

It was a fact filled course and I enjoyed it

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Aileen E, 03 Sep 2019

The course was exactly 'what the doctor ordered' for me - it was exactly what I hoped that it would be and it was very easy to follow. There was plenty of information and good practical exercises as we went along. The assignments focussed the mind and proved fairly challenging. The review questions of each lesson at the end were a great way of seeing how much I had actually learned - and I was pleasantly surprised!!

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Julia H, 13 Aug 2019

I enjoyed and learnt from this course.

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Kim R, 02 Jul 2019

The materials were good.

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Ian F, 17 Jun 2019

I found the printed materials hard to follow, particularly the assignment requirements. The elements in the content relating to faith were unexpected and to me seemed of lower quality than the course in general.

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kavan s, 26 Mar 2019

minor quibble, but the page numbering in the printed lessons was occasionally out of sync.

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