COSCA (Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland)
16 Melville Terrace | Stirling | FK8 2NE
t: 01786 475 140 f: 01786 446 207
e: w: www.cosca.org.uk
COSCA VALIDATED DIPLOMAS
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Agency andValidation Status / SECTOR / Contact Details / Academic
Level / Orientation
*** CENTRE OF THERAPY & COUNSELLING STUDIES
FULLY
VALIDATED / Private Sector / 8 Newton Place, Glasgow G3 7PR
www.centreoftherapy.org.uk
0141 331 0750
Contact Persons:
Andy Gray or Sarah McFadyen
Title: SCOTACS Diploma in Counselling and Groupwork. A Cognitive Behavioural Approach. / SCQF
Level 10 / Cognitive Behavioural
Centre of Therapy
Diploma in Counselling and Groupwork (CBT)
To meet with growing demand, The Centre of Therapy is delighted to announce a further Diploma in Counselling and Groupwork (CBT).The two year, part time Diploma, held as a monthly (one weekend per month) and a weekly (one day per week) course, results in certification as a fully qualified Cognitive Behavioural Therapist. These courses start in September each year and finish in June.
With growing demand for CBT Therapists in both the public and private sector, many people are considering this as a new career path.
What is CBT?
The Centre specialises in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy courses, or CBT as it is known. CBT is an approach which enables clients to change the way they think, feel and behave. It can be an effective treatment for anxiety and depression, phobias, stress, interpersonal issues and addiction amongst other issues. Due to the relatively short treatment period (usually 6 -12 weeks), CBT is often recommended for referral by GP's and Mental Health Organisations.
Why CBT?
Why a career in CBT? As people, we never stop growing or re-evaluating our personal situation. Many are turning to CBT as a practical means of effecting positive change in their lives, and there is a growing demand for those who can provide the tools and techniques to achieve that. It is a profession suitable for people from all walks of life. The good thing is that there is no such thing as a typical therapist. This is a profession where diversity brings its own advantages, as those seeking therapy span such a wide demographic
Agency and Validation Status / SECTOR / Contact Details / Academic
Level / Orientation
GLASGOW COGNITIVE THERAPY CENTRE
FULL VALIDATION / Private Sector / 10 Claremont Terrace, Glasgow G3 7XR
0141 248 8244
Contact Person: Hilda Smith
Title: Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy / No Academic Validation / Cognitive
Behavioural
Glasgow Cognitive Therapy Centre
Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Thecourse, Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, was started a few years ago by Hilda C Smith. As a result of its success,Hilda C Smith has now expanded into new premises with a new name, Glasgow Cognitive Therapy Centre.
This course aims to train students in CBT. The course follows both the core curriculum required by the BABCP for cognitive behavioural therapists and also incorporates the COSCA guidelines for training counsellors. Consequently on completion, graduates of the course will have a wide range of options. They can proceed to accreditation as either cognitive behavioural therapists with BABCP or as counsellors with either BACP or COSCA. Or all of them!
The course covers CBT for Depression and Anxiety Disorders. It also includes CBT for Addictions, CBT for Eating Disorders, and Personality Disorders. We are also developing an exciting module covering developments in CBT such as Schema Therapy, ACT, Compassionate Mind and Mindfulness.
We focus on what is required by the NICE guidelines so that graduates will be up to date with the newest techniques in therapy and will be highly knowledgeable in many areas as well as being well grounded in CBT practice.
Part time: Thursday 6-9pm and Saturday 9.30-4.30
Starting 1st October 2011. Finishing June 2013
Agency and Validation Status / SECTOR / Contact Details / Academic
Level / Orientation
INVERNESS COLLEGE UHI
INITIAL
VALIDATION / Further Education / Inverness College UHI, 3 Longman Road, Inverness IV1 1SA
01463 273 000
Contact Person: Kath MacLennan
Title: Diploma in Professional Counselling and Psychotherapy / Person-Centred
Agency and Validation Status / SECTOR / Contact Details / Academic
Level / Orientation
*** MORAY COLLEGE
FULL
VALIDATION /
Further Education
/ (UHI Millennium Institute) Moray Street, Elgin IV30 1JJ01343 576000/576409
www.moray.ac.uk
Contact Person: Rosemary Smith
Title: Diploma in Counselling
Delivered in Elgin and Nairn
/ No AcademicValidation / Person-Centred
Moray College
Diploma in Counselling
The Diploma in Counselling is delivered part-time over two years. It requires the student to be in college for one day a week when the emphasis will be on tutor input on theory, experiential exercises in the group and skills practice. The first year of the diploma comprises Ethics, Advanced Skills, Person-Centred Theory and Practice with a Review at the end of the first year.In year two students will learn about Different Approaches to Counselling, Supervision, Psychopathology and take part in an Encounter Group. You will have to write a Case Study evidencing how your practice is underpinned by theory.
In addition to attendance at college, students need to secure a placement where they can accrue 100 hours of counselling practice that will be supervised on a ratio of one hour of supervision to six hours of client work. This takes place in the second year of study.
There are two weekend Residentials, one in each year of the course.
Assessment for the course is through Reflective Learning Logs, Assignments, Presentations and Peer/ Tutor Observation
PHYSIS TRAINING LTD
FULL
VALIDATION /
Private
Sector / C/o 86 Causewayside, Edinburgh EH9 1PYwww.physistraining.co.uk
0131 667 6173
Contact Person: Barbara Clarkson
Title: Diploma in Transactional Analysis Counselling / Queen Margaret College.
Post graduate. SCQF
Level 11 / Transactional Analysis
Agency and Validation Status / SECTOR / Contact Details / Academic
Level / Orientation
RELATIONSHIPS SCOTLAND
FULL
VALIDATION /
Voluntary Sector
/ 18 York Place, Edinburgh EH1 3EP0845 119 6088
Contact Person:
Anne Chilton
Title: Diploma in Relationship Counselling
Location of Delivery: EDINBURGH / 120 Credits at Level 9 SCQF
Edinburgh Napier University / Integrative
Relationships Scotland
Diploma in Relationship CounsellingRelationships Scotland is the sister organisation of Relate and is the leading agency in Scotland offering relationship counselling and training. The Diploma in Relationship Counselling is an Integrative Course with particular emphasis on Psychodynamic and Systemic theories and incorporates theories of Adult Sexuality.
Training for the diploma is delivered in our attractive and spacious Georgian building in the heart of Edinburgh within walking distance of rail and bus terminals. Students gain skills in counselling both individuals and couples making this a unique training opportunity. The course lasts two and a half years, delivered on a part time basis over 25 weekends, and brings together students from all over Scotland.
Course Directors provide consistent support and a range of specialist tutors enhance student learning throughout training. Key elements attracting students to our course include:
· Competitive training costs due to the charitable status of Relationships Scotland.
· Initial COSCA validation.
· Academic credit rating from Edinburgh Napier University of 120 credits at SCQF, Level 9.
· Supportive practice placements within Relationships Scotland’s network of local services, which often provide free or subsidised supervision.
· Small training numbers offering a maximum 1:10 staff/student ratio and regular individual as well as group tutorials.
Agency and Validation Status / SECTOR / Contact Details / Academic
Level / Orientation
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SCOTLAND
FULLY
VALIDATED /
Voluntary Sector
/ Conference House, 152 Morrison Street, The Exchange, Edinburgh EH3 8EBwww.hdscotland.org.uk
0131 248 2400
Contact Person:
Mary MacCallum Sullivan
Title: Diploma in Psychodynamic and
Therapeutic Practice
Location of Delivery: GLASGOW / Validated by Glasgow Caledonian University at SCVQ
Level 11 (Postgraduate Diploma level) / Psychodynamic
SIHR
Post Graduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling
The SIHR Postgraduate Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling and Therapeutic Practice is validated by COSCA and accredited by Glasgow Caledonian University.It is a part-time (2 days per week), 2-year modular programme designed to fulfil the training requirements for those who wish to work towards professional accreditation with COSCA, BACP and BPC.
The psychodynamic perspective describes a way of understanding human relations, recognising and valuing the connections, which may not always be at a conscious level, between an individual's inner and outer experiences, and the significance of past experience in relation to the present. The hallmark of a psychodynamic practitioner is an enhanced reflective self-awareness that includes an understanding of underlying relational dynamics and the capacity to work sensitively with the complexity of what it means to be human. Psychodynamic counsellors have acquired an understanding of themselves, their unconscious as well as conscious motivation and feelings and how these affect their behaviour and their interactions.
The Programme proposes a ‘lived experience’ as a member of a learning community and promotes a model of good professional practice in the field of psychological therapy which foregrounds the following:
· the centrality of relationship, in both conscious and unconscious aspects, in human development and behaviour, and the implications of this complexity for professional practice;
· clients understood as complex human beings rather than in terms of a ‘presenting problem’ or a mental-health diagnosis;
· the professional responsibility of the practitioner and of the service in respect of the management of the therapeutic context.
SHETLAND COLLEGE
FULLY
VALIDATED /
Further
Education / Gremista, Lerwick, Shetland ZE1 OPX01595 771000
Contact Person: Gwen Williamson
Title: Diploma in Person Centred Counselling / Validated by
Warwick
University/
Under-graduate / Person-Centred
Agency and Validation Status / SECTOR / Contact Details / Academic
Level / Orientation
SIMPSON HOUSE TRAINING
FULLY
VALIDATED / Voluntary
Sector / 52 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 3NS
0131 220 5996
www.simpson-house.org
Contact Person: Glenn Liddall
Title: Diploma in Counselling Children & Young People / Diploma in Higher Education (240 credits)
Validated by Middlesex University / Psychodynamic Framework
Simpson House
Diploma in Higher Education Counselling Children & Young People
The course runs over four years with the first year leading to a COSCA Certificate in Counselling Skills: Children & Young People, allowing people to work with children & young people using counselling skills. Students may enter the course at year 1 or year 2. Years 2, 3 and 4 culminate in the full Diploma in Higher Education qualification from Middlesex University and a Diploma from COSCA. The course is provided on a part time basis delivered on Fridays and Saturdays. The first two years are made up of 400 hours training and 40 hours of personal therapy. The third year includes the completion of 150 counselling placement hours and 25 supervision hours. It is possible to complete the course in two years as there is no teaching element on the third year as it provides the time to complete. Most students take up this option that includes ongoing support from the course.
The Diploma in Higher Education Counselling Children & Young People qualifies people to work as counsellors with special skills in counselling children & young people. The course has Full Validation through COSCA and Middlesex University and will:
· Provide access to counselling training for students with suitable experience, qualifications and knowledge.
· Provides in-depth knowledge of the theory and practice of psychodynamic counselling in working with children & young people.
· Encourage students to integrate theory with practice.
· Enable each student to develop their own philosophy and ways of counselling using a psychodynamic approach that is appropriate for the developmental stage of the child/young person being counselled.
· Develop self-awareness and insight that reflect a psychodynamic approach.
· Provide a knowledge base of other theoretical approaches and creative therapies as they apply to work with children & young people.
· Appreciate diversity and culture. Explain the dynamics of different systems and environments on lives of children & young people.
· Provide appropriate knowledge of legal and ethical practice.
· Encourage familiarity with a wide range of appropriate and contemporary counselling practice.
· Prepare students to work in a variety of professional settings.
· Produce a practitioner that is able to practice professionally and who understands the need for ongoing supervision in their professional role.
Agency and Validation Status / SECTOR / Contact Details / Academic
Level / Orientation
*** THE GARNETHILL CENTRE
FULLY
VALIDATED / Voluntary Sector / 28 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RE
www.garnethillcentre.org.uk
0141 333 0730
Contact Person: Marjorie McKenna
Title: Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling / Validated by the University of West of Scotland at SCQF
Level 9 / Psychodynamic
Title: Diploma In Psychodynamic Counselling
Academic Level: Validated by the University of the West of Scotland at SCQF Level 9
The Garnethill Centre
Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling
Accreditation and Course Arrangements
The Garnethill Centre’s Diploma in Psychodynamic Counselling is Validated by COSCA and Accredited by the University of the West of Scotland at SCQF Level 9.
We have been delivering training for over thirty years and this is the twelfth year of our Diploma programme. The Diploma is a two year part-time course, meeting on Wednesday evenings from 5pm until 8.45pm and six Saturdays during the two years from 9.15am until 5.30pm. This programme is designed for those who once they graduate can work towards a professional accreditation with COSCA or BACP. These organisations are now engaged in establishing a professional register for counsellors.
Why Psychodynamic?
The Course is Psychodynamic in its orientation. The Psychodynamic approach focuses on and explores the links between clients’ current situations and problems, and significant events in early life. While all successful therapies seek to relieve symptoms like depression and anxiety, the aims of psychodynamic counselling extend beyond this. By providing a safe and deeply authentic relationship between counsellor and client, the counsellor seeks to foster and develop psychological capacities and resources in the client to enable them to live and relate to others in a more meaningful and fulfilling way.
Further information
The fees have not been increased for the last four years due to the financial climate and we offer assisted funding for those who are self financing.