Our Honours Degree in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy is now enrolling for the September 2026 intake. With a seamless transition from theory to practice, graduates of this programme are perfectly placed to pursue an enriching and fulfilling career as a therapist in the helping professions.
At IICP College, we desire to contribute a community dimension to the development of mental health care and counselling through the use of a practical, cutting-edge and integrative model, which forms the basis for this pioneering and innovative programme. We consider that training in counselling and psychotherapy is an inter-disciplinary endeavour, a combination of art and science to include, amongst others, the disciplines of philosophy, psychology, sociology and anthropology. IICP’s core philosophical ethos, which offers a theoretical framework encompassing humanistic-existential, cognitive-behavioural and multicultural psychotherapeutic models, is a contemporary integrative framework.
| Course Location | Tallaght, Dublin |
| Location Postcode | Dublin 24 |
| Course Type | Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online |
| Course Qualification | BSc |
| Awarding Body | QQI |
| Course Start Date | 1st September 2026 |
| Course End Date | 31st May 2027 |
| Course Duration | 4 years |
| Course Time | o Option 1: Weekly Wednesday (10am – 5pm) o Option 2: Weekly Saturday (10am – 5pm) o Option 3: Block (1 weekend per month, Friday evenings 6:30pm – 9/10pm, all day Saturday and Sunday 9am – 5pm) o Option 4: Hybrid Bi-Monthly (Thursday 6:30pm – 9:30pm, Saturday 9am – 5pm) |
| Course Fee | 4150 |
| Entry Requirements | • A qualification recognised at Level 5 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) e.g., Leaving Certificate is required for entry onto this programme. Those with substantial life experience can also apply under our recognition of prior learning and experience policy. • Learners will be invited to an interview with faculty as part of the application process. • Learners can apply for exemptions under RPL; however, such exemptions must be applied for in advance of commencing the programme. • If English is your second language you are required to submit an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) cert at Level 6, or equivalent. For more information, please click HERE |
| Course Code | L8BSc2026 |
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