MSc in Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy

Course details

Commencing in September each year, the MSc in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy is currently the flagship programme for Turning Point Training Institute. At TPTI, we believe in the ability of the individuals to actualise within a developmental, Transpersonal framework and be guided by their own ability to effect change. Our integrative approach is embedded within a Humanistic framework and informed by the Transpersonal approach of Psychosynthesis and the developmental insights of a Psychodynamic orientation. This unique synthesis infuses all aspects of the course: through experiential training, clinical practice, supervision and academic teaching and research. A key aim of the course is to enable students to develop their own approach to integration, both for themselves and for the practice of Counselling and Psychotherapy. Recognising the co-created nature of the Psychotherapeutic relationship, involving the person of the therapist as well as the client, we place special emphasis on developing self-reflexive practice.We at Turning Point Training Institute believe that the qualities and skills required to ‘teach’ Counselling and Psychotherapy are complex and unique, and that life-long learning and self-development are central to individuals and professional development. Graduates of Turning Point Training Institute are respected and welcomed throughout the profession.

The Professional Training Programme is accredited by the following professional bodies:

• The Irish Council for Psychotherapy (ICP),
• The Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (IAHIP),
• The Irish Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP),
• The European Association of Psychotherapy (EAP)

The European Association of Integrative Psychotherapy (EAIP).

Course Content Theory:

Our integrative approach is embedded within a Humanistic framework and informed by the Transpersonal approach of Psychosynthesis and the developmental insights of a Psychodynamic orientation.. These main modalities are underpinned with modules in The Practice of Psychotherapy, Personality and Developmental Psychology, Psychiatry, and Research.