ICPS College provides accredited counselling, psychotherapy, psychology and mental health education in Ireland, including live-online professional diplomas, CPD courses and specialist practitioner training.

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CPD Courses for Counsellors l ICPS

The Institute for Counselling & Psychotherapy Studies (ICPS College) for Counsellor & Psychotherapist Training Courses in Ireland including Fully Accredited Professional Diplomas & CPD Courses which are all ran Live- Online and Lecturer Led Courses. All Courses require 80% Attendance Live-Online via Zoom. Generally 3 hours Weekly in the Evenings or at the Weekends. We are the leading Provider of Counselling and Psychotherapy Education. Counselling Training Courses in Ireland.

Domestic violence and sexual abuse training at ICPS College

Domestic violence and sexual abuse training at ICPS College

Domestic Violence: Recognising Coercive Control in Counselling Practice

Learn how coercive control operates, why it is often missed, and how counsellors can recognise and respond safely to domestic violence and abuse.

7 hours ago3 min read

Eating disorders, body image and emotional regulation training at ICPS College

Eating disorders, body image and emotional regulation training at ICPS College

Eating Disorders, Body Image and Emotional Regulation: A Guide for Counsellors

How eating disorders relate to body image and emotional regulation, what counsellors need to know about risk, and how to work alongside medical care.

7 hours ago3 min read

Relationship, couples and family therapy training at ICPS College

Relationship, couples and family therapy training at ICPS College

Attachment in Adult Relationships: What Couples Therapists Need to Know

How attachment styles shape adult relationships, why couples get stuck in pursue-withdraw cycles, and how attachment-informed couples therapy supports repair.

7 hours ago3 min read

Existential phenomenology training at ICPS College

Existential phenomenology training at ICPS College

Existential Therapy: The Four Givens of Existence Explained

Death, freedom, isolation and meaninglessness: learn how Yalom's four givens shape existential therapy and how counsellors work with them in practice.

7 hours ago3 min read

Shame and the hidden shadow self training at ICPS College

Shame and the hidden shadow self training at ICPS College

Shame vs Guilt: Clinical Distinctions Every Therapist Should Know

Shame and guilt feel similar but work very differently in therapy. Learn the clinical distinctions, how each presents, and how counsellors work with both.

7 hours ago3 min read

Anger, rage and emotional regulation training at ICPS College

Anger, rage and emotional regulation training at ICPS College

The Anger Iceberg: Understanding Rage and Emotional Regulation in Therapy

Explore the anger iceberg, what lies beneath rage, and how counsellors help clients build emotional regulation skills without shaming or suppressing anger.

7 hours ago3 min read

Group therapy and facilitation training at ICPS College

Group therapy and facilitation training at ICPS College

Group Therapy: Yalom's Therapeutic Factors Explained for Facilitators

Learn Yalom's eleven therapeutic factors, how they operate in group therapy, and what facilitators can do to help a group become a genuine agent of change.

7 hours ago3 min read

Trauma counselling intervention training at ICPS College

Trauma counselling intervention training at ICPS College

The Window of Tolerance: A Core Concept for Trauma-Informed Counselling

Learn what the window of tolerance is, how hyperarousal and hypoarousal show up in session, and how trauma counsellors help clients widen it safely.

7 hours ago3 min read

Trauma and PTSD training at ICPS College

Trauma and PTSD training at ICPS College

Complex PTSD vs PTSD: What Every Practitioner Needs to Understand

How complex PTSD differs from PTSD, the three additional symptom clusters, why it matters for formulation and treatment, and where practitioners can train.

7 hours ago3 min read

EMDR and integrative trauma therapy training

EMDR and integrative trauma therapy training

The Eight Phases of EMDR: What Happens in EMDR-Informed Therapy

From history-taking to reevaluation, here is what each of the eight phases of EMDR involves, why preparation matters and how EMDR-informed training is.

7 hours ago3 min read

Psychodynamic counselling training at ICPS College

Psychodynamic counselling training at ICPS College

Transference and Countertransference: Why They Matter in Every Counselling Relationship

Transference and countertransference shape every therapeutic relationship, not only psychodynamic ones. Learn what they are, how to recognise them and how to.

7 hours ago3 min read

Psychoanalysis training at ICPS College

Psychoanalysis training at ICPS College

What Is Psychoanalysis Today? Freud, Lacan and the Contemporary Clinic

Psychoanalysis is alive and evolving. Learn how Freudian and Lacanian ideas inform contemporary practice, what analytic training covers and who it suits.

7 hours ago3 min read

Bereavement and grief counselling training

Bereavement and grief counselling training

The Dual Process Model of Grief: A Practical Guide for Bereavement Counsellors

Understand the dual process model of grief, why oscillation between loss and restoration is healthy, and how bereavement counsellors use it in practice.

7 hours ago3 min read

Working with loss and grief beyond death

Working with loss and grief beyond death

Grief Beyond Death: Why Non-Death Loss Deserves Serious Clinical Attention

Divorce, redundancy, migration, infertility and dementia all cause real grief. Learn how counsellors recognise and work with non-death loss and disenfranchised

7 hours ago3 min read

Continuing professional development for counsellors

Continuing professional development for counsellors

IACP CPD Requirements Explained: How Counsellors Can Meet Them Online

Confused about IACP CPD requirements? Learn what counts as CPD, how hours are recorded, what evidence you need and how live-online courses fit your annual

7 hours ago3 min read

Child and adolescent mental health training

Child and adolescent mental health training

Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training: Why Attachment Theory Comes First

Attachment theory underpins effective work with children and teenagers. Learn the main attachment patterns,

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CBT training at ICPS College

CBT training at ICPS College

CBT Courses in Ireland: How to Choose the Right Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Training

Comparing CBT courses in Ireland? Learn what separates a CPD certificate from a professional diploma, what accreditation means and how live-online CBT works.

7 hours ago3 min read

Become an addiction counsellor with ICPS College

Become an addiction counsellor with ICPS College

Addiction Studies: The Main Models of Addiction Every Practitioner Should Understand

Disease, learning, psychodynamic, social and biopsychosocial models of addiction explained, with how each shapes assessment and treatment in practice.

7 hours ago3 min read

CBT techniques illustrated for practitioners

CBT techniques illustrated for practitioners

What Does a CBT Course Actually Teach? Core Techniques Explained for Practitioners

From Socratic questioning to behavioural experiments, here is what a CBT course covers, how each technique works in session and why formulation matters most.

7 hours ago3 min read

Applied neuroscience and pharmacology training at ICPS College

Applied neuroscience and pharmacology training at ICPS College

Professional Diploma in Neuroscience for Counselling & Psychotherapy: CPD Training Ireland

Explore the Professional Diploma in Neuroscience for Counselling and Psychotherapy at ICPS College — a 10-week live-online CPD course awarding 60 credits.

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