8 Weeks Intensive Online PG Certificate in Counselling Psychology

(400 hours, Online) 

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 I. Martin Luther Christina University (MLCU) Association: From the year 2021, CCC is associated with Martin Luther Christian University (MLCU) and the certificate for 8 Weeks PG Certificate in Counselling Psychology will be provided from CCC in association with MLCU.

 II. Eligibility to apply for the course: Psychologists with Post Graduate Degrees, MA, Mphil, Phd, Caring Professionals like Social Workers, Teachers, Church leaders, Doctors and Nurses and other Post Graduates and Graduates with some years of experience who are interested to develop their skills and competence in counselling psychology and help people to maximize their potentials, improve their wellbeing, cope with life challenges including anxiety, depression, career issues, relationship problems etc. Functional knowledge of English is essential as English is the medium of instruction.

III. The course fees:   After being intimated about your selection, the full amount needs to be sent by the date which will be informed in the acceptance letter.  

1.      From March 1^st in the new location, we outsourced room and board arrangements with sister institutions. They were reporting that it is not possible to manage with the fee for room and board paid to them based on what was charged as fees. Of course, this is also based on inflation of food items that you are also experiencing. Hence in consultation with them who are modestly charging institutions, and in consultation with administrative and financial consultants, the following fees is fixed and is applicable from July first, 2024.

2.      From 1^st July    2024 following rates will be applied

3.      This are calculated for groups of around of 20 persons. If they are less than people may be asked to make their own arrangement for their room and board.

4.      The above fees are a package fees and not a retail fees, fees once paid will not be refundable.

5.      We are conscious that this quality of training cost much more    

           8 Weeks PG Certificate in Counselling Psychology (400 hours, Online)

Note:

Course Material Includes: 1. “Indian Case Study Book” from ELS Book Store CMC

                                           2.  Eight Week Course Material Book

                                              3. Additional handouts.

 IV. Refund Policy:  If a candidate fails to complete the course on time, there will be no refund of fees. Course material will be supplied as soft copies. Professional ethics and compliance with all rules and regulations are expected to be followed failing which termination from the program at the discretion of the management is possible for the sake of the integrity of the profession and service to society. There will be cumulative module or sub-module assessment of learning, skills, and competencies to satisfactory levels.

 V. Faculty Supervisor:
  a. Professional staff of CCC under the supervision of chief clinical supervisor Dr. B. J. Prashantham will be available every week at designated times on zoom call and phone for individual and group discussions. 

  b. There will be presentations with assignments, exercises, assessments that will be expected to be completed on a daily and weekly basis.
  c. You can follow the course materials which will be sent for your use at times convenient to you as per your schedule.
  d. In whatever way that works for you, you will be expected to commit some time each day and week to complete assignments, reading reactions, group interactions and discussions with the staff within that framework. Some flexibility will be found within the structure.
  e. The institution reserves the right to modify timings due to different exigencies and will communicate to you.

Time Structure

*Participants may use weekends to write their assignments mainly Reading Reactions, Research Paper and Verbatim

 VI. The participants ability to commit time:  The participants will need to set aside some time according to their convenience to do the readings, field works, assignments, case reports, attending the two class presentations, making themselves available for one of the two group supervision and one of the two individual supervision per week as outline above.

 VII. Field Work
  a. Each candidate for course is responsible to make field work arrangements at any situation in their place like hospitals or schools or NGOs and provide counselling support in accordance with the norms of that institution.
  b. They should also be able to reflect on their experiences in order to learn and grow under the supervision of CCC staff and CCC norms.
  c. Telephone counselling through appropriate local agencies will also be acceptable for part of the field visit work.
  d. Confidential record keeping and observance of other professional ethics are expected.
  e. 16 hours of field work per week as per your convenient arrangements is needed.
  f. For those with fulltime jobs, the field work can be extended to four more weeks to get a chance to complete it.