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FAQ's

1. If I join one of your psychotherapy or counselling courses, what will I be at the end?

When you have fulfilled all registration or accreditation criteria you will become a nationally recognised registered adolescent counsellor, child counsellor, child psychotherapist, arts psychotherapist. Just as there are registered doctors and psychiatrists, there are registered psychotherapists and registered counsellors.

2. Who accredits your courses?

Our accrediting bodies include The London Metropolitan University, The Health Professions Council, The Accreditation Council for Higher and Independent Education, The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy. We are a full member of the UKCP .UKCP is the lead body for registration of psychotherapists in the UK (UKCP is United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy).

3. What is the difference between BACP and UKCP?

The BACP trains counsellors and psychotherapists and the UKCP trains psychotherapists. They are the two main and the largest registering bodies in the UK. If you are applying for a public sector job as a psychotherapist or counsellor, adverts usually ask for someone who is BACP or UKCP registered. Psychotherapy is an in –depth long term treatment, which looks at how unresolved childhood pain is spoiling your life now, and works to resolve this.

4. What is UKAPC?

It is a therapeutic counselling registering body like BACP. We offer two courses leading to UKAPC registration, namely Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling with Adolescents and Diploma in Child Counselling. On successful completion of these courses with the necessary supervised clinical hours, you will have the title of Registered Adolescent Therapeutic Counsellor and Registered Child Counsellor.

5. Are you a member of the Health Professions Council?

Yes the MA Arts Psychotherapy course leads to accreditation with the Health Professions Council. In fact this is the only course in the UK which leads to UKCP and HPC accreditation. There is no category for Child Psychotherapists within the HPC so no child psychotherapist in the UK is HPC accredited. Instead they are accredited by UKCP, UKEAPC or ACP.

6. Why is the course so expensive?

Our training fees are standard for a psychotherapy course. We have to have very high staff student ratios, to ensure we provide students with a great deal of ongoing feedback. This is because it is a very responsible thing indeed to work with someone’s mind. IATE is a non-profit organisation and receive no government funding or grants from higher education funding bodies.

7. Can I get funding? (see section on how to pay fees)

Many students get the Career Development Loan. You can borrow up to £10,000 and you don’t have to start paying off the loan until the end of your training. You are not charged interest for the period you are learning. If you visit their website www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/AdultLearning/FinancialHelpForAdultLearners/CareerDevelopmentLoan you will find that Interest rates on the loans are set so they’re competitive with other ‘unsecured’ personal loans that are commercially available.This site will also give you informaton of other sources of funding for your learning ventures. With self- employed status ( even if you are just seeing one or two clients privately, along side your PAYE job) you can claim training costs, therapy and supervision against tax.

8. What theory do you teach?

Integrative. We have a relational, psychodynamic and neuroscientific integrative model. Key theoreticians are Freud, Jung, Bowlby, Winnicott, Stern, Perls, Berne, Kohut and Maslow.