Certificate in Personal Development

Delivered Online

Commencement

Feb. 2024

Duration

This is a 30 hour module, usually delivered over 10 weeks

Schedule

Application

Entry is by submission of an Application Form

Course Fees

Course Fee €450.00

Payment plan options may be available – please contact accounts@icppd.com for more information.

ICPPD believes that Personal Development is a lifelong process. It’s a way for people to assess their skills and qualities, consider their aims in life and set goals in order to realise and maximise their potential.

Personal Development is the conscious pursuit of personal growth by expanding self-awareness and knowledge and improving personal skills. Those skills include your mind, your body, your spirit as well as your level of success in all areas of life, however you may define that.

The ultimate goal of Personal Development is to be a self-realised human being. That means living consciously at your full potential and reaching real happiness in your life.

The aims of the course are to

Develop participants’ self-esteem and self-confidence
Learn a way to communicate that enhance relationships
Explore ways of behaving respectfully towards oneself and others
Become more mindful and improve well-being

This Personal Development Course is aimed at participants who are seeking to understand themselves more fully.

Perhaps you are interested in a professional training, or you want to become more fully the human being that you are and share your unique gifts with others either personally or professionally?

Are you on a personal development quest?
Are you struggling with life or mental health issues?
What areas of your life would you like to focus on improving?
Building your self-esteem and self-confidence?
Improving your relationships?
Learning better communication skills?
Becoming more mindful in your daily life?

Increased personal growth and development, and good mental health are goals for many people. This includes those who suffer from problems in their relationship with others, or who suffer emotionally with feelings of low self-esteem, anxiety, or depression. It also includes individuals who want to improve their ability to be and feel intimate and relate to others, and/or improve their general level of satisfaction with and enjoyment of living.

Personal Development deals with how you look at the world and how you see yourself in the world, which then determines how you act in the world. It’s not really important what others expect from you. What really matters is what you expect from yourself.

Personal development is, after all, a personal pursuit.

It’s about the journey.

Progression

Those who complete this Certificate have the option of progressing to complete the Certificate in Introduction to Holistic Counselling and Psychotherapy.

In order to progress to the Introduction to Holistic Counselling and Psychotherapy Programme, participants must complete a written assignment – A 1,500-word reflection on your personal growth.

Subject to successful application and interview, participants may apply for entry onto ICPPD’s QQI–validated Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Holistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, in Athlone, Galway or Dublin

The course is delivered by experienced and supportive facilitators who are accredited counsellors/psychotherapists in an environment that is experiential and interactive with:

Tutorials
Group learning through discussion
Personal awareness exercises
Exercises in pairs, small groups and large groups
Self-directed learning via various tutor-recommended reading material, video, DVD, and internet material relevant to the course

“The degree to which I can create relationships, which facilitate the growth of others as separate persons, is a measure of the growth I have achieved in myself.”

― Carl R Rogers, On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy

“A life changing experience. Everyone should do a course like this once in their lifetime. I really got a lot out of it.”

“I'm delighted to have signed up and it has brought so much to my awareness.”

“You realize every person is there to develop in some way, and that thought alone cements a bond between strangers that is very powerful and creates a space to release - in my case - suppressed feelings and resentments without any judgement or criticism but with an appreciation and a respect for the individual.”

“I would like to express my gratitude to ICPPD for running such a great course and continued success until we meet again.”

Since its foundation, ICPPD has taken the steps necessary to ensure the delivery of a quality service in an environment that is characterised by an attitude to adult learners that is supportive and encouraging. We aim to provide an experience of learning that will develop in learners a hunger for both heart-centred wisdom and critical analysis. Our programmes are designed to be participative, experiential and to draw whenever possible on prior lived experience. The programme’s academic value is enhanced by a learning environment that is warm, vibrant, and genuine. Learners and staff interact in a mutual effort to engage in and promote the concept of lifelong learning. ICPPD’s holistic ethos underpins all interaction. This programme has been designed and is delivered, by staff who are passionate and inspired about the merit of personal development and excellence in professional counselling and psychotherapy training and education.

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ICPPD reserves the right to cancel, suspend or modify in any way the matters contained in this publication.

The College reserves the right to amend the list of modules being offered for any programme.

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