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.

Interested candidates are required to complete the application form.

On completion this course you will have been guided to:

• Communicate more effectively in your relationships
• Reflect on your ability to change and make decisions and choices in your life
• Practice mindfulness to support and improve your mental health
• Own and appreciate your self-worth as a person in your life journey

Course participants engage in personal awareness exercises, tutorials and discussions on:

• Self-esteem
• Mental health issues
• Assertiveness training
• Effective communications skills
• Healthy relationships
• Mindfulness

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 or Galway.

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

Minimum attendance in class of 85% is required to successfully complete the course.

Note: Participants who wish to progress to the Introduction to Holistic Counselling and Psychotherapy programme are required to complete a written assignment – A 1,500-word reflection on your personal growth.

Participants who successfully complete the programme will be awarded ICPPD’s Certificate in Personal Development

Where attendance is less than the required 85% a Certificate of Attendance will be awarded.