Certificate in Interpersonal Communication
(NFQ Level 7; 1 year, part-time)
Applications are currently being accepted
This Certificate is designed for various non-professional people and those professional groups primarily within health and social care systems who have expressed a need for a broad based practical course related to communication.
The aim of the course is to help people who have responsibility for the care and direction of others to become effective communicators. Communication is the life-blood of any relationship. Effective communication entails having an understanding of the dynamics of relationships and the types of communication that operate typically within them. The agent of communication is the self and, indeed, most communication is determined by how the individual communicates with self. The course, therefore, will focus on both the personal and interpersonal aspects of communication within and across the particular relationships of which course participants are members. The particular needs of managers and leaders will also be addressed.
The course has the status of a continuing education course offered by the Department of Applied Psychology and Centre for Adult Continuing Education, University College, Cork.
The course will be offered on a part-time basis over one year. Classes will be delivered once weekly: Cork - Wednesdays 5.00– 9. 30 p.m. and in Laois Education Centre on Thursdays 4.15 – 8.45 p.m. Course runs from September to May.
Higher Diploma in Relationship Mentoring
(NFQ Level 8; 2 years, part-time)
Applications are currently being accepted
This course is based on co-creative understanding of human relationships but participants are supported and encouraged to come to their own conclusion of what makes sense to them. Participants are also trained to evaluate what happens within and between people in different family, school and work settings and to devise appropriate relationship intervention where conflict exists. Training, too, is given in the delivery of Training Programmes on Personal and Relationship Development within the different settings mentioned.
The course is offered by the Centre for Adult Continuing Education, University College, Cork. Classes will be delivered once weekly at University College Cork on Wednesdays, 5.00 – 9.30 p.m. and as outreach at Laois Education Centre, Portlaoise on Thursdays, 4.15 – 8.45 p.m. There are some weekend workshops.
MASTER OF ARTS IN THE PSYCHOTHERAPY OF RELATIONSHIP MENTORING
AT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE SHANNON
(2-YEARs, PART-TIME)
Applications are currently being accepted
The M.A. programme (90 credits) is designed to advance the relationship development skills and to expand the practice of qualified Relationship Mentors, Counsellors and Psychotherapists who, presently, operate mainly within the holding worlds of family and school.
Course participants will be trained to work with individuals who have experienced major childhood adverse experiences which have manifested in chronic anxiety, deep depression, suicidal behaviour, self-harming, addictions, and psychosomatic illnesses. Development of therapeutic skills to work with couple conflict and with distressed children and adolescents will also be addressed. The development of programmes on the prevention of adverse experiences in childhood and adulthood will also be included in this module.