This two-year course combines online and face-to-face learning, amounting to 25 days per year. The course focuses on theory, change processes, counselling skills and students’ personal development.
This Diploma takes a unique integrative approach that addresses the complexity of what it is to be human. It integrates elements of Transactional Analysis, psychoanalysis, Systemic practice and theories of human development to help the therapist gain deeper insight into a client’s underlying issues.
Start Date: August 2026
Level of study
This is a post-graduate level Diploma equivalent to 120 SCQF credits at SCQF level 11.
Validation
The Diploma has Initial Validation from COSCA
SQA validation is also well-advanced.
Both validation processes are expected to be completed by the start of the course in August next year.
Entry requirements
- A First Degree
- COSCA Counselling Skills certificate
- Accreditation of prior learning (APEL) may be considered. This applies to entry into both year 1 and year 2.
Applications
We are accepting applications for the next presentation of the Diploma, which starts in August 2026.
Testimonials
“I started the Diploma course thinking it might help me to understand myself better and those around me too. What I didn’t expect was such a life changing journey. This course has given me a whole new perspective on the relationships around me. I feel it has only made my relationships stronger. I have so much more confidence in myself and even managed to stand up for what I believed in during a discussion in class (something I would never have been able to do before) The support I have received from all the tutors has been invaluable. It’s has been a fun, compassionate and supported journey so far and I have a desire to continue my learning with AARC after this course has finished.”
