Advanced Diploma in Supervision

Eligibility:

• Applicants must be qualified practitioners who have begun supervising counsellors/psychotherapists (trainees or experienced) or are about to do so.
• A minimum of three years experience as a practitioner is required.
• Recommendation from applicant’s supervisor.

Entry is by application form, essay submission and interview. Evidence that an applicant meets the entry requirements must be furnished at interview (original transcripts in hardcopy). 

Applicants are required to submit a 500 word essay of why you wish to engage in supervisor training.Your submission should show that you have the competencies to meet the requirements of the course and the ability to write essays to the required standard  and to set up supervisory arrangements where you act as a supervisor.

• To review, understand and critically reflect on theories of clinical supervision.
• To understand developmental models of supervision and be able to apply them in supervision practice.
• To isolate tasks, functions and roles of supervision and learn how to work with them in actual supervision sessions.
• To learn the skills of being a supervisor and be able to implement them in work with supervisees.
• To be able to help supervisees use supervision effectively.
• To be aware of how individuals and groups learn and how to use experiential learning as a basis of learning in supervision.
• To work with supervisees in one-to-one and group settings.
• To be ethically aware and to have learned a process of ethical decision - making in supervision.
• To learn the skills of reflexivity.
• To be able to set up, contract for, maintain and terminate a supervisory arrangement effectively.
• To be able to give and receive feedback.
• To write clear and honest supervisory reports.
• To be sensitive to the impact of organisations on supervision practice.
  

Fees:
PCI College Tuition Fees: €2,600
Middlesex Registration Fee: TBC (Optional - Students can choose to do the course without  registering with MU)

Applicants should complete the online application form including the Initial Deposit of €250, which is deductible from course fees if the application is successful. Applicants are entitled to a full refund of the Initial Deposit if they decide to cancel within 7 days of receipt of their application. Should an application be unsuccessful, or if the application is cancelled by the applicant following this 7 day period, an administration fee of €60 is charged and the balance of €190 refunded.

In order to facilitate students, PCI College has introduced a monthly Direct Debit Plan. Please note that there is an extra charge of €80 for this option.

Middlesex University Advanced Diploma in Supervision Breakdown:
**This payment plan was designed based on the Middlesex Registration fee for 2012. Information for 2013 may vary and will be available shortly**

Payment	Payment Due Date	Amount
Deposit	Due with Application	€ 250.00
Initial Payment + admin fee	3rd October 2012	€ 1780.00
Second Payment	5th November 2012	€ 320.00
Third Payment	3rd of December 2012	€ 320.00
Fourth Payment	7th of January 2013	€ 320.00
Fifth Payment	4th February 2013	€ 320.00
Sixth Payment	4th of March 2013	€ 320.00

PCI College Advanced Diploma in Supervision Breakdown: 

Payment	Payment Due Date	Amount
Deposit	Due with Application	€ 250.00
Initial Payment + admin fee	3rd October 2012	€ 1255.00
Second Payment	5th November 2012	€ 235.00
Third Payment	3rd of December 2012	€ 235.00
Fourth Payment	7th of January 2013	€ 235.00
Fifth Payment	4th February 2013	€ 235.00
Sixth Payment	4th of March 2013	€ 235.00

Programme Leader:

Germaine Morrissey
MIACP: M.A (Psychotherapy) U.L., Adv. Dip. Superv., Dip. Couns. (T.C.D.), M.I.A.C.P., M.E.A.C.P., M.I.A.H.I.P., M.I.C.P. Germaine is in Clinical Practice since the late 70s and is at present in private practice in Dublin as a psychotherapist and supervisor for one to one and group work. She also works as a trainer, therapist and consultant on psychotherapy training courses

 

Times: 9.30am-4.30pm
PCI College, 7 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2.
Weekend 1 Saturday 5th October 13 Sunday 6th October 13
Weekend 2 Saturday 19th October 13 Sunday 20th October 13
Weekend 3 Saturday 23rd November 13 Sunday 24th November 13
Weekend 4 Saturday 14th December 13 Sunday 15th December 13
1st Essay Due:   Friday 17th January 14
Weekend 5 Saturday 25th January 14 Sunday 26th January 14
Weekend 6 Saturday 22nd February 14 Sunday 23rd February 14
2nd Essay Due:   Friday 21st March 14
Weekend 7 Saturday 22nd March 14 Sunday 23rd March 14
Viva Exam:          12th April 14         13th April 14
Weekend 8 Saturday 10th May 14 Sunday 11th May 14