Psychology - Applied Psychology (Guidance Counselling) (MA) at University College Cork

The aim of this MA course is to give you the knowledge and skills necessary to become a qualified guidance counsellor. Guidance promotes personal, social, educational and vocational development in individuals. The role of the guidance counsellor is to help people to make the right career decision. Their strengths, talents and virtues are assessed using career information and objective psychometric data. Counselling skills are also important to foster awareness and self-knowledge in the person. The ideal professional alliance is goal-oriented, future-focused, and dynamic. The course will appeal to:

• Psychology graduates
• Teachers
• Social workers
• Probation officers
• Juvenile liaison officers
• Occupational therapists
• Mentors
• Managers
• adult education pastoral care
• residential care
• youth and community work
• nursing
• adult placement
• development work
• coaching
• employee welfare
• human resources

Skills and Careers Information

By the end of the course you will:

• understand the value of enabling the personal, social, educational and vocational development of the client
• justify the importance of understanding the needs of clients from diverse social and cultural backgrounds
• evaluate relevant theory and empirical findings in the area of guidance counselling
• advocate the importance of using career information to help individuals make good career choices
• Explain the rationale behind the use of psychometric tests