Expand+Applicants to MT 925 BA (Honours) in Counselling with Addiction

This programme is restricted to mature applicants.

Applicants must attend and successfully complete an interview which is organised by the University. In addition, applicant...

Hide-Applicants to MT 925 BA (Honours) in Counselling with Addiction

This programme is restricted to mature applicants.

Applicants must attend and successfully complete an interview which is organised by the University. In addition, applicants are required to hold a Leaving Certificate (or equivalent) with a minimum of 2 x H5 and 4 x O6/H7 OR hold a full QQI (Level 5) award with a minimum of 3 distinctions OR complete a recognition of prior learning (RPL) process with the University OR have successfully completed the University’s Mature Student Assessment.

Expand+Traveller Access Programme – MTU Kerry Campus

MTU reserves a number of places on its programmes delivered on the Kerry Campus for participants from the Traveller community. Candidates should:

1. Apply to CAO (as a Leaving Certificate app...

Hide-Traveller Access Programme – MTU Kerry Campus

MTU reserves a number of places on its programmes delivered on the Kerry Campus for participants from the Traveller community. Candidates should:

1. Apply to CAO (as a Leaving Certificate applicant and tick Category 5 ‘Other School Exams’ applicant) before 5.15pm, 1st February

2. Complete an MTU application form and return, with a curriculum vitae, to the Admissions Office MTU Kerry North Campus before 5.15pm, 1st February

3. Attend and successfully complete an interview and/or assessment with MTU Kerry.

Candidates must meet the minimum specific entry requirements for all programmes as specified for HEAR. If you have queries, please email accesskerry@mtu.ie

Advanced Entry via CAO
Applications for advanced entry will be processed through the CAO this year for entry in 2022. Applicants who wish to be considered for year 2 or 3 or 4 must apply via the CAO and each application will be looked at on an individual basis. Applicants may apply from the 5th of November in line with year one applicants. Please contact the Admissions Office at this number if you need any advice before applying – 066 7145638.

Expand+Entry 2022

Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20 January 2022 at 5pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1 February 2022 at 5pm

Late online application - restrictions apply (see page 3 2022 CAO Hand...

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Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20 January 2022 at 5pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1 February 2022 at 5pm

Late online application - restrictions apply (see page 3 2022 CAO Handbook): Fee: €60 Closing Date: 1 May 2022 at 5pm

Change of Mind - restrictions apply (see page 3 2022 CAO Handbook): Fee: Nil Closing Date: 1 July 2022 at 5pm

Exceptional online late application (see page 31 of the 2022 CAO Handbook): Fee €60 Closing Date: 22 July 2022 at 5pm

Be sure to complete any action well in advance of closing dates. You should avoid making an application close to a closing date. No extensions to closing dates will be allowed and all application fees are non-refundable.

LATE APPLICATIONS
Late Applications are those which are received after 5pm on 1 February 2022. The closing date for late applications is 5pm on 1 May 2022, subject to the restrictions listed on page 3 of the 2022 CAO Handbook. The online facility for late applications opens on the 4 March 2022 at 12:00 noon - a fee of €60 applies.

Exceptional Late Applications (Exception to the timetable)
The exceptional closing date of 22 July at 5pm applies only to applicants who are registered as an undergraduate student on 1 May 2022 in any year in any one of the participating HEIs (subject to the exclusions listed below). In order to avail of the Exceptional Late Application facility you must have entered the HEI through the CAO system.

If you did not enter your current course through the CAO system, you must first contact the Admissions Office of the HEI to which you wish to apply and they will inform you if you may submit an application direct to the institution.

Exclusions:
You may submit a late application only for entry to courses other than your existing course. If you wish to repeat the year in the same course you must arrange this within your HEI.

Mary Immaculate College Limerick, Marino Institute of Education, Trinity College Dublin, University of Limerick, Maynooth University and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology have special procedures in place in the case of current or previous students who wish to apply for entry to another course in the same HEI. Such applicants must contact their Admissions Office to determine the application procedure. However, if you are a student in another HEI and you wish to apply to any of these six HEIs, you should apply through CAO.

Refer to page 31 of the 2022 CAO Handbook on how to make an Exceptional Late Application.

Restrictions
As a CAO applicant you may experience one or more of the following restrictions based on your course choices, your category of application, or restrictions imposed by the HEIs that you wish to apply to. Please read the section on 'Restrictions' on page 3 of the 2022 CAO Handbook carefully. This section includes information on:

General Restricitons
1. Making a late application
2. Making changes to your course choices

Restricted Courses
3. Applying for a restricted course

Mature Applicants
4. Mature applicants

Supplementary Admissions Routes
5. Applying for DARE and/or HEAR

Expand+Additional Entry Requirements
Vetting by an Garda Síochána is a mandatory requirement for this programme.

All applicants will be interviewed as part of the application process.

All applicants will be required to provide medical certifi...

Hide-Additional Entry Requirements
Vetting by an Garda Síochána is a mandatory requirement for this programme.

All applicants will be interviewed as part of the application process.

All applicants will be required to provide medical certification and references.

Applicants who disclose a personal recovery process are required to be two years post-treatment before applying for this programme.

Overview
Counselling involves talking and listening to clients about their emotions, relationships, thought processes, patterns of behaviour or life events such as bereavement, addiction, divorce, health issues or job concerns. Counsellors help clients to understand themselves better and find their own solutions to resolve or cope with their situation or issues. Counsellors play a crucial role in improving the health and wellbeing of people in society.

This is a collaborative programme between MTU and Cuan Mhuire/Galilee House of Studies. Cuan Mhuire is Ireland’s ‘largest multisite provider of residential detoxification and treatment for those suffering from addiction’ (www. cuanmhuire.ie). Galilee House of Studies is an established provider of a higher education undergraduate diploma programme in counselling located in Athy, Co. Kildare.

The course will be delivered by a team of experienced practising addiction counsellors/ psychotherapists and third level academic staff in Galilee House of Studies, Athy, Co. Kildare (year 1, 2 and 3), with practice placement undertaken in Cuan Mhuire’s residential centres or other relevant clinical sites across Ireland in year 4. Students will have the opportunity to seek their own practice placement sites, however MTU/ Cuan Mhuire/Galillee House of Studies will ultimately be responsible for ensuring that all students secure an appropriate practice placement site.

The purpose of this programme is to provide systematic training in counselling theory and practice at a level that prepares participants to counsel in a variety of settings and to use various counselling approaches. Counselling and psychotherapy are growing and evolving professions in Ireland and internationally. Also, addiction in recent years is becoming an increasing problem in Ireland, with the Government pledging to increase funding in the area of mental health initiatives as part of the national counselling service.

Expand+First Year at a Glance:
• Human Development – Content and Theory: personal development of the student in three significant areas of growth for a prospective counsellor

• Personal Development – Process and Care: to provide a safe co...

Hide-First Year at a Glance:
• Human Development – Content and Theory: personal development of the student in three significant areas of growth for a prospective counsellor

• Personal Development – Process and Care: to provide a safe context in which students will be encouraged to explore and reflect on the links between personal and professional development

• Counselling Skills: provides a set of baseline counselling skills, which are fundamental to the therapeutic relationship

• Theoretical Perspectives in Counselling and Psychotherapy: equips students with a greater knowledge and understanding of historically recognised and contemporary counselling and psychotherapeutic theories.

• Person Centred Approach to Counselling and Psychotherapy: equips students with an experientially grounded understanding of the person-centred approach to counselling and psychotherapy

• Bereavement, Loss and Grief: develops knowledge, skills and attitudes on managing loss, bereavement and grief

• Addiction Studies: provides students with the knowledge-base on which to develop their therapeutic understanding of theoretical and clinical considerations concerning substance use

Expand+Further Studies
Suitably qualified level 8 honours graduates are eligible to progress to taught master programmes or to research at either master or PhD level.

Career Opportunities
There are significant employment opportunities in the variou...

Hide-Further Studies
Suitably qualified level 8 honours graduates are eligible to progress to taught master programmes or to research at either master or PhD level.

Career Opportunities
There are significant employment opportunities in the various specialised areas, such as addiction, victim support, marriage guidance, bereavement, substance abuse, homelessness, youth and community. Many counsellors work in private practice, private or public residential and nonresidential youth and adult centres, schools, colleges, hospitals etc.