If you keep reading about why people struggle, this gives it shape. Eleven areas, from anxiety and depression to addiction and personality. A sound place to start before any longer study.
Anxiety, mood, psychosis, addiction and more. Names and patterns for things you have watched up close.
Peer support, wellbeing programmes and intake roles all lean on this grounding.
A short, low cost way to test the field. Before you spend years on it.
Wellbeing services, community teams and helplines all need steady people. The work is easy to picture. A first conversation, a referral, someone who feels heard for once.
Walking beside people who are working through it.
Helping run the sessions and keep people coming.
Supporting a team on the ground.
The first call, and pointing people the right way.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. This course does not lead to registration as a psychologist or counsellor. It carries no supervised clinical training.
What sets this apart from reading about it online.
The course was developed and delivered by a qualified psychologist.
Amore C, Dana L and Rita T cover psychology and counselling support.
The college donates a portion of course proceeds to Youthline.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
From the college, once the eleven topics are done.
Earned on completion for your development record.
Something you can share on your SEEK profile.
Enquire and an advisor sends the guide and the topics.
Start any day. Pay weekly, or upfront in one go.
One area at a time, with tutors on the phone.
Support work now, or longer study later.
No. It was built as a starting point for people with none.
From $29 a week on a flexible plan, or pay upfront. Enquire to confirm current pricing.
About 100 hours across eleven topics, with 6 months of access.
It gives you the map of the field, cheaply and quickly. That is worth knowing before you spend years on it. It does not lead to registration. It is not approved by NZAC. Registering as a psychologist runs through an approved pathway and the Board. You get grounding, and a clear idea of whether to go further.
Sometimes. Credit transfer is decided by the institution you apply to. Ask them first.
None. Tutors support you by phone and email through business hours.
It comes from an ICOES accredited centre. The centre holds Official Accreditation with the CPD Standards Office. That is accreditation for professional development. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. Those are different things. For a first look at the field, that is fine.
There is a 10-Day Money Back Guarantee from the day you enrol.
This course comes from The Career Academy, an online college in Christchurch.
The college has run over 15 years. It helps more than 25,000 students a year. Psychology tutors Amore C, Dana L and Rita T are named. A portion of course proceeds goes to Youthline.
Picture the shift where someone finally opens up, and you know what you are hearing and what to do with it.