As of June, 2015 courses done within a five-year period can be combined to make up a core course by students seeking first-time accreditation with the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Here's the announcement from the IACP newsletter:
Please be advised that amendments have been made to the IACP
criteria for First Time Accreditation regarding Combining Courses and
Personal Therapy In Parallel With The Core Course.
“As
of 12 June 2015 courses may be combined to make up a core course. These
two courses must be completed within 5 years of each other.
If
the IACP believes that the ethos promoted by the course or the course
providers or their employees or agents as part of the course or as part
of the environment surrounding the course is / are not compatible with
the ethos promoted by the IACP, the IACP has a right to refuse
accreditation to the applicant who has completed such a course. This is
a discretionary right of the IACP.”
“Where
the applicant has completed a course or combination of two courses,
which meet the IACP Core Course criteria in all respects except for the
inclusion of 50 hours of personal therapy, then personal therapy taken
in parallel with the course with an accredited IACP therapist (or
therapist accredited by an organisation acceptable to IACP), will be
accepted.”
