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Read what our most recent report said from CPCAB :​

'Candidates said that although at times it could feel a challenge to study at this level, the course offered a good mix of guided and autonomous learning, and their understanding and confidence was growing as they studied. They appreciated the detail of feedback offered in the assessments by the tutors and their readiness to offer support and guidance when needed.' 

'In conversation with the students and tutors, it was clear that considerable thought is given to ensuring that the students’ learning needs are met in a supportive and appropriate way. ​Lorna and Cathy had been successful in developing a warm learning environment and this had been achieved by frequent break- out groups in which students had the opportunity to mix with each other.'

​'Tutorials are freely offered and feedback is detailed and yet the students are still pushed to own their development.'

CPCAB EV Report January 2026

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What our students are saying

'Lorna was my tutor both times and I love her energy and sense of humour. The group sizes were great and felt more intimate than a large college setting. The psycho education and skills practice were fantastically led and mediated well. 

I have learnt so much from my time with ICT and have always left feeling really confident in my skills and ability post qualification.'

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'I cannot believe how much I have learned in such a short time'

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'ICT is a very friendly neurodivergent centre. Handouts were sent out prior to each session giving time to read and prepare'

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As a neurodivergent student, my experience of counselling training, up until I approached ICT, was rough. With struggles to find the right support for my additional needs, I was beginning to wonder if my ambitions to be a counsellor were misplaced. The training itself (SEG Awards, Level 4 counselling diploma) was thoroughly enjoyable. The tutors would often bring up issues we didn't expect, or the discussion would go off at some tangent and they just let it. Anyone who has trained in a more conventional setting might find it disquieting, but I saw it for what it was - we were being trained not just to be able to list the 19 Propositions of Carl Rogers, or give an academic description of Attachment Theory, but to think and explore for ourselves. The training gave me the confidence to realise I didn't need to know everything, but if I needed to know it, I knew how to find out. Even now, all qualified, our group frequently consult one another, refer to one another, ask for recommendations of books etc. As a neurodivergent person who has never felt part of groups, never accepted, it is a revelation. I hugely value my colleagues, many of whom I met via ICT. I now run a successful private practice, specialising in counselling for neurodivergent people (autism & ADHD principally). I feel the training with ICT prepared me extremely well for this challenge and I was able to set up my PP with confidence. I particularly appreciate the way the (integrative) ICT course encouraged all of us to develop our own styles, which has freed me to figure out what works, in a relatively new field. I would thoroughly recommend ICT.

'Lorna is very experienced and the training was experiential and safely contained. We also had fun as well as it being personally challenging in the right way. I felt cared for and valued on the course I'm truly glad I trained at ICT.'

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