PCI College Limerick

 
PCI College @ Mary Immaculate College, South Circular Road, Limerick
Call Head Office: 01-4642268 | Email info@pcicollege.ie
 

LOCATION

Mary Immaculate College is located between the South Circular Road and the Dock Road in the leafy southern suburbs of Limerick City, within fifteen minutes walk of the city centre and close to the many social and cultural amenities of this historic city.

Travelling by Train/Bus

Mary Immaculate College is just a fifteen minute walk from Limerick’s Train and Bus Station, Colbert Station. From there, regular Irish Rail and Bus Éireann services conveniently connect Limerick to towns and cities throughout Ireland, including Dublin, Cork, Tralee, Killarney, Ennis, Tipperary, Waterford, Galway, Westport and (via Dublin) Belfast and Sligo.

Travelling by Car

The College is easily accessible from all major routes, being just minutes away from the Dock Road entrance to the Southern Link Road and Limerick Tunnel, which connect all national roads coming into Limerick (N18 Ennis Rd, N69 Foynes, N20/N21 Cork/Kerry, N24 Tipperary and N7 Dublin).

Back in 1991 our pioneering co-founders Liam McCarthy (RIP) and Josephine Murphy, identifying a real need for supportive and inclusive training, founded the Personal Counselling Institute (now PCI College).

This was a time when mental health was not on the political, media or public agenda in Ireland. Liam and Josephine believed passionately in both personal development and high academic standards, both of which they combined with the foundation of the Personal Counselling Institute. The ground-breaking work pioneered by both Liam and Josephine helped begin the process to allow the counselling/psychotherapy profession to be seen on an equal footing with any other helping profession.

PCI College was set up with the intention of providing students with a broad education in counselling and psychotherapy and in 2001 the college became a Collaborative College of Middlesex University. Our programmes are characterised by an integrative, person-centred, approach to counselling & psychotherapy training. Through their extensive training, students are introduced to all the main theorists, as well as being afforded the opportunity to delve into important topics such as Abnormal Psychology, Loss & Grief, Substance Addictions, to name but a few. This expansive breadth of training, in conjunction with, the provision of high quality, user-friendly teaching, is one of the key factors that each year continues to attract many students to join the growing PCI College family of qualified counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists.

With over 20 years of experience, PCI College continue with our founders pioneering work by embracing the continued raising of academic standards in the context of proposed professional regulation, while still making training as accessible as possible; by continuing to set a high standard of personal development in training; by raising awareness around the huge range of issues that people still struggle with in this country - depression, anxiety, suicide, addictions, relationship difficulties, etc; and by promoting an integrative approach within our field, and with our fellow professionals.

PCI College is a leading provider of third level educational and continuing professional development courses in the fields of Counselling and Psychotherapy, Psychology and Personal & Professional Development in mental heatlh wellbeing. As a college, we are committed to the provision of expert training and education in the mental health and wellbeing field, in the private education sector and tailor-made training to specialist groups, with centres of excellence in Dublin & Cork.

Our clients include private individuals, the HSE, Government Departments, the Community & Voluntary sector and Commercial Organisations. Our BSc (Hons) in Counselling & Psychotherapy is designed specifically to meet the current criteria for course recognition by relevant professional accrediting bodies.

 “I liked the pace, the interaction with Tutors and down to earth approach.” Laura Porritt
BSc in Counselling & Psychotherapy Student, Limerick

“Very worthwhile course, interesting and educational and fun”
Certificate in Counselling & Psychotherapy Graduate, Limerick

“Very good course and a good introduction to the theorists. Learned good listening skills and a good sense of positiveness re self-worth and self-esteem.” Dorothy Ryan
Certificate in Counselling & Psychotherapy Graduate, Limerick

“Excellent facilitators. I enjoyed the content and flow of the course.” Patricia O’Neill
Certificate in Counselling & Psychotherapy Graduate, Limerick