Hi everyone,

I have been trying and failing to find an accredited course in counselling in Zurich.
I've been in contact with a university in Geneva who say that if I can find 10 other students interested in Zurich, that they would be open to holding the course here!
So, if anyone is interested in a Masters in Counselling, please get in touch. Duration is 2 years, 2 nights a week.

Thanks!

Is the institution in Geneva accredited, by whom?

Good luck

That sounds interesting. Could you please elaborate?
Which university is it?

Please set out (or better still, link to this info):

• the admission requirements and any other pre-requisites (e.g. language?)
• course fees, and other costs
• language of tuition
• details of the university's academic staff
• syllabus
• modules / blocks / credits
• course-work required
• details of research required
• thesis requirement
• evaluation process for conferring the degree
• full name of the qualification.

Do you know whether this is a foreign qualification, or one that is recognised by the relevant Swiss professional associations?

Thanks very much.

Hi both,
I have PMed you with the details.

If anyone else is interested please PM me. Thanks!

I am not 100% sure I get "counselling" right, but are we talking about
1. a psychologist
2. a mediator who settles disputes from family to corporate outside of courts?

the second case is a bit of a fashion in Switzerland. The education is typically not a MA, but a smaller post graduate certificate called CAS in CH. Loads of trustworthy state run universities offer them:

http://www.swiss-mediators.org/cms2/...ehrgaenge.html

Hi,
Neither. A psychologist is someone who studied psychology and a mediator is indeed someone who can settle a matter outside of the court system. Inside the court system this would be an arbitrator.
A counselor is someone who helps people work through difficult times, like a therapist, and can be specialized in children, families, bereavement, trauma etc.

I find this explanation rather confusing. If I understand you correctly, you see counselor and therapist as being the same, whereas a psychologist is something else. Is that how you meant it?

My apologies.
A counselor and a therapist are somewhat the same. Both are people who engage in mostly talking treatments to help people with specific issues. Counseling can be seen as a type of therapy, it's usually a shorter-term process, wheras therapy can be a process that some people are involved in for years.
A psychologist is someone who has a degree in psychology, which is not ncessarily the case with therapists and counselors.
I hope that helps.

Does anyone know, please, whether this distinction, as weetruffle sets it out here, is a known concept in Switzerland?

EDIT: Ah, I see, in Switzerland this is relatively new. One of the links weetruffle sent me in the PM is to the Swiss Association for Counselling, which was founded in Zürich in 2006.
https://www.sgfb.ch/en/about-us

From there:
"SGfB provides clarity in the fragmented and confusing world of counselling. It strengthens the identity of the psychologically oriented counselling professions through measures for quality development and assurance. It also promotes the scientific and professional foundations of counselling."

The English version:
Advanced Federal Diploma
The Swiss Association for Counselling SGfB has been charged by the government with organising and conducting this federal professional examination in psychosocial studies. This professional title identifies its holder as qualified specialist in the field of psychosocial counselling.

In the German version:
Höhere Fachprüfung HFP
Die Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Beratung wurde 2013 vom Bund mit der Organisation und Durchführung der eidgenössischen Berufsprüfung im psychosozialen Bereich beauftragt. Der Berufstitel Beraterin, Berater im psychosozialen Bereich mit eidgenössischem Diplom bedeutet eine Auszeichnung als qualifizierte Fachperson im Bereich der Psychosozialen Beratung.

Hi All, I am about to apply for this MA in Counseling degree program offered by the Webster University. Program starts in January 2019, on a part-time basis, in English language, on weekends in Zurich IF there are at least 10 applicants. Right now we are 4 applicants all together. Anyone else is interested in joining? I think that already with 8 people they would go ahead..

Hi SanGiorgio, I know your post was a while back, but did you pull together enough applicants for the course to run in Zurich starting in Jan18? Thanks for letting me know!

Hello, still not enough applicants to start the weekend
course in Z363;rich. However there is a possibility to
start the course as distance learning (going to Geneva
once a month) and then switch to the weekend thing is Z363;rich over time
when there is enough people. Hope this helps!
Come and join us if you are interested! We would need
then only 2-3 more people..