Certificate Courses

This is a counseling and psychotherapy course for adult students. Ideally, students will be over the age of 35, have had some volunteering experience, has a passion for helping, is open-minded, and is curious about human nature.

This course is an intensive one-year program designed to provide you with the theories and practical skills for counseling. The program is divided into 3 modules – each module will be for 4 months, where lectures will be held for 3 months and assignment at the end of each module will be done in the 4th month.

The course will include a high level of reading content, which will be provided by The Wellness Center. The final certificate will be issued at the completion of three coursework projects.

At the end of the course, you will have gained an in-depth understanding of counseling, theories, and practical skills needed to work independently.

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Course Content

  • Psychodynamic Approach
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Approach
  • Person-Centered Approach
  • Gestalt Therapy
  • Existential Therapy
  • Art-Making
  • Counseling for depression and anxiety
  • Counseling for OCD’s
  • Becoming self-aware in work and life.
  • Case studies – mental health trends in Sri Lanka
  • Counseling in Sri Lanka – being culturally sensitive.

Course Fee and Terms

  • Rs.60,000 per module. Total course fee is Rs.180,000
  • Duration: 1-year
  • Delivery: Online
  • Commencement: 05 April 2025
  • Time: Saturday 9am-11am

“The word ‘psychodynamic’ links psychotherapy and counselling with psychoanalysis, but in practice ‘psychoanalytic psychotherapy’ is the more usual practice for more intense long-term work, while psychodynamic counselling tends to describe once-weekly sessions, and includes short-term work. The term ‘psychodynamic’ is also used as part of the ideas and practice of many who call themselves integrative, whether or not they attach significance to psychoanalytic ideas. Many humanistic therapists have adopted certain features of psychodynamic practice…‘psychodynamic’ describes how the psyche is continuously active, constantly humming with life, with feelings and thoughts, both when we are awake and when we are asleep, even when we are seriously focusing on reading a book: memories are recalled, feelings are aroused, ideas tumble around.” – Michael Jacobs

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Course Content

  • Introduction to psychodynamic psychotherapy
  • Understanding yourself
  • Understanding relationships
  • Boundaries
  • Therapy process
  • Self-care

Course Fee and Terms

  • Rs. 120,000
  • Duration: 15 weeks / 60 hours
  • Location: Capital Heights, Rajagiriya.
  • Commencement: September 2025