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Upcoming Events


The Institute organises different events from time to time to engage, train, sensitise and inform individuals, professionals and organisations on Understanding Mental Health Counseling. Most of our events are free and professionally designed. Kindly scroll down through this page to read about the event of your choice and click the button underneath to complete your registration.

Unbutton 15.0

Unbutton is a quarterly 30 days free counseling session put together by the Institute of Counseling as part of our CSR to improve society as a whole. Mental well-being is essential for optimal human functionality and it is not surprising that a lot of people are not functioning optimally because of various mental health challenges they are dealing with on a daily basis.

Sometimes, all you need to do is to talk and get some issues out of your chest. We have more than a hundred professional counselors who are trained in different areas of intervention. We know so many people need help but cannot afford the fee, this is why ICN is making this easy for you to access the service of a professional Counselor at no cost.

Take advantage of this opportunity and unbutton it to unburden, life is worth living and you deserve to be happy.

Professional Counseling Training For School Counselors & Administrators.

Calling on all schools to send their delegates to our yearly professional mental health counseling training for 2024. The Institute of Counseling in Nigeria since 2018 has been equipping willing and mentally aware secondary and primary school teachers, counselors, and administrators to help maintain positive mental health for their students rather than applying a “fire brigade approach” when there is a crisis.
 
The reality is that many schools are made up of different children from various dysfunctional homes, we sometimes blame the schools for their vices but fail to realize that the issues stem from their background, but what if we can have schools that can come to the rescue? From Gadget and social media addiction to peer pressure and bullying, unguided exposure to explicit materials, substance abuse, addiction, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, etc.
 
The mental health challenges that children and teenagers of school age are currently going through are alarming. Unfortunately, the bulk is landing on the table of schools that are usually poorly equipped. professional counselors trained in evidence-based intervention and counseling skills to help these young ones navigate their day-to-day mental health challenges. This event is free!

Professional Clinical Counseling Training For School Teachers/Counselors. Every institution of learning that wants to create and maintain a culture of excellence must pay quality attention to the emotional and psychological needs of students and staff members in order to prevent various factors that can hinder excellence in an academic environment through the work of a professional counselor.

>> Increase the confidence of the students and parents in the skills and professionalism of the counselors.

>> Ensures that children don’t seek wrong counsel outside their peers.

>> Improve the counseling competencies of counselors/teachers in the area of mental health counseling.

>> Ensures that counseling produces the desired result and thereby happy and more productive students.

>> Could even be a means of creating employment for the trainees. etc.

The Institute of Counseling Nigeria. The first Professional Counseling institute was founded in 2010 as a Christian-based, not-for-profit independent educational charity. The passion to help people achieve their dreams of becoming professional counselors birthed this vision; the aim is to fill the vacuum of lack of access to standard education and the inability to acquire a professional certificate in the field of Clinical and Pastoral Counseling and Psychotherapy in Africa.

>>  You are required to send a given number of delegates especially the school Counselors, administrators, teachers, and school owners (Not more than 5).

Date: Saturday 9th of February 2024

Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm

Venue: The Institute of Counseling in Nigeria

Counselor Half Hour

Counselors Half Hour, CHH is our weekly webinar where the alumni of the institute of counseling in Nigeria. Our past and current students who are already changing lives in their different fields are the speakers in this weekly webinar. CHH is like a “Sunday-Sunday” medicine for everyone who wants to become the best version of themselves.

Time: 6 pm Every Last Sunday Of The Month

Location: Zoom

Guest Speakers: ICN ALUMNI

Simply click the button below to register and an invitation will be sent to you.

SCHOLARSHIP MONTH!

We are excited to walk you through this journey of becoming a professional counselor. The journey just got easier as we present the VMHF Scholarship program sponsored by The Victoria Mental Health Foundation ONLY FOR SEPTEMBER 2023 STUDENTS.

Professional Counseling Training for NGOs

Non-governmental organizations are the first responders in society and the need to get it right in the area of mental health counseling cannot be overemphasized. From the definition of the problem to psychoanalysis to determine triggers to understanding the application of theories to situations as well as professional application of the right interventions are all necessary skills any NGO requires to deal with psychosocial issues of clients, especially women, and girls.

All these and more are what we are offering NGOs in our upcoming training for FREE, this is part of our CSR to equip responders to be able to professionally help survivors and vulnerable clients.

Time: 9:30 am

Date: 22/06/24

Location: The Institute of Counseling in Nigeria 2A Lalupon Close Ikoyi Lagos.

Simply click the button below to register and an invitation will be sent to you.

Teen Summer Leadership & Mental Health Awareness Program

As an organization saddled with the responsibility of helping society to be better, we organize a yearly summer program for teenagers and young adults between the ages of 13 and 19. This program exposes these young ones to first-hand information on how to be the best version of themselves in this ever-changing world. They are also trained with leadership abilities and vocational skills, in order to be assets and not liabilities to society.

Also, with a focus on the obvious vacuum in the area of proper awareness of sexual and substance abuse in our society, the Institute of counseling has decided to take the bull by the horn by taking the awareness to teenagers. We believe that capturing teenagers and young adults will go a long way in solving these societal ills.

>>  2 weeks: 10am to 2pm

>> Join Saturdays Physical & Creative imagination classes

>> Breakfast & lunch shall be served

>> Possible mental health struggles being faced by teenagers & How to deal with them.

>> Bullying,

>> Self-esteem

>> Peer Pressure

>> Sex Education

>> SGBV & Abuse

>> Making the right career Choice

>> How to develop the right Leadership Skills

>> Behavioural reorientation & its implication

>> Cognitive resetting & its implication

>> One-on-one counseling

>> Group counseling

>> Games & Creative activities

>> Mentoring session

>> Meditation & Mindfulness

>> Self-affirmation (Specially created for the event).

>> Jotter

>> Pen

>> Book

>> 50,000 Naira

Batch 1:      18th July – 30th July

Batch 2:      1st August – 13th August

Batch 3:      15th – 27th August

Breakfast Meeting for Church Leaders, Counselors & Workers

The idea for the breakfast meeting was necessitated by the positive feedback and responses from the Guilding light assembly workers after the training on The Mental health impact of covid-19. There is no better time to take mental health awareness and professional counseling seriously among Christian brothers and sisters than now because the mental health impact of Covid-19 on human functionality, if not taken into consideration, could be worse than the pandemic. We recognize the importance of getting it right in the area of counseling as a crucial tool that the church requires to correct the ills in society, and Applying professional skills and proper counseling ethics to Pastoral Counseling will help the church a great deal.

The correlation between the work of ministry and counseling cannot be over-emphasized. The church is the only correcting factor that can save the world from the current negative situation. Because Counseling is not just an act, there is a need to have the required knowledge and skills needed to help people. It is therefore imperative that every church has a counseling ministry being run by professionals who understand how to apply biblical principles to situations through proper pastoral counseling skills.

Biblical counseling is a raft for people caught in a river of emotions and turmoil. However, people must know that such a ministry exists or they will seek help elsewhere if they seek help at all. If such a ministry does not exist in a church, people, like sheep, will wander astray. They will seek to solve their problems without even thinking about consulting scripture. With the blending of Pastoral Counseling & professional Counseling Skills, Members will begin to have more confidence in Counseling and the church.

People run to their spiritual leaders believing they have all the solutions to their problems, this could sometimes result in disappointment as a result of extraordinary expectations. Creating a professional counseling ministry backed with biblical principles, whether a counselor is a pastor, a leader or a member of the church will help people to be more open, knowing that counselors are not perfect and will never have all the answers. This helps in making sure that the counseling session does not end in hopelessness.

Again, People do not want their business discussed with others or talked about on blogs or Facebook. Talking to a professional Counselor gives the assurance the person needs to know that what they say will be kept private between them and the counselor. People have a variety of problems such as alcoholism, pornography, drug addiction, infidelity, unemployment, death of a child, eating disorders, and bankruptcy to name a few. This is serious business. A professional counseling ministry within the church has the opportunity to give sound biblical advice while helping people conform more to the image of Jesus Christ, at the same time, make use of professional Counselling skills, ethics, theories, and therapeutic interventions.

The purpose of putting this program together is to help orientate and brief participants about the need to incorporate professional counseling competence and clinical counseling skills into church counseling and ensures that a given number of church heads possess the basic skill of counseling as this will help in a long way to help members of the ministry in resolving their problem without going to seek help elsewhere.

Within a church context, the pastor’s task is much greater than the counselor’s, which is why the needed skills need to be acquired by ministers to fill this vacuum. It will be a great idea if church members could go to the one who was both a skilled counselor and also the pastor. Someone who was trained in professional pastoral counseling skills, at the same time committed to pastoring church members and is readily available to them in the church.

>> Increase the confidence of the members in the skills and professionalism of the counselors.

>> Ensures that members don’t seek wrong counsel outside the church.

>> Improve the counseling competencies of counselors/workers in the area of pastoral counseling.

>> Ensures that counseling produces the desired result and thereby a happy and more productive congregation.

>> Could even be a means of creating employment for the church members. etc.

The Institute of Counseling Nigeria. The first Professional Counseling institute was founded in 2010 as a Christian-based, not-for-profit independent educational charity. The passion to help people achieve their dreams of becoming professional counselors birthed this vision; the aim is to fill the vacuum of lack of access to standard education and the inability to acquire a professional certificate in the field of Clinical and Pastoral Counseling and Psychotherapy in Africa.

>>  You are required to send a given number of delegates such as Pastors, Ministers, Church counselors, Marriage counselors, Sunday school teachers, Youth Leaders, Children pastors, and Church Workers (Not less than 5 and not more than 10).

>>  Sessions shall be for 90 minutes, 60 minutes for the briefing and practical demonstration, and 30 minutes for Questions & Answers.

>>  Admission is free and breakfast will be served

Date:  Saturday 14th of September 2024

Time:  9:30am – 1:00pm

Venue:    The Guiding light Assembly Ikoyi Lagos

NOTE: Kindly click below to register

2021 Victoria Mental Health Scholarship VMHS

VMHS is a bi-annual scholarship based on the need to have more mental health Counselors in Africa, considering the rate of mental health issues in our society.

Twice in a years, certain percentage of the tuition fee are being paid for by VMH foundation to help people who are passionate about the helping profession but are not able to afford the training fee.

Register by filling the form below to be eligible for the May 2021 VMHS.

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