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I really struggled to write this review because I wanted to start with thing's I liked, and was overwhelmed with things I didn't. The course is one year hypnotherapy + counselling skills and then 2 years just on counselling. I have absolutely no interest in Hypnotherapy and so have felt this year has been a bit of a waste of time for me to be honest. However, at the time of enrolment that was the only option given. That said, I have met a really fantastic group of people and i'm looking forward to getting to know them further for the next 2 years. The enrolment process was easy, simple, welcoming and informative. Thing's I had an issue with: - I understand the staff that are in office for support queries are 'understaffed' as it is written on our dashboard but sometimes it takes over 7 days to receive a reply. - Our tutor was a real problem. I am not going to say his name because he's a nice guy - just not a good teacher. - Our final assignments and certification comes before the final class. Therefore, by the final class everyone who never wants to do hypnotherapy again is so over the course content and it feels, again, like a huge waste of our time. - Moodle, the online dashboard with our course content, is really confusing. Several people missed bits of key information/documents necessary for classes because we just couldn't find it. The layout is messy and you would need to be fairly computer literate to navigate it - which not everyone in my class is. - Some of the video lectures online were almost word for word the same as the class notes, which we had to read. It would have been much better to have the video lectures about real-life scenarios or watching the concept in action, rather than someone just reading the same thing i've just read. - Things I liked: - Our class is really big which I find good, it takes some of the pressure off having to answer every question and means you can always find someone to talk to. - Our 2nd year tutor is really good. Completely different to the 1st year. - Once you work out Moodle, the documentation is very informative and easy to read.