Kenya Institute of Professional Counseling

The Kenya Institute of Professional Counselling (KIPC) is a registered training institute for Applied Psychology with a national network of 15 well-established centres in major towns of all the provinces of Kenya. Established in the year 2000, KIPC is a leading training provider in psychological counselling and related behavioural sciences.

KIPC offers professional counselling courses at Diploma and Higher Diploma Level to meet the rising demand for trained counsellors. It also undertakes consultancy assignment in the field of counselling offers Continuous Professional Development Courses (CPDC) and provides counselling services on one to one basis or to groups.

The Institute?s courses are validated by the Commission for Higher Education (C.H.E) vide Kenya gazette of April 13th 2007 and 4th September 2009.

KIPC provides affordable and reliable mental health counselling and training services for clients, professionals, and the general public, playing a vital role in the lives of Kenyans through its deception and commitment for producing caring and effective counsellors of the future. 

At KIPC, we are constantly working to adapt and upgrade our courses to meet the contemporary mental-health demands in Kenya, but our goal always remains to enhance the quality of life of our students and clients through the provision of training and counselling services designed to develop every person's unique potential. 

KIPC has, over the years, built a strong national network of fifteen well-established centres in the major towns of Kenya, all of which have modern, state-of-the-art facilities set in a welcoming and conducive environment for its students, as well as standard therapy rooms to meet the unique needs of its individual and group clients.

Why study at Kenya Institute of Professional Counseling

All programmes at the Kenya Institute of Professional Counselling promote an integrated approach to therapy based on a humanistic model of counselling and training. Great care is taken to respect and enhance the autonomy of clients, students, and supervisors. 

KIPC offers. 

• Affordable and reliable training programmes and counselling services. 
• A widely networked agency
• Experienced and highly qualified staff
• Conducive studying environment
• Affordable fees and many different courses at the Diploma and Higher Diploma Level
• A registered training institute for Applied Psychology
• Full-time, part-time, distance-learning or evening classes

Kenya Institute of Professional Counseling - History

Established in 2000, the Kenya Institute of Professional Counselling (KIPC) has quickly and surely established itself as a leading training provider in psychological counselling and related behavioural sciences.

The Kenya Institute of Professional Counselling acquired an Interim registration by the Ministry of Education vide MOEST/659/2001 and got a full registration on 6th May 2005 vide MOEST/PC/941/05.