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To join our Professional Certificate in Email Counselling you will need to wait until applications open. They open just once per year, every autumn. The next cohort of applications will open on 18 September 2025 for January 2026 start. Join the waitlist here to be the first to find out more and get alerterted on the exact date applications open. Places are limited and will be offered on a rolling basis in date order of application. Apply early to avoid disappointment.

Yes, you must be a UK qualified counsellor to join us. ECA prides itself on ​offering specialist email counselling training for professional counsellors ready to take their career to the next level. Our courses on their own do not qualify you to pratise as a counsellor, instead they build on your previous knowledge and experience as a counsellor

Yes! Our Professional Certificate in Email Counselling includes learning materials which are recorded for students to access and study at times that suit them. You will be guided to complete each module by set dates, this helps keep you accountable to get it finished.

Once you have completed the Professional Certificate in Email Counselling you'll be invited to join the ECA Professional Membership exclusively for graduates of ECA courses. This gives you exclusive access to our specialist professional group supervision from Chloe Foster as well as a listing on our Find an Email Therapist referral list. More info here.

Yes certainly! After paying your deposit to secure your place there is the option to pay in 4 monthly installments for no extra cost and no interest.