Turning Point (Institute of Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies) is an institute located in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland. The institute is a registered charity and offers a Graduate Diploma and Master of Science which are accredited by Dublin City University. The institute was founded in 1986 to assist the bereaved and ill and provide training and counselling services in a secular environment. It is one of the few such institutes in Ireland. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A private university is a university that is run without the control of any government entity. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... Dún Laoghaire (Irish pronunciation ; anglicised spelling Dunleary, pronunciation ) (the original Irish spelling is now almost always used in preference to the anglicised forms) is a suburban seaside town and ferry port, situated some 12 km south of Dublin city centre, and is the administrative centre of the county of... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... Dún Laoghaire (Irish pronunciation ; anglicised spelling Dunleary, pronunciation ) (the original Irish spelling is now almost always used in preference to the anglicised forms) is a suburban seaside town and ferry port, situated some 12 km south of Dublin city centre, and is the administrative centre of the county of... A charitable organization (also known as a charity) is a trust, company or unincorporated association established for charitable purposes only. ... The Graduate Diploma or Higher Diploma in Ireland is a postgraduate award taken after a Bachelors degree. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... Dublin City University (DCU) is a university situated in Whitehall on the Northside of Dublin in Ireland. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ...