IGNOU - Indira Gandhi National Open University

A Ph.D. in counseling psychology typically takes four years of full-time study to complete or more for part-time students. You must have Master's degree with 50% aggregate marks in Science for apply and Admission to the course is done on the basis of entrance examination or merit list. Some such exams held in the country are RAT (Research Aptitude Test) and JRF (Junior Research Fellowship). So go through those distance learning sites from you want to do. Counseling Ph.D. students may also be interested in the clinical supervision, counselor education, or research-related job opportunities open to those with a doctoral degree. Ph.D. degrees obtained through distance mode will no more be recognised after the University Grants Commission (UGC) so before apply from distance learning think in that way also.