Advanced Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies

Entry requirements

To apply, you MUST be qualified or be about to qualify as a fully trained professional counsellor or psychotherapist.

Normally 2:2 Hons degree or equivalent is required.

RA recognised professional qualification in counselling or psychotherapy: If you are not qualified, please apply for the MSc/PGDip Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies (Professional Training)

Evidence of a recognised counselling or psychotherapy professional membership (for example, BACP/UKCP or equivalent, or evidence of eligibility to successfully apply for professional membership).

Therefore, to gain entry onto this course, you will need to be a qualified counsellor or psychotherapist with a recognised counselling or psychotherapy professional membership (or evidence of eligibility to apply for recognised counselling or psychotherapy professional membership).

Months of entry

September

Course content

This flexible course will enable you to advance your expertise in Counselling and Psychotherapy in the areas most relevant to your practice.

You will gain a deeper understanding of a range of psychological problems of varying degrees of severity and further develop your therapeutic skills.

This course will equip you with advanced knowledge relating to Counselling and Psychotherapy. The course has been structured to present you with opportunities to learn about different aspects of the lived experience and how these can be attended to therapeutically through brief and long-term interventions.

This award is aimed at meeting the needs of qualified counsellors who have already completed professional training in counselling. Students select the combination of modules which is best geared to meeting their individual training needs, with the exception of the Research Methods Module which is necessary for completion of the PG Dip and progression to the MSc. A variety of teaching and learning strategies will be employed, particularly:

• Didactic lecturing
• Experiential workshops
• Experiential group work

To apply, you MUST be qualified or be about to qualify as a fully trained professional counsellor or psychotherapist.

Please note: Due to the structure of this programme, it is not available to applicants who require a Student Visa.

You will:

• Gain advanced skills for complex psycho therapeutic situations
• Benefit from up-to-date thinking from experts in theory, practice and research
• Conduct publishable research that creates a real impact

Information for international students

English language requirements

If you are an international student and not from a majority English speaking country, you will need IELTS 6.5 with no element below 5.5. We also accept a range of other English language qualifications. If you do not have the English language requirements, you could take our Pre-Sessional English course.