Our course integrates current therapeutic approaches in an innovative way to prepare you to become a skilled, competent, and reflective practitioner. It offers you a rare opportunity to gain both a BACP-accredited academic degree and a professional qualification, and through 108 hours of placements, you’ll be well on your way to becoming an accredited practitioner.
We’ll give you in-depth knowledge of the four major psychotherapeutic approaches:
- Person-centred
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)
- Psychodynamic
- Existential
Year 1
- Core Counselling Skills and Processes (Core)
- Personal Development and Professional Life (Mental Wealth) (Core)
- Researching with Small Samples (Core)
- Person-Centred Counselling (Core)
- Professional Development and Ethical Practice (Core)
- Researching with Larger Samples (Core)
Year 2
- Readiness to Practice (Mental Wealth) (Core)
- Psychodynamic Counselling (Core)
- Research Methods (Core)
- Life Span Development (Children and Young People) (Core)
- Life Span Development (Adulthood and Later Life) (Core)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Core)
Year 3
- Becoming a Competent Practitioner (Mental Wealth) (Core)
- Research Dissertation (Core)
- Clinical Practice and Supervision (Core)
- The Integrative Practitioner (Core)
- Existential Counselling (Optional)
Employability
This undergraduate course is ambitious and challenging and, when you’ve seen it through, you’ll find yourself at a level that many other students can aspire to only at the postgraduate level. If you prefer to continue with your academic career, you’ll be able to progress to postgraduate studies in psychotherapy, coaching, or integrative coaching and counseling disciplines. Or you can go on to do a master’s in Psychology. All these avenues will be open to you.
