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Psychotherapeutic Counselling at Staffordshire University - UCAS

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2024 - 2025
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Course summary

Our Psychotherapeutic Counselling MSc will develop you into a reflexive counsellor who can work effectively with clients on a diverse range of issues. The course aims to:

  • Provide students with an in-depth exploration in integrative counselling and its application to counselling and the mental health field.
  • Equip students with the conceptual understanding, skills and knowledge to assess critically research findings in the context of the developing discipline of counselling.
  • Encourage students to consider and critically reflect on ethical, legal and moral aspects of different approaches to counselling issues.
  • Facilitate a critically reflexive attitude around diversity and difference to develop awareness of the impact of cultural and family messages on development of self and self in relationship with others.
  • Equip students with the skills that will prepare them for employment as professional counsellors.
  • Develop students’ abilities so that they become competent and reflexive practitioners, able to work effectively and professionally with others,
  • Sustain a culture of research and learning, while encouraging students to question their previous assumptions and develop an open and enquiring attitude.
  • Enable students to develop their ability to carry out independent research at an advanced level and to incorporate this learning into written assignments, demonstrating self-direction and originality.
On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: PgDip Psychotherapeutic Counselling

Assessment method

Among other activities, during Years 1 and 2 assessments include essays and presentations on ethics, theory, skills critiques and personal development activities. In Year 2 you’ll also be assessed on your critique of audio from an actual client session. In Year 3, you’ll be assessed on your research proposal and dissertation.

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

  • British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

Entry requirements

You must obtain a counselling placement involving a minimum of 100 hours of supervised counselling practice during the course. Your emotional maturity and resilience will be assessed as part of the application and interview process. You must have achieved at least a 2ii Honours degree in Counselling / Psychology and Counselling. Applications are also welcomed from those with the required counselling qualifications. If your degree is in an unrelated subject, you’ll need to have at least a Level 3 Certificate in Counselling. You should also have a good standard of written and spoken English (IELTS 7.0 or equivalent).

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Course fees for each course can be found on the relevant course page on our website: https://www.staffs.ac.uk/. Further details about postgraduate fees and funding can be found here: https://www.staffs.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/fees-and-funding.
Psychotherapeutic Counselling at Staffordshire University - UCAS