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Counselling and Psychotherapy at University of East London - UCAS

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2024 - 2025
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Course summary

Applications for this course are currently closed. If we still have spaces available after the current interview round, we will open a new application window in mid-April 2024. This long-established and hugely popular course is fully accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). It is designed to provide training in an integrative approach to counselling and psychotherapy. It will enable you to develop your own synthesis within a framework which is not tied to a particular theoretical school or perspective. We follow current research into what actually works in counselling and psychotherapy, which means we use an integrative approach, employing a variety of techniques to respond to the needs and preferences of individual clients. Typically, students on this course will have first degrees in other subjects, and they may be employed either part-time or full-time. You may be working in health, social care or education - but you don't have to be. This course (two years for the Diploma) is ideally suited to those with a part-time job, although it can also work for those with full-time commitments. The basis of study for the Postgraduate Diploma is one afternoon/evening per week. The two-year Postgraduate Diploma allows you to practice as a BACP registered counsellor. Completion of the diploma confers automatic entry to the MA Counselling and Psychotherapy final year which is a popular choice for our students. (Only the Masters is eligible for a student loan from SFE.) The Postgraduate Diploma entails completing 100 hours of supervised work, which will be undertaken on a placement which you have to secure for yourself. However, the School has established links with many agencies and practices where our students have worked over the years. You may take these skills back into your workplace, use them for a change of career, or develop your own specialist practice.

Modules

Self, Skills and Theory 1 (Mental Wealth) The aim of this module is to hold and manage the tension between developing the knowledge and skills necessary to start working with clients and recognising that only with a certain amount of clinical experience can theory be understood, assimilated, applied and evaluated. It will also reveal how to participate in a variety of personal and professional development activities, reflect on your learning and its implications for you as a practitioner and, in particular, continually evaluate evidence for your present assumptions. Students will be able to develop and improve the core and generic skills and personal qualities necessary for safe and effective practice. Self, Skills and Theory 2 Through this module you will acquire a systematic and in-depth working knowledge of the course Core Model as a framework for integration and application, informed by current research. You will develop a working knowledge and critical awareness of social context/multicultural and clinical practice issues. You will gain a working knowledge of the BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice and apply it systematically and creatively to complex situations. This module will develop your understanding of the theory and practice of clinical supervision and use it to reflect on, monitor and critically evaluate your work.

Assessment method

You will be assessed in a variety of ways, including essays, presentations and process reports. You will be assessed on your practical skills, on your personal journal and on your professional log, which is an ongoing record of your client work, supervision, personal development and training.

Professional bodies

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

  • British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

Entry requirements

Minimum 2.1 Honours in any discipline. We would normally expect you to have Grade C in GCSE English and Maths. Applicants must have relevant clinical experience and the ability for self-managed learning and have adequate opportunities to carry out formal client work. English language requirements: Overall IELTS 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening (or recognised equivalent).

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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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 .

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Counselling and Psychotherapy at University of East London - UCAS