BSc Counselling and Psychotherapy
Entry requirements
A level: BCC-BBC IB: We are happy to accept IB qualifications which achieve the required number of UCAS Tariff points.
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy, grounded in humanistic counselling and psychotherapy. Core topics include research methods, clinical skills, communication and writing, critical and analytical thinking, ethics and professional practice, and global and comparative perspectives. The programme includes clinical placement experience and a final-year dissertation. The university funds personal therapy in the first year and counselling supervision in the second and third years.
Modules
- Developing Empathic Listening Skills in a Helping Relationship
- Humanistic Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Introduction to Empathic and Emotional Responsiveness in a Helping Relationship
- Introduction to Professional and Academic Skills
- Preparing for Practice
- The Political, Social and Ethical Context of Counselling
- Developing Counselling Skills
- Models of Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Personal Development
- Placement Support and Practice Issues
- Understanding Research
- Critical Approaches to Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Group Processes and Group Dynamics
- International Perspectives on Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Placement Support and Group Supervision
- Dissertation
- Primary Research Dissertation