11Jan
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Course summary
Taught by City of Bristol College, this course will equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to take forward into your future practice. It will support you through a ‘helping placement’ at Level 4 and completion of counselling hours at Level 5. The course is centred around an integrative approach to counselling. You'll be required to engage in your own personal therapy and the course supports opportunities for your personal enquiry, reflection and development. This course is also available on a part-time basis. If you'd like to apply for part-time entry, please do so directly through City of Bristol College.
Modules
During this Counselling Foundation Degree course, you will complete a number of different modules. Areas studied could include:
- Counselling relationships
- BACP/NCS ethical framework
- Counselling skills
- Creative approaches to counselling
- Theoretical approaches
- Application to practice
- Personal development
- Humanistic approaches: gestalt, transactional analysis, psychosynthesis and existential approaches
- Solution-focused therapy
- Professional practice
- Human development
- Working with loss and grief
- Evidence-based practice and research
- Mental health in a counselling context
Assessment method
We use a wide variety of assessment techniques which are all coursework-based including written assignments, presentations, practical skills assessments, critical reviews, creative pieces and a portfolio of counselling and supervision logs and reports. During this Counselling Foundation Degree course, you will be asked to complete a minimum of 30 hours in a vocational placement, some of which can be undertaken prior to starting the course, where you will develop your counselling skills and knowledge. In stage 2, you will start your counselling placement and practice as a trainee counsellor in an approved counselling setting to achieve 100 counselling hours under supervision.
How to apply
29Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- X335
- Institution code:
- B20
- Campus name:
- City of Bristol College
- Campus code:
- J
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
A level - CDD
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - MPP
GCSE/National 4/National 5
T Level - P
To join this course, you'll usually need a Level 2 Certificate in Counselling (or other suitable counselling experience or qualification).
Additional entry requirements
Other
A completed DBS check
Student Outcomes
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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
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
Bath Spa University
Newton Park
Newton St Loe
Bath
BA2 9BN