Course summary

Human relationships are at the heart of almost every aspect of our personal and working lives. Training to be a professional counsellor enhances your understanding of effective relationships and enables you to assist people who are struggling with themselves or with others in finding their own ways to transform their situations. This course offers the opportunity to graduate as a highly-skilled professional counsellor, with many exciting and rewarding career paths available to you. The course meets the training requirements for professional registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and opens the progression route to individual BACP accreditation. The course is structured around modules that deliver professional training components, broadening and deepening your understanding of counselling-related issues. You will develop your competence in working with the person-centred counselling approach and gain a wide range of professional skills, including communication, reflective practice, self-awareness, research skills, mindfulness, and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). At the end of the second year, you have the option to transfer to the non-qualifying degree, the BSc (Hons) Counselling and Psychotherapy: Theoretical Studies. This programme has a stronger emphasis on research and does not include the professional placement component.