You will be expected to have achieved a minimum qualification of a 2:1 honours degree in either counselling and/or psychotherapy or a cognate discipline. This may include education; nursing; social work; psychology; sports; community arts; or programmes that have a focus on supporting and developing individual growth and expression. Consideration will be given to applications from students with lower classifications, or non-standard qualifications, depending on your recent practice based experience (normally, within the last five years). Practice based experience is likely to include significant previous experience of working emotionally with clients from vulnerable populations experiencing issues with emotional and mental wellbeing. In this instance, you may be asked to also produce evidence of ability to study at Masters level. Ideally, you will have some experience of working with clients from vulnerable populations, experiencing issues related to emotional and mental wellbeing. This experience can be in a voluntary or paid capacity. Consideration will also be given if you are an international student with equivalent academic qualifications or professional qualification and/or experience. Recognition of prior learning, where we accept a previous qualification as meeting the learning outcomes for a course or module, will not be accepted. An interview and reflexive statement will form part of the selection process. The reflexive statement will require you to detail your personal and emotional reasons around wanting to study to become a person centred experiential counsellor/psychotherapist. You will also be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure indicating that they meet the mandatory criteria of ‘Clearance to Work with Children and/or Vulnerable Adults’.