Course summary

This BA Psychosocial Studies with Principles of Psychodynamic Counselling is a unique course that brings together psychoanalytic theory, psychodynamic practice and psychosocial thinking around issues of equality and social justice. Why choose this course?

• Taught by experienced practising therapists and organisational consultants, this course provides an opportunity for you to explore key ideas of psychodynamic therapy and the social determinants of distress.

• It is ideal if you wish to train as a therapist or are interested in understanding the unconscious dynamics within helping relationships, group situations and organisational life.

• It emphasises personal and social change with a focus on practical exercises to develop your therapeutic listening skills and opportunities to participate in experiential, work discussion and thinking space groups.

• Birkbeck has 50 years' experience of teaching psychodynamic counselling and practice and an excellent reputation with employers.

• We have a keen interest in the development of new and innovative psychosocial methods, as well as forging new theoretical trajectories across a range of critical fields of enquiry.

• Our psychosocial studies team is genuinely interdisciplinary, with academics coming from backgrounds in anthropology, cultural and postcolonial studies, education studies, gender and sexuality studies, literary studies, critical psychology, psychoanalytic studies and sociology.

• therapeutic listening skills

• critical and analytic skills

• self-reflective skills

• emotional sensibility.

• mental health and wellbeing

• social justice and advocacy

• community development

• conflict resolution.