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COUNSELLING Duration Three years full-time UCAS code B945 Typical offer 112 UCAS points: BBC (A-Level), DMM (BTEC)
BA (Hons)
Our Counselling degree provides you with the theory and skills to become a practising therapist able to work from humanistic, psychodynamic and cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) approaches. This course uses an integrative philosophy to counselling that centres on the needs of the client. You will develop your own self-awareness and the ability to use your counselling skills to become a confident therapeutic practitioner. As part of the course you will complete a placement, which could include supporting those with addiction, depression, sexual or physical abuse, anxiety, bereavement and trauma. You will be equipped to work with people who are in difficult or distressing circumstances or are dealing with challenging life events. You will develop strategies for self-care that enable you to be robust and resilient. This course is structured to support future applications for registration and individual accreditation with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and subscribes to the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions 2018.
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Applicants will normally be 21 or over at the start of the course.
Graduates are well placed to seek roles as a counsellor, working in settings such as work-based counselling, student counselling, primary practice, hospital, mental health and voluntary settings.