BSc (Hons) Counselling and Psychotherapy Principles and Practices with Foundation Year

Counselling leads to rewarding careers in people-focused professions and this course includes a Foundation Year stage if you don’t have the formal qualifications for direct entry to the honours degree.

Course description

If you have a passion for helping others and want to embark on a career in people-focused professions, then this counselling and psychotherapy course offers you an excellent starting point.

• A good application/performance will be taken into account if you do not meet the criteria/offer conditions
• Prepare for a wide variety of careers in people-focused occupations in fields such as health, social care, education and business
• Gain a solid platform for further postgraduate study so that you can qualify to practise as a professional counsellor or psychotherapist
• Learn from a team who are specialists in their therapeutic fields and whose research is shaping the future of the counselling profession
• The Foundation Year course leads on to the full BSc (hons) Counselling and Psychotherapy Principles and Practices degree.

The world of counselling and psychotherapy is constantly changing and this course has been specifically designed to reflect the demands of life and work in the 21st century. Drawing on our strong engagement with the professional bodies, it aims to meet the growing need for effective, skilled and forward-thinking counsellors and psychotherapists.

On completion of the Foundation Year you will then commence study on the full BSc (Hons) Counselling and Psychotherapy Principles and Practices degree.

Careers

With careers advice an integral part of your studies, this course equips you to compete effectively in the graduate careers market. After graduation from the full BSc (Hons) Counselling and Psychotherapy Principles and Practices degree you’ll have a wide range of options and could progress to roles within health and social care, counselling, psychotherapy and psychology.