Counselling and Psychotherapy BSc (Hons)

This BSc (Hons) degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy provides a comprehensive training in essential counselling skills, ethical practice, and theoretical frameworks. You will develop self-awareness and confidence while learning to help individuals and groups navigate difficult experiences and process challenging emotions. The program emphasizes a humanistic philosophy grounded in social justice, encouraging a sensitive approach to issues of inequality. Teaching is delivered by experienced educators who are also active researchers and practicing counsellors, ensuring that learning is rooted in both theory and real-world professional practice. The curriculum includes an international perspective on mental health to broaden your understanding and approach.

Curriculum

The curriculum focuses on humanistic psychology, developing key professional and academic skills to prepare you for a career in counselling and psychotherapy. You will explore the politics of psychotherapy and critically examine mental health, understanding its connection to social inequality and personal transformation. The program is structured over three years of full-time study.

1. Year 1
   • Developing Empathic Listening Skills in a Helping RelationshipHUG1128
   • Humanistic Counselling and Psychotherapy
2. Year 2
3. Year 3

Careers

Upon completion of this degree, you will be equipped with the personal qualities and therapeutic skills necessary to support others. You can pursue opportunities in your own private practice or within counselling and psychotherapy organizations.

• Counsellor
• Psychotherapist