MA Psychodynamic Counselling (3 year)

Postgraduate

In Colchester

£ 5,760 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Colchester

  • Duration

    3 Years

About the course
Do you want to pursue further training as a psychodynamic counsellor? Are you looking to broaden and deepen your practice?
This course offers a professional qualification to work therapeutically with children and adolescents

You gain thorough theoretical and practical training, including a supervised placement, enabling you to qualify as a counsellor


There are three training routes to the final qualification of MA Psychodynamic Counselling

The first year is provided by the Graduate Diploma, where you are learn about psychodynamic theory and its applications

If you're a psychology graduate, this is the ideal next step if you wish to progress in the field of psychodynamic counselling

It also provides a route to a counselling and psychotherapy qualification for professionals, such as teachers, social workers, nurses and care workers


Those who have a suitable diploma from elsewhere or who have completed our FdA/BA Therapeutic Communication and Therapeutic Organisations (TCTO) can potentially omit the Graduate Diploma year and be accepted into the second year


In the second year, you work towards our MA Psychodynamic Counselling

You receive clinical training to work with children and adolescents and the clinical experience through placements in agencies such as schools, voluntary organisations or other support services


A requirement of this course is that you are in personal therapy or counselling on a weekly basis


A variant offering training in work with adults is potentially available but is not currently expected to run in 2016/17

Facilities

Location

Start date

Colchester (Essex)
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Wivenhoe Park, CO4 3SQ

Start date

On request

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Course programme

Example structure
Postgraduate study is the chance to take your education to the next level. The combination of compulsory and optional modules means our courses help you develop extensive knowledge in your chosen discipline, whilst providing plenty of freedom to pursue your own interests. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible your core module structure may be subject to change.
You will study modules for the PG Diploma in your first year, before going on to study for your Masters-level qualification.
Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current postgraduate students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 1
Counselling Skills with Children and Adolescents
Counselling Contexts
Psychodynamic Observation
Psychodynamic Concepts
Personality Development
Personal Development
Organisational Dynamics - Theory
Readiness for Placement
Year 2
Psychodynamic Theory and Practice 1
Psychodynamic Theory and Practice 2
Applications of Research to Psychodynamic Practice
Personal Development
Professional Development 1
Final year
Advanced Counselling Theory and Practice
Different Approaches
Professional Development 2
Dissertation (Child)
Dissertation (Adult)
Teaching
Teaching takes place in relatively small seminars and fora, with a focus on group discussion
You also have a personal tutor who advises you about your work on an individual basis
Assessment
For most modules, assessment is by coursework only, typically an essay of between 3,000-5,000 words
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Our expert staff Our Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies is internationally recognised as one of the leading centres for work that focuses on the role of the unconscious mind in mental health, as well as in culture and society generally Our research and teaching is deeply grounded in knowledge deriving from clinical practice, to which our highest standards of academic thinking are then applied The Centre consistently achieves top ten rankings in the UK's research assessments, most recently in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework Being located within the UK’s leading university of the study of social sciences means you are surrounded by strong departments that fully support and enhance our work This allows you to gain the opportunity to work with and be taught by senior clinicians and world-class scholars in their fields Specialist facilities If you are studying within our Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, you will have access to our extensive facilities to aid your learning and research In particular, our Albert Sloman Library is well stocked with books, journals, electronic resources and major archives relevant to our work and, in addition, we have our own library of specialist books and journals We hold free evening Open Seminars on topics relevant to psychoanalysis which are open to students, staff and members of the public Your future Graduates from our Graduate Diploma Psychodynamic Counselling who do not continue in the training may well already be professionals, clinical and non-clinical, and will return to their existing fields, either in jobs or further training, and use their learning from the course to deepen their understanding of their work Graduates from our MA Psychodynamic Counselling are qualified counsellors who take up positions in many agencies providing counselling to young people Graduates from our Centre go on to a number of different destinations, including further study and training in psychoanalysis,...

MA Psychodynamic Counselling (3 year)

£ 5,760 + VAT