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

University of Derby online learning

Bachelor's degree

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Online campus

    Yes

  • Delivery of study materials

    Yes

  • Support service

    Yes

  • Virtual classes

    Yes

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
Make the most of our excellent learning facilities on our Derby campus.
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.

About this course

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.

If you would like to take your qualifications to the next level and become a professional counsellor and/or psychotherapist, we offer a full range of postgraduate programmes including accredited MSc courses in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy and Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy.

These could pave the way to rewarding counselling and psychotherapy positions within the NHS, schools, colleges and universities, and any organisations which employ therapists as part of their occupational health portfolio. Some of the students who complete our postgraduate programmes also go on to develop their own private practice or advance to research degrees.

However, the transferable skills you gain on the BSc (Hons) Counselling and Psychotherapy Principles and Practices also mean that you could pursue careers in a wide variety of other professions where excellent people skills and emotional intelligence are valued, including nursing, social work, education, coaching, mental health, human resource management and marketing.

GCSE Maths and English are preferred, however if you don't have these qualifications you will be able to undertake Maths and English at L2 as part of your course of study.

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Subjects

  • Health and Social Care
  • Psychotherapy
  • Social care
  • Working in Health
  • Public Health
  • Psychological therapies
  • Therapies
  • Engagement
  • Care Management
  • Psychology
  • Methods in psychology

Course programme

What you will study

You’ll study modules such as:

Foundation Year
  • Work Based Learning
  • Working in Health & Social Care
  • Anti-Discriminatory Practice
  • Fundamental of Public Health and Study Skills.
  • Communication Skills.

The following modules in stages one, two and three are for the full BSc (Hons) Counselling and Psychotherapy Principles and Practices course which you will enter after completing your Foundation Year.

Stage one
  • History of Psychological Therapies
  • Human Engagement and Connections: Understanding Self in Relation to Other 1
  • Health and Social Care Settings, Contexts and Frameworks
  • Psychology in the Modern World
  • Developing Counselling Skills and Personal and Professional Development
  • Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology
Stage two
  • Psychotherapeutic Approaches and Professional Development Planning (PDP) - including a mandatory placement visit
  • Human Engagement and Connections: Understanding Self in Relation to Other 2
  • Meta-Awareness and the Unconscious
  • Qualitative Methods: The Individual in Society
  • Psychopathology: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Issues
Industrial Placement year (optional)

This course offers an ‘Industrial Placement Year’ giving you the opportunity to enhance your practical skills by putting theory into practice, network in your industry and stand-out in the graduate job market. The placement year takes place in your third year, once completed, you would return to University to complete your final year of studies.

Stage three
  • Dissertation and Professional Development Planning
  • Core Issues, Diversity and Debates
  • Counselling Skills
  • Negotiated Module
  • Coaching Skills
  • Counselling Children and Young People
  • Compassion Focused Approaches in Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Additional information

UK/EU fee - 
£9,250 per year* (2020/21)

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

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