Graduate Diploma Psychodynamic Counselling
Postgraduate
In Colchester
Description
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Type
Postgraduate
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Location
Colchester
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Duration
9 Months
About the course
Are you interested in how people develop and how they relate to each other, both personally and in organisations? Do you want to make a start on pursuing a training to work therapeutically with children and adolescents/adults?
Taught at our Colchester Campus, this course offers a grounding in psychodynamic theory and its applications
It can be pursued in its own right if you're interested in the psychodynamic approach but also constitutes the first year of our Grad Dip/MA training in Psychodynamic Counselling (if you have taken our FdA/BA Therapeutic Communication and Therapeutic Organisations (TCTO) course you can enter the MA direct)
If you're a psychology graduate, this course 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
It is not possible to study via distance learning on this course
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
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Course programme
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.
For many of our courses you’ll have a wide range of optional modules to choose from – those listed in this example structure are, in many instances, just a selection of those available. 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
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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Graduate Diploma Psychodynamic Counselling