Psychotherapeutic Counselling, MSc, University of Staffordshire

the United Kingdom

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The award	How you will study	Study duration	Course start	Domestic course fees	International course fees
MSc	Part-time	3 years	September	GBP 2040	GBP 0

About Psychotherapeutic Counselling, MSc - at University of Staffordshire

Offers a unique opportunity to gain experience and develop your professional knowledge and skills in Counselling under the guidance of highly qualified and committed staff.
Taught by highly experienced practitioners with diverse interests.
Uses an Integrative model, which allows us to study both unity between different theories, also looking at complexity and difference.

Psychotherapeutic Counselling courses at Staffordshire University offer two routes to professional qualification in counselling. For those studying at postgraduate level (L7), the MSc/Postgraduate Diploma Psychotherapeutic Counselling and for those studying at undergraduate level (L6), the Professional Diploma Psychotherapeutic Counselling.

The postgraduate and undergraduate levels are taught together but assessed differently to reflect the appropriate level that students have enrolled on. Transfer from Professional Diploma to MSc/Postgraduate Diploma is possible if consistently high marks are achieved in Year 1.

Both the MSc/Postgraduate Diploma and the Professional Diploma are British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy accredited and meet the standards of the BACP for counsellor training and education. The courses reflect the four elements of training: Theory, Counselling Skills, Professional Issues and Personal Development as outlined by the Association. The course contact hours may be counted towards meeting part of criterion 4 of the BACP Counsellor/Psychotherapist Accreditation scheme. The provision of these four elements builds on the student's ability to function as an effective, ethically aware counsellor in a structured and coherent way.

The MSc/Professional Diploma takes account of the move towards more integrative approaches to counselling, which better meet the needs of counselling clients in a multicultural and diverse society. Five different counselling approaches are taught: Person Centred, Cognitive Behavioural, Psychodynamic, Attachment and Systemic. Students are encouraged to reflect on their own integrative approach as this develops over the course.

Course Fees and Finance

The expected study pattern on this programme enables you to complete modules totalling 60 credits in your first year of study and the other 120 credits, split equally over your second and third years of study. If you follow this pattern of study you will pay a fee of £2,040 for your first year in 2017/18. The fee for your second and third year of study will be broadly the same, except that an inflationary uplift may apply.* You will be invoiced for the modules that you register for each year, so if your study pattern is different from the expected pattern, you will pay more or less each year accordingly.

If you would like to know more about the fees listed and what this means to you then please get in touch with our Enquiries Team.

* The fees listed are for the 2017/18 academic year only. Any subsequent years may be subject to an inflationary uplift.

Alumni Discount: If you have previously completed an undergraduate degree with us, you may be entitled to 15% off your course fee for any subsequent postgraduate taught course. For further information please contact Graduate Relations.'

Postgraduate Loans:

Providing you are studying towards a full Masters qualification you may be able to apply for a loan of up to £10,280 to help with tuition fees, maintenance and other associated costs. You won't have to start repaying the loan until you are earning more than (currently) £21,000 per year.

Course content

As a part-time student you will normally complete Stage 1 (Postgraduate Certificate) in Year 1, Stage 2 (Postgraduate Diploma) in Year 2, and Stage 3 (MSc) in Year 3.

The Postgraduate Certificate/ Postgraduate Diploma elements of this course all have four threads which run throughout the programme:

Counselling Theory and Research
Personal and Professional Development
Professional, Legal and Ethical Studies
Counselling Skills Practice and Development

You may progress to the MSc Psychotherapeutic Counselling on successful completion of the Postgraduate Diploma. The MSc will be awarded on successful completion of the Research Proposal module (15 credits) and the Dissertation module (45 credits).

Entry requirements

Candidates for the MSc should have a good Honours degree. We also welcome applications from those with other qualifications relevant to counselling, e.g., Registered Mental Health Nurse, Qualified Social Worker, etc. and from those with evidence of working at degree level via a post qualification portfolio.

Candidates must have successfully completed a Certificate in Counselling or equivalent.

Candidates are required to obtain a counselling placement whereby they undertake a minimum of 100 hours of supervised counselling practice during the course.

Candidates should also have a good standard of written and spoken English (IELTS 7.0 or equivalent).

The emotional maturity and resilience of prospective students will be assessed as part of the application and interview process.

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