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Psychotherapeutic Counselling

MSc, Postgraduate Diploma (PgD), Professional Diploma

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Key Features

Offers a unique opportunity to gain your experience and develop your professional knowledge and skills in Counselling under the guidance of highly qualified and committed staff.
Taught by highly experienced psychologists 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 a professional qualification in counselling. For those studying at postgraduate level (M), the MSc/Postgraduate Diploma Psychotherapeutic Counselling and for those studying at undergraduate level (H) the Professional Diploma Psychotherapeutic Counselling

Both routes aim to meet the standards of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy for counsellor training and education. The course reflects 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 the more integrative approaches to counselling, which better meet the needs of Counselling clients in our present day multicultural and diverse society.

What you do

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.

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).

The Postgraduate Certificate/ Postgraduate Diploma/ Professional Certificate/ Professional Diploma elements of this course all have four threads running continuously throughout the programme:

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

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Qualification:	MSc, Postgraduate Diploma (PgD), Professional Diploma
Faculty/School:	Faculty of Sciences
Location:	Stoke Campus
Course Start:	Course start date: September each year Course end date: MSc - September 3 years following commencement PGDiploma - July 2 years following commencement
Course Length:	MSc: Three years part-time Diploma: Two years part-time
Attendance:	As a part-time student you will attend university one day a week. Please contact Faculty of Sciences Recruitment Centre for more information. In addition there is one compulsory residential weekend and two Saturday workshops.
Entry Requirements:	Candidates for the MSc should have a good Honours degree. We also welcome applications from those with 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 for both the Postgraduate and Professional route. Candidates must obtain a counselling placement whereby they can undertake a minimum of 150 hours of supervised counselling practice during the course. Candidates should also have a good standard of written and spoken English (IELTS 6.0 or equivalent). This course is designed for emotionally mature students.
Application:	Application is by our online application form, alternatively for a postal application pack please contact our Course Enquiries department. Your application should be accompanied by two references and copies of previous academic qualifications, these can be either be sent by post or by email to scienceadmissions@staffs.ac.uk.
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