Doctor of Counselling Psychology

An intensive applied professional training programme accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). This course gives you a doctorate-level education and training in psychotherapy and applied psychology, leading to the award of Doctor in Counselling Psychology. It includes a comprehensive programme of taught modules, 450 hours of supervised counselling psychology practice in a range of placements, and a doctoral research thesis. Experts guide you through psychotherapeutic theory, personal and professional development, and clinical practice. Our course builds upon Counselling Psychology's existential-phenomenological base as it integrates: contemporary developments of relational psychotherapy high-quality research that applies to 'real world' contexts critical perspectives that deconstruct, decolonise, and reframe psychopathology the voices and knowledge of experts and those working across a range of related helping professions a caring ethos that brings together staff, students, external stakeholders, and the wider community.

Applicants are required to have the following: Graduate Basis for Chartership with the British Psychological Society, upper second class or first class degree in psychology, Certificate in Counselling Skills (comprising a minimum of 75 class hours), one year's experience of working in a one to one helping role. In addition, applicants must:be academically able to succeed at doctoral level and able to develop professional practice to doctoral level, have reached a level of maturity, which is not to do with age, to enable them to work with the emotional demands of vulnerable clients and the personal development aspects of the course, be open-minded and respectful of diverse views and perspectives, have the capacity for self reflection and be open to feedback from others, demonstrate a good level of interpersonal skills and sensitivity to othershave the ability to synthesise and communicate complex ideas both verbally and in writing.