Counselling (Hons) University of East London

Overview

The Counselling (Hons) course from University of East London integrates current therapeutic approaches in an innovative way to prepare you to become a skilled, competent and reflective practitioner. It offers you a rare opportunity to gain both a BACP-accredited academic degree and a professional qualification, and through 108 hours of placements, you'll be well on your way to becoming an accredited practitioner.

We'll give you in-depth knowledge of the four major psychotherapeutic approaches:

• Person-centred
• Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
• Psychodynamic
• Existential 

You will develop your understanding of the key feature of counselling - the therapeutic relationship between counsellor and client. In order to achieve this, you'll undergo personal therapy yourself, starting in year one. You'll also practise what you've learned in lectures through video-recorded counselling sessions in the UEL labs. We'll enhance your employment prospects by offering you work placements and a number of volunteering and community action projects.

Study our course and you can find yourself profoundly changing people's lives in a career that will give you incredible satisfaction and reward.

Your future career

A huge bonus of studying for this degree is that you will graduate from a BACP-accredited course, having acquired more than 100 hours of client-work experience.

You'll have a professional qualification, so you'll be able to go straight into employment, getting a job as a counsellor or even starting up your own private practice. That's how many of our graduates have begun their careers.

Other likely employment areas include charities, schools or NHS mental health services. You can work towards the full BACP accreditation of 450 hours of experience while working and getting paid.

This undergraduate course is ambitious and challenging and, when you've seen it through, you'll find yourself at a level that many other students can aspire to only at postgraduate level.

If you prefer to continue with your academic career, you'll be able to progress to postgraduate studies in psychotherapy, coaching or integrative coaching and counselling disciplines. Or you can go on to do a master's in Psychology. All these avenues will be open to you.