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.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Core Counselling Skills and Processes
- Researching with Small Samples
- Psychodynamic Counselling
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Life Span Development (Adulthood and Later Life)
- Life Span Development (Children and Young People)
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
Delivered
Campus Location
- London, United Kingdom
Disciplines
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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General requirements
- A LEVEL: Must include passes at A2 in at least two subjects.
- BTEC: Extended Diploma or Diploma
- IB: Diploma with 25 points including a minimum of 15 points at Higher Level.
- Tailored personal statement
- Reference
- Intake interview - criteria below:
- Self-awareness, maturity and stability
- Ability to make use of and reflect upon life experience
- Capacity to cope with the emotional demands of the course
- Ability to cope with the intellectual and academic requirement
- Ability to form a helping relationship
- Ability to be self-critical and use both positive and negative feedback
- Awareness of the nature of prejudice and oppression
- Awareness of issues of difference and equality
- Ability to recognise the need for personal and professional support
- Competence in, or the aptitude to develop generic professional skills, including literacy, numeracy, information technology, administrative skills, self-management skills, communication and interpersonal skills
Tuition Fees
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Applies to youNon-residents16020 GBP / year≈ 16020 GBP / year -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents9790 GBP / year≈ 9790 GBP / year
Living costs
London
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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