Psychology with Counselling and Mental Health With Foundation Year (Hons) Arden University Online

Overview

Counselling and mental health take a person-centred approach, helping individuals explore their experiences and develop strategies to improve wellbeing. Professionals in these fields work across a variety of settings, including the NHS, schools, charities, youth and community services, and private practice.

Career prospects

Counselling is an area of psychology that takes a person-centred approach, assisting individuals to explore their experiences and develop strategies for tackling maladaptive thoughts and behaviours. Counsellors work in a wide range of professional settings including; in-house for profit and non-profit organisations, government departments, and in private practice.

With a specialised degree in psychology with counselling, you’ll have a qualification that shows your commitment to working in professional practice. The Psychology with Counselling and Mental Health With Foundation Year (Hons) at Arden University Online sets you up with a range of knowledge, skills, and abilities that will allow you to apply your learning confidently in your future career as a counsellor. Following BPS validation, the course will also open an exciting range of additional career paths in applied psychology.

After successfully completing your BSc (Hons) Psychology with Counselling and Mental Health with Foundation Year degree, you’ll have acquired a range of specialised skills that will demonstrate your drive and commitment to developing your career as a counsellor.

As well as graduating with the possibility of continuing on to further counselling related qualifications, such as psychotherapy or Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT), once accredited, this course will also give you eligibility to enrol on the British Psychological Society’s independent route to training as a counselling psychologist, or apply for a Doctorate in Counselling Psychology.

As well as roles in counselling, you’ll also graduate with skills that can be applied to a range of future career options including:

• Support Worker
• Nursing
• Mental health professional
• Human resource manager
• Careers adviser
• Journalist
• Marketing/advertising
• Police officer
• Social work