PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELLING BSc Honours
Course summary
Our Psychology and Counselling BSc Honours is accredited by the British Psychological Society. It provides you with a broad contemporary education in psychology and counselling within a vibrant, global learning environment situated in the heart of London.
Our course team includes qualified and practising counsellors and psychotherapists who are passionate about sharing their experience, knowledge and skills of therapy.
Our programme of study has been designed to meet the requirements for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society. This aspect will prepare you for postgraduate training on the path to becoming a Chartered Psychologist.
In addition to psychology, you’ll study counselling and psychotherapeutic theories and approaches, and you’ll have the opportunity to develop practical skills such as active listening and effective questioning. Our course is also designed to help you to think creatively and critically, developing the problem-solving skills that will enable you to apply psychology and counselling to address a wide range of personal, professional and societal needs.
There will also be trips organised throughout the course with previous trips including visits to the Freud Museum, the Wellcome Trust, and the Bethlem Museum. In addition to this, film nights will be organised focusing on the themes of psychology and counselling.
Our Psychology and Counselling BSc offers you the opportunity to follow your own interests through an attractive range of option modules. A distinctive feature of the option modules we offer is that the majority are focused on professional practice. This provides you not only with a chance to specialise, but also to investigate potential career paths as a graduate psychologist.
On graduation, you’ll be suitably equipped to embark on professional training in counselling psychology and psychotherapy, as well as to work in a wide range of professional settings. Our Psychology and Counselling BSc provides a pathway towards personal and professional growth and development.
Career development
Our Psychology and Counselling BSc Honours course is accredited by the professional body that oversees psychology in the United Kingdom, the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Providing you meet the minimum standard of a Lower Second Class Honours level you are eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartered (GBC) membership of the BPS. GBC is the first stage necessary for becoming a chartered practitioner in the areas of counselling psychology, clinical psychology, forensic psychology, educational psychology, health psychology, occupational psychology and sport and exercise psychology.
As well as careers in psychology, counselling and psychotherapy, the Psychology and Counselling course is suitable for careers in teaching, health and social care, human resources, advertising, marketing and business.
Job roles
This course will prepare you for roles such as:
- Coach
- Counselling psychologist
- Counsellor
- Psychotherapist
Graduate employment
Graduates from this course have found employment in areas including:
- NHS
- Education
- Private practice
- University counselling services
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