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Counselling and Psychotherapy (Professional Practice)

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112 UCAS tariff points

112 UCAS Points from Approved Access to HE Diploma

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

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Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Subjects

Psychotherapy

Counselling

Human relationships are at the heart of almost every aspect of our personal and working lives. Training to be a professional counsellor develops your understanding of effective relationships and enables you to help people who are struggling with themselves or with others to find their own ways to transform their situation.

This course offers you the opportunity to graduate as a highly skilled professional counsellor, with many exciting and rewarding career paths open to you. The course meets the training requirements for professional registration with the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), and opens the progression route to individual BACP accreditation.

The course is structured around modules that deliver professional training components, and that broaden and deepen your understanding of counselling-related issues. You will develop your competence in working with the person-centred counselling approach, and you will develop a wide range of professional skills, including communication, reflective practice and self-awareness, research skills, mindfulness and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).

At the end of the second year you can choose to transfer to the non-qualifying degree, the BSc (Hons) Counselling and Psychotherapy: Theoretical Studies, which has a greater focus on research and does not include the professional placement.

Modules

During your first year of study, you will undertake modules such as Counselling and Psychotherapeutic Approaches, Mindfulness and Wellbeing, Therapy, Ethics and Human Rights. Your first year will introduce you to counselling theory and practice and will enable you to establish and develop your counselling skills. In your second year, you will study modules such as Preparation for Practice, Professional Issues, Ethics and Supervision and Practice-Based Reflection and Research. Your second year consolidates and deepens your counselling skills and prepares you thoroughly for professional practice on your placement. The main focus of your third and final year is the supervised professional placement. Examples of modules in your third year could include: Expressive Therapies, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Counselling and Psychotherapy for Children and Young People.

Assessment methods

Assessment methods will vary depending on the modules you choose. You can expect:
Essays 50%
Practical skills assessments 25%

The remaining 25% will be split between:
Group work
Presentations
Reflective writing

The Uni


Course location:

University of Salford

Department:

School of Health and Society

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

74%
Psychotherapy
74%
Counselling

How do students rate their degree experience?

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Counselling, psychotherapy and occupational therapy

Teaching and learning

81%
Staff make the subject interesting
83%
Staff are good at explaining things
82%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
81%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

72%
Library resources
85%
IT resources
81%
Course specific equipment and facilities
63%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

100%
UK students
0%
International students
14%
Male students
86%
Female students
84%
2:1 or above
4%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

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C
C

After graduation


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Counselling, psychotherapy and occupational therapy

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£22,000
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Average annual salary
95%
low
Employed or in further education

Top job areas of graduates

33%
Health professionals
27%
Therapy professionals
6%
Health associate professionals

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Counselling, psychotherapy and occupational therapy

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

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£25k

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