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    MSc 3 years part-time

Course Description

The course will provide in-depth clinical training which integrates theory and best practice from a suitable range of psychotherapeutic and counselling approaches, framed distinctively by a holistic view of the self and human experience. The course will include a supervised clinical placement which requires a minimum of 100 hours of therapeutic client work during the master’s programme, as well as a balance of teaching and learning in theory, professional knowledge, and individual development.

You will increase your self-awareness during both your professional and personal development, as you build the skills in an intellectually stimulating, learning experience that will equip you to work with people with a range of needs. There is also a research opportunity, supported by our highly qualified team of academic staff.

Entry Requirements

2:i (BA/BSc Honours or equivalent) in psychology, social sciences, arts-related subject; basic counselling skills training and evidence of experience, of forming and sustaining helping relationships (either employed or voluntary).

Where appropriate, applicants with significant relevant study and professional and personal development qualifications and experience which does not equate to 2.i level, will be considered on a case by case basis.

Complete an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check through Warwick. If during the processing of the DBS check it becomes clear that you have lived for six months or more in a different country in the past five years, then we will also add the condition to provide an original overseas police check from that country.

Demonstration of personal and practical readiness to train as a practising psychotherapist or psychotherapeutic counsellor.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

We offer a variety of postgraduate funding options for study at the University of Warwick, from postgraduate loans, university scholarships, fee awards, to academic department bursaries.

Student Destinations

Our approaches to therapy are geared to the current economic climate, graduates may have the opportunity to work within a range of sectors:

  • NHS and community roles
  • Work within the third sector/private sector - (GP Surgeries, Hospices, Survivors of Domestics Abuse or Substance).

On completion of the Master’s and required hours via the UKCP either during the Master’s programme or during the post-Master’s Accreditation Programme, graduates can register as a qualified Psychotherapeutic Counsellor.

Module Details

Core modules

Throughout this degree, you will take 60 credits per year.

Year One

  • The Psychotherapeutic Relationship 1: Introduction to Theory (20 credits)
  • The Psychotherapeutic Relationship 1: Introduction to Practice (20 credits)
  • The Psychotherapeutic Relationship 1: Introduction to Individual Development (20 credits)

Year Two

  • The Psychotherapeutic Relationship 2: Development of Theory, Practice and Individual Development (40 credits)
  • Research in Professional Practice (20 credits)

Year Three

  • The Psychotherapeutic Relationship 3: Integration of Theory, Practice and Individual Development (20 credits)
  • Dissertation (40 credits)

Year 4-5

  • Accreditation Completion Program

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