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Qualification: BA (Hons) Level 6
This final year of the 3-year full time degree course provides high quality professional counsellor training and is delivered by an experienced, practising team. It is ideal if you are looking to become an advanced clinical practitioner in Person Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy.
The course will provide you with a multi-disciplinary professional focus within a broad 'psy' industry such as psychopathology, developmental psychology, psychiatry and diagnostics. You will be required to attend college one full day per week.
This programme is quality assured by Middlesex University and you will receive a Middlesex award on successful completion.
Students who complete this BA and who have also completed our Dip. HE in Person Centered Counselling will be recognised as having completed a BACP (British Association for Counseling & Psychotherapy) accredited training course.
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If you have any questions about this course, please contact us.
Tel: 023 8048 4848Email: enquiries@southampton-city.ac.uk
You will cover personality development, psychopathology, skills practise, ethics, theory, and personal and professional development.
Modules include:
The course includes a clinical placement that lasts for the duration of the course. You will need to achieve 50 client hours in your placement. You will be expected to source this yourself, although we have a list of providers to help you with your search.
You will be required to attend City College one day per week and an annual summer school (3 days in August).
External commitments include:
Although this degree course carries part-time college attendance it holds full-time HE status because of the added external commitments.
You will be assessed in a variety of ways including: written essays, group and individual presentations, practise observations, tape evaluations and dissertation/viva. Assessments are carried out by tutors, peers and self.
Students applying for this course must have:
You will be required to attend a college interview prior to enrolling. Before your interview you will need to submit 4 small essays as follows:
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Please send all of the above to applications@southampton-city.ac.uk stating your full name and date of birth.
To your interview you will need to bring:
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Although our library is expansively stocked, as with all university courses you will need a book budget of around £100-150.
This programme is quality assured by Middlesex University and you will receive a Middlesex award on successful completion. Middlesex University, The Burroughs, Hendon, London NW4 4BT. Telephone 020 8411 5000
29 March 2023 16:00 - 19:00