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Full time
3 years
SEP-25
DPsych - Doctor in Psychology
Counselling Skills (General) Psychology
Develop doctoral level research skills and take rigorous training in clinical practice with our Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology. You will study at doctoral level, gaining the relevant practical skills and knowledge to become an effective and ethical practitioner psychologist.
If you want to become an ethical, reflective and professional practitioner of counselling psychology, our doctorate degree is ideal. You will want to provide psychological services that draw on evidence-based psychological practice. You will be motivated to work on complex issues with individual adults and children, couples, families, groups and organisations.
The Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology is a three year full time programme of study. The programme is approved by the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC), the statutory regulator for Practitioner Psychologists in the UK, and is also accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Career:
The Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology gives you a strong foundation for a fulfilling career in modern counselling psychology.
You will receive personalised career guidance from staff involved in reviewing your practice placement work and professional development.
Our clinical practice graduates have progressed to lead services, with many providing placements and supervision. Others have gone into teaching and academia.
Recent graduates from this programme have secured work in:
the National Health Service (NHS)
the independent hospital sector
academia
Her Majestys Prison Service (HMPS)
occupational health organisations
charities
government
private practice and consultancy.
Clinical placements
You will have different clinical placements during your time on the programme. This is usually a minimum of two days per week.
The aim of the module is to enhance trainee's self-awareness, interpersonal skills and ability to process group dynamics individually and as a group. Through this module trainees will have the opportunity to understand how they present themselves in a group.
This is one of six research modules in the programme. With guidance from your research supervisor you will progress through the stages of ethical approval, recruitment and data collection, and potentially data analysis. You will also give a presentation on your research in progress.
This module provides you with an introduction to working therapeutically with neuropsychological presentations and neurodiverse clients. You will develop your clinical skills in assessment, formulation, and treatment. You will also develop skills and competency in delivering, scoring, interpreting and critically evaluating a psychometric cognitive ability test for use in clinical practice.
The aim of this module is to further develop your self-awareness, interpersonal skills and ability to work with group dynamics. You will have opportunities to understand how you present yourselves in a group and your ways of communicating with others. This will enable you to take responsibility for the impact of your communications, boundaries, limitations, and strengths.
This module provides the opportunity for you to expand your learning about anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practice, social justice, difference and diversity. It will provide an opportunity for you to develop your clinical skills and knowledge about cross cultural engagement and cultural sensitivity.
This is one of six research modules taught during the programme. They have been designed to support you along your research journey, from the conception of ideas, planning, getting approval for and conducting your study, to writing up and presenting your work.
This module seeks to support you in advancing the development of your professional skills as counselling psychologists in your final year of training, and to facilitate your transition to work in professional contexts post-qualification.
This core module has been designed to introduce you to the unique roles and responsibilities of supervisor, consultant, leader and trainer in the field of counselling psychology. The module introduces you to the skills and knowledge required in these areas, as well as to some of the key tools you will need.
This module supports and challenges students to appropriately situate, develop, evaluate and give a robust account of their own practice in relation to theories of integration, eclecticism and pluralism.
For this course (per year)
£13,100
For this course (per year)
£17,300
A 2:1 honours degree or above which confers the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) with the British Psychological Society (BPS) (see below) or other first degree with relevant conversion course. The evidence would normally be in the form of a letter from the BPS confirming that you are a Graduate Member and that you have been granted GBC. If you are unsure whether your undergraduate degree confers GBC then please contact the BPS for clarification. If you are currently completing a relevant BPS accredited course you will need to have applied for and been granted Graduate Membership conferring GBC with the BPS, by the commencement of the programme.
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Part time | 1 year | SEP-25