Part time
4 years
OCT
MSc - Master of Science
Psychotherapy
Taught
Course information
Person-centred therapy can be seen as an umbrella term referring to the variety of approaches grounded in the theoretical views of human nature and interaction originally developed by Carl Rogers, and others, in the 1940’s and 1950’s. This programme combines a dynamic mix of philosophical, theoretical, research and clinical based learning. The idea that no one model of therapy is superior informs a central view underpinning the programme which reflects the value of both single-orientation and pluralistic therapeutic practices for both therapist and client. Students can expect to actively engage with key elements of approaches such as classic client-centred, experiential process, existentially informed, focus-orientated, integrated and pre-therapy whilst holding at their core a continuing critical examination of the impact of their ‘way of being’ in relationships.
Professional Bodies
On successful completion of the programme, students will be awarded a MSc Person-Centred and Experiential Psychotherapy degree by Staffordshire University. The course is also professionally accredited by the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).
Placements
As part of training, students are required to secure suitable placements. SPTI works with many regional and national employers to provide placement opportunities for students. Through our Placement Co-ordinator, SPTI holds and develops a database of placement providers, and we’ll actively support you in your search. Each year, SPTI holds a placement fair where students are able to meet and make valuable contacts with placement providers as well as attending workshops on the day. Placement opportunities are posted on our student VLE, Moodle.
Course content
This programme exposes students to new developments within the person-centred and experiential therapies framework. There will be opportunities to explore person-centred expressive arts therapy, pre-therapy and contact work, relational depth in person-centred therapy and counselling with a range of client groups (including, although not restricted to, those experiencing depression, anxiety and panic, trauma, critical incident or Post Traumatic Stress, loss and bereavement, alcohol and drug issues, eating problems, self-injury, issues with gender and/or sexual identity). This will involve on-going critical reflection based within the person-centred model of integration which invites the testing out of ideas and/or therapeutic technique against the core concepts of person-centred philosophy and theory.
The basis is primarily humanistic and students are highly likely to share key values and beliefs from this strand of psychology. The humanistic framework developed in reaction to the behavioural and analytic emphasis of the time, incorporating and advancing aspects of these earlier traditions; emphasising ideas such as:
Teaching and Assessment
You will be taught by experienced practitioners through a combination of lectures, workshops, small group, and practical sessions. Small group sessions enable you to discuss and develop your understanding of topics covered in lectures. In addition, you will have timetabled meetings with your Personal Tutor twice a year.
For this course (per year)
£5,565
This course is not available to international students.
Entry is through submission of an application form, evidence of qualifications, 2 suitable references, a satisfactory criminal records check and a personal interview. The following requirements comply with both QAA and UKCP’s standards for training in psychotherapy: An undergraduate degree in psychology or a related discipline (for example, sociology, education, theology, philosophy), or; A non-relevant undergraduate degree with appropriate training or experience, or; A qualification or professional training/work-based portfolio in the helping professions evidencing study level equivalent to level 6 (for example, social work, psychiatric nursing, general nursing, teaching); A counselling diploma or equivalent qualification plus evidence of ability to study at level 6; Relevant work and/or life experience plus evidence of ability to study at level 6.