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MSc Advanced Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies (Supervision)

MSc Advanced Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies (Supervision)

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Full time | University of Salford | 1 year | 16-SEP-24

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

16-SEP-24

Key information
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Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Psychotherapy Counselling Skills (General) Supervisory Skills

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Structured around an in-depth clinical supervision training module, this flexible course will enable you to advance your expertise in Counselling and Psychotherapy in the areas most relevant to your professional practice.

The practice-based focus of the course will enable you to train as a clinical supervisor and further develop your therapeutic skills; applying what you learn in complex professional contexts.

The course further develops your critical understanding of the theoretical knowledge which underpins practice and enhances your ability to critically appraise research evidence.

Only fully qualified, professional counsellors or psychotherapists can apply for this course. If you are not qualified, please apply for the MSc/PGDip Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies (Professional Training). However, only fully qualified, professional counsellors or psychotherapists can apply for the MSc/PGDip Advanced Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies (Supervision).

You will:

  • Be equipped with advanced knowledge relating to Counselling and Psychotherapy through a flexible structure that enables you to tailor the course to best fit your professional training needs
  • Enhance your employment and earning prospects as a supervisor
  • Benefit from up-to-date thinking from experts in theory, practice and research

TEACHING:

This award is aimed at meeting the needs of qualified counsellors who have already completed professional training in counselling. Students select the combination of modules which is best geared to meeting their individual training needs. A variety of teaching and learning strategies will be employed, particularly:

  • Theory and practice related lectures
  • Experiential workshops
  • Experiential group work

ASSESSMENT:

The evaluation takes the form of formative and summative assessments. Formative assessments enable students to gauge their learning and development during the course of each module and to prepare them for summative assessment. Formative assessments vary from module to module and include peer and tutor review and feedback on the development of written work both in class and electronically online. The learning is experientially driven and enquiry-led, with opportunities review of assimilation of knowledge, critical skills and conceptualisations. Formative assessment is conducted via a range of methods such as reflective reviews, blogs, and face-to-face and online discussion groups.

Summative assessment strategies will include:

  • Written essays addressing issues of theory and practice
  • Portfolios addressing issues of theory and practice
  • Presentations (including poster presentations) addressing issues of theory and practice
  • Supervised research dissertation

WHAT YOUNEED TO KNOW

APPLICANT PROFILE

You will be a qualified Counsellor and/or Psychotherapist, with professional membership and at least a year of post-qualification practice. You will be motivated to train to be a clinical supervisor and study Counselling and Psychotherapy at an advanced level and to deepen your knowledge, practice and critical thinking skills. You may have aspirations to influence policy-making, commissioning and service delivery as well as to strengthen your own practice.

Students can also exit with PGDip and PGCert Awards

Modules

This module will facilitate your development of advanced ability to evaluate critically current research and to evaluate research methods used by others. The module will support you in developing a comprehensive understanding of a range of research techniques that can be applied to a variety of research or scholarly situations, and in strengthening your ability to critically appraise the purpose, process and products of research activity, with reference to the politics and ethics of research. The module will offer you opportunities to gain the ability to select, apply and critically appraise applied research techniques to explore identified questions, and will strengthen your capacity to reflect critically on your competence as a researcher and the implications for the development of this part of your role. A major change in the revised programme is making this module an option. We would strongly recommend taking this module if you plan to do primary research for your dissertation but if you intend to do a literature review then this module is helpful but not essential. This module is the School?s shared research methods module and the sessions are shared with a range of health and social care masters students. This module can be taken either in semester 1 or in semester 2.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£8,820

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£16,380

Entry requirements

Normally a 2:2 Hons degree or equivalent. Therefore, to gain entry onto this course, you will need to be a qualified counsellor or psychotherapist with a recognised counselling or psychotherapy professional membership (or evidence of eligibility to apply for recognised counselling or psychotherapy professional membership) and at least one year of post-qualification supervised practice. A recognised professional qualification in counselling or psychotherapy: this is a post-qualification course and those without a professional counselling or psychotherapy are not eligible to apply. If you are not qualified, please apply for the MSc/PGDip Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies (Professional Training). We welcome applications from students who may not have formal/traditional entry criteria but who have relevant experience or the ability to pursue the course successfully. The Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) process could help you to make your work and life experience count. The APL process can be used for entry onto courses or to give you exemptions from parts of your course. Two forms of APL may be used for entry: the Accreditation of Prior Certificated Learning (APCL) or the Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL).

University information

The University of Salford is an innovative, modern university located in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester. Students at Salford benefit from the expertise of top academics and an array of industry contacts on the university’s taught and research courses. Students who study at Salford will join a postgraduate community of more than 3,000 students from over 150 countries worldwide, contributing directly to the university’s domestic...more