Full time
1 year
16-SEP-24
MSc - Master of Science
Psychotherapy Counselling Skills (General)
Taught
This flexible course will enable you to advance your expertise in Counselling and Psychotherapy in the areas most relevant to your practice.
You will gain a deeper understanding of a range of psychological problems of varying degrees of severity and further develop your therapeutic skills.
To gain entry onto this course, you will need to be a qualified counsellor or psychotherapist and in practice.
You will:
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 quizzes and tests, and face-to-face and online discussion groups.
Summative assessment strategies will include:
Find out more about certain aspects of counselling with our short two-minute psychotherapy lectures from Dr Mark Widdowson, lecturer in counselling and psychotherapy at the University of Salford.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
You will be a practising Counsellor and/or Psychotherapist, with professional membership - this includes newly qualified counsellors. You will be motivated to study Counselling and Psychotherapy at an advanced level to deepen your knowledge and critical thinking skills.
Students can also exit with PGDip and PGCert awards.
For this course (per year)
£8,820
For this course (per year)
£16,380
Normally 2:2 Hons degree or equivalent is required. 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.
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