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Undergraduate courses
Counselling
Help people change their lives
Discover our Counselling courses here, or apply now through Clearing.
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Learn counselling theory, apply your skills on placements and discover how you can make a difference to others.
We have been helping Counselling students realise their potential and make a real difference for over 30 years. Studying a Counselling course can be a first step towards a career as a counsellor. It can also lead to opportunities in other industries including careers advice, youth and social work, and life coaching.
95%
Counselling students responded with a 95% positivity score for how good teaching staff are at explaining things. (National Student Survey 2024)
Courses
Counselling and Mental Health BA (Hons)
Develop the knowledge and awareness you need to help people in different situations. With placements every year and weekly skills practice, you will learn how to apply your knowledge and skills in professional settings. We have been teaching...
Placements
Placements are your chance to start building a professional network and apply what you have learnt. You will undertake placements every year. By the time you graduate you will have at least 110 hours of experience to include on your CV.
We will encourage you to find and apply for your own placements, but we will support you every step of the way. You can look through our database of placements to develop ideas about where you might want to apply to and we can give you any advice you need.
Weekly skills practice
When it comes to counselling and mental health, there are many active listening skills that can help you to build a therapeutic relationship built on unconditional acceptance, empathy and authenticity. We will help you develop these abilities and hold weekly sessions for you to practise them with your peers. We will cover topics such as:
- Working with silence, questions, reflections and paraphrasing
- Effective structuring and facilitation of a therapeutic relationship
- Understanding relational depth and advanced empathy
- Ethical issues and dilemmas
- Developing an integrative approach to practice
- Applying different counselling and mental health theories
Specialist spaces
You will have access to specialist training spaces for practising the skills we teach you. You will be encouraged to record your skills sessions to playback later. Doing this will allow you to reflect on your practice and highlight your strengths and weaknesses.
