BSc Hons Critical Approaches to Counselling and Psychotherapy

This degree is for those who have a passion for helping others and wish to examine the social and political context of counselling. It will introduce you to a variety of counselling models and enable you to explore counselling and psychotherapy as a means of promoting social justice, with a key focus on community action. You will participate in personal development sessions to build your confidence, self-awareness and active listening skills, while learning how to facilitate groupwork and prepare for establishing and leading a community-based support group. The programme will equip you with the qualities and work-based skills needed to respond with empathy in a wide variety of roles supporting others, while encouraging your growth into a socially aware, politically engaged and empathically attuned graduate.