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Psychodynamic Counselling

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About this course


Course option

2years

Part-time | 2024

Subjects

Counselling

Social psychology

If you want to develop your helping skills in professional or voluntary roles, or eventually to train as a counsellor, our Certificate of Higher Education in Psychodynamic Counselling teaches the basic elements and skills you will need. It can be taken as a progression route on to accredited clinical training, or as a course of study in its own right.

The course focuses on the development of the capacity for self-reflection, on how the inner and outer worlds relate to each other, how psychodynamic theory informs practice, and how social and organisational dynamics and factors affect the professional context in which counselling takes place.

**Highlights**

- Birkbeck is recognised as a centre of excellence for counselling courses. Our first counselling training was established in 1972.

- You will study in a prestigious academic department which has an excellent reputation with employers.

- The course provides hands-on, practical experience, requires no prior training, and will teach you a variety of counselling and therapeutic approaches.

- Our teachers are senior and experienced clinicians and active researchers.

**Careers and employability**

This certificate is a valuable first step for graduates to pursue career paths or further training in counselling/psychotherapy (but is not in itself a training).

We offer a comprehensive careers service - Careers and Enterprise - your career partner during your time at Birkbeck and beyond. At every stage of your career journey, we empower you to take ownership of your future, helping you to make the connection between your experience, education and future ambitions.

Modules

For information about course structure and the moules you will be studying, please visit Birkbeck’s online prospectus.

Assessment methods

100% coursework, including assessment of counselling skills.

Tuition fees

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England
£4,025
per year
International
£4,025
per year
Northern Ireland
£4,025
per year
Scotland
£4,025
per year
Wales
£4,025
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Birkbeck, University of London

Department:

Birkbeck Centre for Counselling

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

71%
Social psychology

How do students rate their degree experience?

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Counselling

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This is usually because there were too few respondents in the data we receive to be able to provide results about the subject at this university.


Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

98%
UK students
2%
International students
17%
Male students
83%
Female students

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

C
B
C

Others in psychology

Teaching and learning

76%
Staff make the subject interesting
71%
Staff are good at explaining things
76%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
59%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

41%
Library resources
56%
IT resources
41%
Course specific equipment and facilities
6%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

96%
UK students
4%
International students
24%
Male students
76%
Female students
87%
2:1 or above
25%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

B
B
C

After graduation


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Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Counselling, psychotherapy and occupational therapy

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Others in psychology

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£26k

£26k

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