Course Overview
This is a 4 year part-time degree and a recognised professional counselling qualification in which you will develop the skills and awareness necessary to be an effective and ethical counsellor in a range of settings.
A central feature of this programme is the emphasis on personal development and self-awareness, particularly in issues of equality, diversity and inclusion. Through a range of small and large group work, individual reflection, counselling practice and theoretical learning, you will develop the skills and awareness necessary to be an effective and ethical counsellor in a range of settings.
The course is firmly rooted in professional practice and you will undertake a minimum of 100 hours of practice in an agency of your choosing. This allows for rich learning and means you will already be embedded in the professional field, ready to start your career on graduation. Many of our graduates have found employment within their placement agencies and others have used them as a springboard into new roles.
Learning and Assessments
The programme is delivered by a team of experienced, practicing therapists and counselling trainers. Teaching and learning is done in small and large group work, self-directed research groups, lectures, counselling practice groups and self-development workshops. Alongside the core curriculum, you will have opportunities to identify your own learning needs and pursue your own interests. The University provides additional support with academic study skills.
There are no examinations as we use a joint, continuous assessment process with tutors and students, using a variety of different processes, including written work, observed practice, supervisor and agency reports, posters and presentations. Any work you do is self-assessed before it is assessed and marked by a tutor. You will have the opportunity to discuss feedback with the tutor.
University of Warwick was recently awarded Gold in all categories of the government's latest Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) rankings.
BACP accreditation
As a new degree, the course is working towards accreditation for British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)*.
*BACP requires new courses to be taught through once before accreditation can be finalised and approved. University of Warwick is in contact with the BACP accreditation team in their development and delivery of this new course. Their accreditation assessors are looking forward to visiting during the final year of the first cohort of students in order to complete the accreditation process. Although, there is no guarantee that the course will be accredited, BACP and the course team are working together towards this outcome and confidently anticipate that the course accreditation process will be completed by Summer 2025. This training course meets the training part of the eligibility criteria for graduates to become individual members of BACP and go on to become individually accredited by BACP.
