BA (Hons) Applied Psychosocial & Psychotherapy Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London

A multidisciplinary degree where you are taught counselling and psychotherapy practices but also learn about the social and cultural contexts of their production. This is an innovative multidisciplinary degree, concerned with the interrelationship between self, psyche and society. It promotes a psychosocial framework of understanding the interconnections between the personal and the social, inner and outer worlds, as well as the social conditions to mental health.

Faculty: School of Mind Body and Society  |  Department: Social, Individual and Community Wellbeing  |  Duration: 3 years full-time or up to 6 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules (compulsory modules): Contemporary Approaches to the Theory and Practice of Psychotherapy and Counselling, Theories of Individual Development, Culture and Identity, Critical Thinking, Researching our Lives and Worlds, Pathologies of the Modern Self, Applied Social Research Methods, Mental Health And Trauma: Critical and Clinical Explorations.

Career pathways

This programme will equip you with the broad range of complex skills and attributes increasingly required by employers, irrespective of whether you decide to proceed to a clinical training in some area of psychotherapy and counselling (eg Art Psychotherapy). Students graduating from the programme move on to a range of careers and employment areas including the public and voluntary/third sector in the areas of mental health, social care and education.

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