BA (Hons) Counselling Practitioner at Lincoln Bishop University

This programme is aimed at students who wish to become Counselling practitioners. The degree adopts a humanistic approach to counselling practice with an emphasis on embedding knowledge of integrating elements of the major theoretical approaches and counselling methodologies. Students develop theoretical knowledge, counselling skills and experience, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, research skills and critical awareness.

Duration: 3 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Lincoln, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1: Introduction to Counselling: History, Ethics and People, Introduction to Core Counselling Skills, Introduction to Person-Centred Theory and Skills, Online and Telephone Therapy (OTP) Counselling Skills, Using the Self in Counselling Practice and others. Year 2: Law and Ethics in Counselling practice, Developing the Relational Self through Reflective Practice, Counselling Approaches with Children and Young People, Theories of Human Development in Humanistic Counselling, Selected Humanistic Approaches, Research Skills and Methods and others. Year 3: Using Creative Approaches in Counselling Practice, Group Processes and Group Dynamics, Ethical and Practical Challenges in Counselling, Working with Specific Populations, Research Design and Proposal, Dissertation and others.

Career pathways

Counselling graduates have a variety of options available upon the completion of their degree, which include opening their own counselling practice, or counselling opportunities with sectors such as the NHS.

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