MSc Psychotherapy at University of Brighton

Programme overview

The Psychotherapy MSc enables graduates of our postgraduate diplomas in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy and Humanistic Counselling and Psychotherapy to further their professional and academic training. The MSc involves two further years of study in which you build on your chosen theoretical base and develop ways of working with complex presentations of human distress. You also develop skills in research design and implementation specific to the profession of psychotherapy.

Faculty: School of Humanities and Social Science | Department: Counselling and Psychotherapy | Duration: part-time: 2 years | Study mode: part-time | Location: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

You are required to regularly undertake supervised clinical practice under a supervisor in an approved setting. You must also take weekly psychotherapy yourself with an UKCP psychotherapist. Membership to the UPCA is required from the start of the course. Successfully completing the credit-bearing modules means you'll achieve a total of 110 credits. This module will enhance your clinical practice by extending the competence you have developed in thinking and working within a psychological paradigm. Modules include Systems, Self and Social Context, Implications of Neuroscience for Psychotherapy: Mind, Brain and Body, Complex Presentations in Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy Practice and Models of Change, Dissertation, Psychotherapy Practice and Supervision (no credit rating), Lab facilities, Life lab, City lab, Design lab.

Career pathways

The MSc will qualify you to work as a psychotherapist in either humanistic or psychodynamic counselling, depending on your chosen specialism. To facilitate your career progression, we recommend that you join the main local counselling organisation, Sussex Counselling and Psychotherapy, which provides a professional network as well as regular seminars and workshops.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Degree and experience. Applicants will have a postgraduate diploma in psychotherapeutic counselling which is equivalent to 120 masters level credits. The MSc is a continuation of our postgraduate diplomas in Humanistic Counselling and Psychotherapy and in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy. Applications are welcome from students with a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy from other universities. English language requirements. If English is not your first language, IELTS 6.5 overall, with 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in the other elements. Application process. Step 1. Submit your completed application in good time. Your referee/s will be contacted automatically after you apply, and they will need to respond by 31 January. Ensure that you accurately record all relevant completed or pending qualifications – scan and attach your certificates. If you are a graduate of the PGDip from the University of Brighton then you need only provide one reference from your supervisor. If you are an external applicant, you will need to provide a further reference. Alert your referee/s that they should receive an email request and to check all email folders. Please note that is up to you to follow up with your referee/s to ensure references are submitted before the deadline of 31 January.

Duration: part-time: 2 years

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