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Degree Programme Table: Psychotherapy and Counselling (DPsych) - 4 Years (Full-time) (PTDPYPSYCO2F)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

Notes:
Progression Requirements
1. Readiness for Counselling Practice (CNST11098) must be passed in order to commence Counselling and Psychotherapy Placement 1A (CNST12021).
2. Counselling and Psychotherapy Placement 1A (CNST12021) must be passed to allow progression to Year 2 of the programme.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
The Counselling Relationship: Theory, Practice and Process (MCouns)
CNST11040 20 credits
Beginnings in Counselling Practice
CNST11061 20 credits
Developing Narratives of Self
CNST11041 20 credits
Ethics in Counselling Practice
CNST11081 20 credits
Between Counselling and Research 1: Approaches, Issues and Debates (L12)
CNST12007 20 credits
The Group in the Development of the Self and Others : A Person-Centred Perspective (MCouns)
CNST11042 20 credits
Counselling and Psychotherapy Placement 1A
CNST12021 10 credits
Counselling and Psychotherapy Placement 1B
CNST12023 10 credits
Readiness for Counselling Practice
CNST11098 20 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

Notes:
Exit Award
Students who complete all the course work and professional requirements of the first two years of the full-time programme may exit with the award of Pg Diploma in Counselling. This is both an academic and a professional qualification at postgraduate diploma level.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
From Two Person to Three Person to the Group: A Psychodynamic Perspective
CNST11043 20 credits
Transitions, Endings and Beginnings
CNST12012 20 credits
Psychological vulnerabilities and distress in counselling practice
CNST11062 20 credits
Between Counselling and Research 2: Qualitative Methodologies
CNST12013 20 credits
Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice 2
CNST12019 20 credits
Counselling and Psychotherapy Placement 2
CNST12017 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Professional Counselling and Psychotherapy Programmes - Level 11 options

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These optional courses are only available to students entering or joining Year 2 of the full-time Doctorate in Psychotherapy and Counselling from 2027/8 onwards. Students who commenced Year 2 earlier than 2027/28 have already achieved sufficient credits during Year 1 of their studies.
Counselling across languages and cultures
CNST11090 20 credits
Counselling Across Borders
CNST11095 20 credits
Queering Health and Social Sciences: LGBTQIA+ Perspectives
CNST11096 20 credits
Decolonising Self, Therapy and Society: Psychosocial Reflections
CNST11099 20 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Professional Accreditation and Personal Development
CNST12014 20 credits
Practice Seminar in Counselling and Psychotherapy
CNST12015 20 credits
Counselling and Psychotherapy Placement 3
CNST12016 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
DPsychotherapy Thesis
CNST12010 180 credits
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