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Degree Programme Table: Counselling (Interpersonal Dialogue) (MCouns) (Full-time) - 2 years (PTMCOCOUIP1F)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2

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

Notes:
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
Between Counselling and Research 1: Approaches, Issues and Debates (L12)
CNST12007 20 credits
Developing Narratives of Self
CNST11041 20 credits
The Group in the Development of the Self and Others : A Person-Centred Perspective (MCouns)
CNST11042 20 credits
Ethics in Counselling Practice
CNST11081 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:
Students wishing to transfer to the Doctorate in Psychotherapy and Counselling should ensure that they meet the requirements of that programme as outlined in the Degree Programme Table and Programme Handbook as additional requirements apply.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
From Two Person to Three Person to the Group: A Psychodynamic Perspective
CNST11043 20 credits
MSc Dissertation (Counselling)
CNST11014 60 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
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