Psychotherapy and Counselling
Counsellors and psychotherapists are trained practitioners who work with people to help them make positive changes or enhance their wellbeing.
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Learn how to facilitate establishing a relationship of trust with your client and how to identify and explore patterns of belief and behaviour in their roles and relationships.
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The three-year part-time MA Art Psychotherapy course at the USW provides you with the fundamental training, skills and clinical experience to become a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered Art Psychotherapist.
Learn professional counselling skills through theoretical knowledge and practical experience in this BA Counselling and Therapeutic Practice. With real-life placements and a key focus on therapeutic relationship, self-awareness, ethics and various therapeutic styles, you’ll be all set for a fulfilling career in counselling.
The course will help to improve your employability potential by enhancing your communication skills, in addition to helping you prepare for further professional and academic training and development.
The MA Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy course facilitates students in developing a critically analytical and evaluative understanding of integrative counselling and psychotherapy theory and therapeutic practice.
This two-year part-time integrative counselling and psychotherapy course, is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), and emphasises the integration of theory, research, therapeutic practice, and a commitment to self-awareness, to help you develop into a professionally qualified counsellor and psychotherapist that is safe, ethical, anti-oppressive, relational and creative.
Our MA Music Therapy training is the only blended learning course running in the UK. It is designed to be accessible and broaden access to the Music Therapy profession. We want to support you to develop into the Music Therapist that is the right fit for you and your clients.
The MSc Play Therapy course provides theoretical and practical knowledge relating to play therapy, drawing on the experience and skills of qualified play therapists, as well as other creative therapists. The course team is actively engaged in clinical practice, and related research and publishing.
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100% of USW BA (Hons) Counselling and Therapeutic Practice students were satisfied with their course. (National Student Survey 2025)
Health Professions at USW is 2nd in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2026)
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top in UK
Health Professions at USW is top in the UK for value added (Guardian University Guide 2026)
Guardian University Guide 2026100% of USW BA (Hons) Counselling and Therapeutic Practice students were satisfied with their course. (National Student Survey 2025)
Health Professions at USW is 2nd in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2026)
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