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Counselling and Therapeutic Studies Degrees

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.


Why study Psychotherapy and Counselling?

Put Theory into Practice

Undertake work placements to give you the confidence and skills ready to graduate.

Accredited Courses

Our Counselling and Therapeutic courses are accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Impressive Facilities

Our counselling students have access to an excellent suite of rooms for one-to-one skills practice as well as specialist resources for online learning.

Your Future

Graduates have found jobs as counsellors in the NHS, school-based counselling services, and voluntary bodies.

Psychotherapy and Counselling Courses

Art Psychotherapy - MA

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.

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Counselling and Therapeutic Practice - BA (Hons)

The Counselling and Therapeutic Practice degree offers the learning and training you need to become a professional Pluralistic counsellor, working with an integrative model. You will study a range of traditional 'talking therapies', as well as creative and contemporary approaches working both face-to-face and online with clients.

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Counselling Psychology - DPsych

The HCPC approved and BPS accredited Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology is the first of its kind in Wales, offering training in three therapeutic modalities, Humanistic Relational Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy, and Systemic practice.

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Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy - MA

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.

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Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy - PGDip

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.

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Integrative Counselling Skills - PGCert

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. Successful completion of this counselling course can lead onto our BACP Accredited MA/PG Diploma Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy.

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Music Therapy - MA

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.

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Play Therapy - MSc

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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Study the relevance of wider networks such as family, professionals and communities with your clients, and consider their problems in the context of their lives and living.


Why USW?

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  • Top in Wales for student satisfaction in Counselling, Psychotherapy and Occupational Therapy (Complete University Guide 2023)

  • Have access to an excellent suite of rooms for one-to-one skills practice as well as specialist resources for online learning

Why USW?

Rated Top

in Wales for student voice (National Student Survey 2023)

  • Top in Wales for student satisfaction in Counselling, Psychotherapy and Occupational Therapy (Complete University Guide 2023)

  • Have access to an excellent suite of rooms for one-to-one skills practice as well as specialist resources for online learning


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