MSc Psychotherapy and Counselling - Contemporary Creative Approaches

What are the benefits of different approaches in counselling and psychotherapy? Find out as you explore contemporary creative and verbal approaches to psychotherapy.

We offer a practical approach to training suitable for new and advanced practitioners. You’ll explore the benefits of creative arts as therapy. See how to use drawing, painting, guided imagery, movement, drama, writing, poetry and sculpture. We offer a financial contribution of up to £1,200 towards the cost of personal therapy and clinical supervision.

Our two-year psychotherapy and counselling Masters draws upon psychology, neuro-psychotherapy, neuroscience and biosciences to reflect the scientific content required in psychotherapy training. You’ll also look at developmental psychology, humanistic and attachment theories, and abnormal and clinical psychology.

We’ll support you to work at emotional depth with people in psychological distress as you develop your practice. You’ll work with children, young people and adults in a series of work placements and experiences. Graduate with the expertise you need to pursue professional accreditation.

Your future career

You’ll graduate with the skills and expertise you need to enter practice as a psychotherapist. You’ll have the group and individual therapy experience employers are looking for.

Your MSc Psychotherapy and Counselling – Contemporary Creative Approaches degree can open the doors to private practice and the public sector as well as charities and non-profit organisations. You can explore options in mental health services, the third sector, and the corporate world. Possible career areas include roles within:

• NHS
• charities
• employee assistance and wellbeing programmes
• youth justice
• social care
• probation
• pastoral support in schools
• advocacy and special educational needs
• health and social welfare
• leadership and workforce development

The programme is approved by the UKAHPP (the UK Association for Humanistic Psychology Practitioners).

You should have a degree equivalent to UK first-class or upper second-class honours (2:1 or above) in either counselling and/or psychotherapy or a cognate discipline which has a focus on supporting and developing individual growth and expression and psychological mindedness. Relevant subjects include care work, community arts, dance, education, music, nursing, psychology, social work, sport, theatre studies or visual arts. Students with lower degree classifications and/or demonstrable practice experience may be admitted at the faculty’s discretion, subject to the production of additional written evidence of your ability to study at Master’s level. An interview forms part of the selection process.