Course Summary

If you want to develop your helping skills in professional or voluntary roles, or eventually to train as a counsellor, our Certificate of Higher Education in Psychodynamic Counselling teaches the basic elements and skills of psychodynamic counselling. It can be taken as a progression route on to accredited clinical training, or as a course of study in its own right. The programme focuses on the development of the capacity for self-reflection, on how the inner and outer worlds relate to each other, how psychodynamic theory informs practice, and how social and organisational dynamics and factors affect the professional context in which counselling takes place. **Highlights** - Birkbeck is recognised as a centre of excellence for counselling courses. Our first counselling training was established in 1972. - You will study in a prestigious academic department which has an excellent reputation with employers. - The programme provides hands-on, practical experience, requires no prior training, and will teach you a variety of counselling and therapeutic approaches. - Our teachers are senior and experienced clinicians and active researchers.

Course Details - Modules

For information about course structure and the moules you will be studying, please visit Birkbeck’s online prospectus.

Course Details – Assessment Method

100% coursework, including assessment of counselling skills.

Course Details – Professional Bodies

Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.

How to Apply

Deadline are not listed for this Course. This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application Codes

Course code: Application Code are not listed for this Course.

Institution code: B24

Campus Name: Main Site

Campus code:

Points of Entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

International applicants

Standard Qualification Requirements


There are no formal entry criteria. In your application form you need to show an understanding of, and interest in, psychodynamic counselling. Relevant work experience is particularly important, especially for applicants without formal academic qualifications. All modules are taught at university level and you should be able to read, write and speak English fluently.

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

https://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/2022/undergraduate/programmes/UCHPSCSL_C/#entry-requirements

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

English language requirements

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Unistats information

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Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 0%

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Fees and funding

International 3375.0 Year 1
England 3375.0 Year 1
Northern Ireland 3375.0 Year 1
Scotland 3375.0 Year 1
Wales 3375.0 Year 1

Additional Fee Information

Students are charged a tuition fee in each year of their programme. Tuition fees for students continuing on their programme in following years may be subject to annual inflationary increases.

Provider information

Malet Street
Bloomsbury
London
United Kingdom
WC1E 7HX

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