Doctor of Counselling Psychology

Bristol, UWE

An intensive applied professional training programme accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). This course gives you a doctorate-level education and training in psychotherapy and applied psychology, leading to the award of Doctor in Counselling Psychology. It includes a comprehensive programme of taught modules, 450 hours of supervised counselling psychology practice in a range of placements, and a doctoral research thesis. Experts guide you through psychotherapeutic theory, personal and professional development, and clinical practice. Our course builds upon Counselling Psychology's existential-phenomenological base as it integrates: contemporary developments of relational psychotherapy high-quality research that applies to 'real world' contexts critical perspectives that deconstruct, decolonise, and reframe psychopathology the voices and knowledge of experts and those working across a range of related helping professions a caring ethos that brings together staff, students, external stakeholders, and the wider community.

School of Health and Social Wellbeing