MSc in International and Cross Cultural Counselling Studies

The University of Edinburgh

This programme equips you with critical perspectives and cultural awareness in relation to counselling and psychotherapy practice in our increasingly globalised and diverse world. Counselling and psychotherapy are growing in popularity across the globe however, not enough attention has been paid to how this discipline might work in differing contexts and with diverse populations.As a primarily Western area of study, there are inherent biases and cultural viewpoints present in this field. In this programme you will be encouraged to question the colonial, ethnocentric, and heteronormative assumptions that underlie many psychotherapeutic practices. Drawing on contemporary perspectives, post/decolonial approaches, and social theory, you will challenge traditional discourses of suffering and healing.Interdisciplinary, arts-based, experiential, and embodied pedagogic and research practices are integral to the programme.

University of Edinburgh