Counselling and Psychotherapy (Top-Up)

Warwickshire College and University Centre
Undergraduate BSc (Hons) Full-time 1 Year MedicineCounselling, psychotherapy, and occupational therapy

About this course

This course is intended for students who are already qualified at level 5 (FdSc or FdA) in counselling and/or psychotherapy and who have completed an appropriately-supervised clinical placement of a minimum 100 hours.

Students taking this course are usually working in the sector and wish to study to honours level and beyond in order to enhance their academic status and/or employment and promotion prospects.

The taught sessions will be delivered at Royal Leamington Spa College or Pershore College with additional individual pastoral and dissertation tutorials. Considerable further commitment is required for self-directed study and assessment.

For the September 2025 intake, classes will be held on Mondays from 9.00am to 5.30pm.

This course is delivered and awarded by Warwickshire College and is regulated by the Office for Students (OfS).

For our Higher Education Terms and Conditions please visit https://wcg.ac.uk/page/701/terms-and-conditions

Study Options

This course is available in 2 study options:

Full-time Shown above

Duration: 1 Year

Qualification: BSc (Hons)

Location: Leamington Spa

Full-time Shown above

Duration: 1 Year

Qualification: BSc (Hons)

Location: Pershore

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

1172 Social services managers and directors
3219 Health associate professionals
2229 Therapy professionals
3214 Complementary health associate professionals
1231 Health care practice managers
2224 Psychotherapists and cognitive behaviour therapists

Course Details

Qualification
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
1 Year
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Leamington Spa
Scheme
Undergraduate
Subjects
Medicine, Counselling, psychotherapy, and occupational therapy