Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy
Goldsmiths, University of LondonPostgraduate MA Full-time 2 Years MedicineCounselling, psychotherapy, and occupational therapy
About this course
This programme is ideal if you wish to qualify and pursue a career as a professional counsellor. It's designed to enable you to develop as a reflective counselling practitioner. This is a psychodynamic course, aimed to give students solid theoretical foundations as well as basic counselling skills in psychodynamic counselling and psychotherapy. It combines classical with contemporary psychodynamic theory and has a strong emphasis on issues relating to diversity and multiculturalism in theory and practice. The curriculum focuses on psychodynamic, psychoanalytic and relational psychoanalytic perspectives. Through engagement in a range of learning contexts, including lectures, group seminars, therapeutic skills practice workshops, creative workshops, experiential group work, counselling placements, tutorials, independent study and dissertation supervision, students are supported in developing links between personal, clinical and theoretical knowledge. You will be required to be in personal therapy until you complete your second year, and your clinical placement hours – please note this is at your own cost. The programme offers a full-time mode of study extending over a minimum of two years and a part-time mode of study extending over a minimum of three years. Both modes of study carry a total of 240 credits on completion, as opposed to the usual 180 for an MA programme. On completion of this programme, you will have achieved all the educational requirements to be eligible to apply for personal accreditation with the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Study Options
This course is available in 2 study options:
Full-time Shown above
Duration: 2 Years
Qualification: MA
Location: London
Part-time
Duration: 3 Years
Qualification: MA
Location: London
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
1231 Health care practice managers
3214 Complementary health associate professionals
3222 Child and early years officers
Related Courses
Media and Communications
Goldsmiths, University of London
MRes Full-time 1 Year PG London
Business Computing (Entrepreneurship) with Foundation Year (Integrated Degree)
Goldsmiths, University of London
BSc (Hons) Full-time 4-5 Years UG London
Avg. Salary
£32,000
Creative Writing and Education
Goldsmiths, University of London
MA Full-time 1 Year PG London
Course Details
- Qualification
- MA
- Study Mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 2 Years
- Start Date
- 2025
- Academic Year
- 2025
- Campus / Location
- London
- Scheme
- Postgraduate
- Subjects
- Medicine, Counselling, psychotherapy, and occupational therapy