Therapeutic Communication & Therapeutic Organisations

University of Essex
Undergraduate FdA Full-time 2 Years Psychology

About this course

How can you support the people who need your service most effectively?

How can you work more collaboratively with your colleagues?

What counts as therapeutic support for children, young people, or older adults?

Our Foundation Degree, comprising of one afternoon of teaching a week, offers a theoretical understanding and the practical tools for emotionally grounded therapeutic work with children, adolescents, and adults, whatever your role.

Using a psychodynamic framework, the course will help you develop a thorough understanding of the human processes within and around the people who use your service and the people who are trying to help them. We also equip you with an awareness of the wider dimension of organisational dynamics. Put together, these both will contribute to your development as an effective and perceptive practitioner.

You study:

  • Psychodynamic theory

  • Child and adult development

  • Issues of trauma and violence

  • The dynamics of therapeutic interventions in organisations
  • Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    3219 Health associate professionals
    1136 Human resource managers and directors
    1172 Social services managers and directors
    2229 Therapy professionals
    2462 Probation officers
    1231 Health care practice managers

    Course Details

    Qualification
    Foundation Degree in Arts - FdA
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    2 Years
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Colchester
    Scheme
    Undergraduate
    Subjects
    Psychology