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  Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy PGDip


University of Brighton    School of Humanities and Social Science

Part time September PGDip Part-time 2 years
Nursing & Health (27) Psychology (31)

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Are you interested in delving into the fascinating world of psychodynamic counselling and psychotherapy? Look no further than our Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy PGDip programme. This postgraduate diploma, accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, provides you with a solid theoretical foundation and practical skills necessary to become a professional counsellor. No prior psychology background is required, but completing an accredited counselling skills course is essential. Throughout the programme, you'll engage in both long- and short-term counselling models, with an emphasis on developing your counselling awareness through workshops and supervised practice. Join us and unlock a rewarding career in the counselling field.

About the course

Based on the idea that mental illness is to some extent the result of repressed negative experience, psychodynamic counselling aims to expose the contents of a client's unconscious to make him or her aware of any underlying psychological conflicts.

It prioritises the therapeutic relationship and draws from the work of psychoanalysts such as Freud, Klein, Winnicott and Bion, as well as more contemporary thinkers such as Lacan, Bowlby, Kohut, Mitchell and Benjamin.

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Entry Requirements

A degree or professional qualification. You also need to have successfully completed an accredited, externally assessed counselling skills course that:

- is at least level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills
- involved at least 30 hours of face-to-face tuition at level 2 or level 3 (online courses are not acceptable)
- included both theory and practice
- took place within the last six years.

Ideally, you will have gained some counselling experience through full- or part-time employment, or through voluntary or pastoral work. You also must have experience of working with people in a helping capacity and access to clients throughout the course.



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