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MSc - Master of Science
University of Aberdeen
Full Time
SEP-25
18 months
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MSc - Master of Science
University of Aberdeen
Full Time
SEP-25
18 months
MSc - Master of Science
University of Aberdeen
Part Time
SEP-25
36 months
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Our Person-Centred Counselling programmes is the starting point for a career providing life-changing therapy. Full-time or part-time, you can achieve and MSc, PgDip or PgCert allowing you to progress to your chosen career.
This programme is grounded in Carl Rogers’ theory of human potential, and training in this approach opens you to the self-knowledge needed to offer clients the deep connectedness at the heart of the therapeutic relationship.
Our full-time route allows you to complete an MSC in 18 months, with an option on the final 60 credits coming from either a Dissertation/Counselling Related Research Study, or a combination of a shorter Dissertation/Counselling Related Research Study and our Specialist Certificate for Counselling Children and Young People. Our part-time options give you more flexibility over 3 years for an MSc.
The programme aims to enable students to:
Applications are accepted until the end of March for the start of the next academic year.
How You'll Study
Attendance, after the 4 day induction, is 1 full day each week on campus for part-time, or 2 full days each week on campus for full-time study. Learning on the PG Diploma prepares you to work within the counselling profession and is quite different from learning in other subjects. The emphasis is on experiential and relational learning which is central to the course operation and ethos. You’re encouraged to take responsibility for your own learning, to see learning as a tool that will help you achieve your goal of becoming a person-centred counsellor, able to confidently and comprehensively fulfil your personal and professional duties.
Assessment Methods
A significant aim of the course is to support and encourage the development of 'reflexive practitioners’, able to offer and use constructive feedback. Through the process of self, peer, and tutor assessments, the programme members will have the opportunity to realise and understand the impact of their personal power and responsibility in the process of becoming recognised as professional counsellors.
Why Study Person-Centred Counselling?
Careers
On completion of the validated diploma students can register as a qualified counsellor with the professional bodies.
Applicants will normally be expected to hold a relevant Honours degree with a 2:2 or above from a recognised university or body. In exceptional circumstances, applicants without this qualification may be admitted by achieving Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Please contact the programme director for guidance. Applicants must also prove they have relevant, credit-bearing counselling skills, totalling 60 credits, ideally from completion of Aberdeen University’s Counselling and Listening Skills courses 1 to 4.
Students living in
Domestic
£10,195 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£10,195 per year
Students from Other UK
This is the fee you pay if the University is not in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£19,865 per year
Students from EU
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£19,865 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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