Therapeutic Psychology and Counselling

Skills

Learn how to work with others to help them achieve their goals and potential on our unique undergraduate degree.

You'll develop an understanding of:

• Current professional practice for working therapeutically with clients, and the skills related to managing the counselling process
• Mental health and how to support different population groups and communities, as well as how to work in different professional contexts
• The importance of research in therapeutic psychology by completing your own research project, giving you the opportunity to investigate a topic you are passionate about.

This well-rounded learning approach, alongside voluntary work experience, will give you a strong foundation for a career in the helping professions or postgraduate study.

Learning

You’ll be part of an inspiring and welcoming learning environment.

Working closely with your lecturers and fellow classmates, you’ll grow as an individual.

At least 50% of your teaching will be in seminars or practical workshops, allowing you to develop core therapeutic skills as well as giving you contact time with your lecturers.

You’ll be learning from leading psychologists and counselling experts and practitioners, who enthusiastically bring their real-life experience into the classroom.

Assessment

There are very few formal examinations or essays on our BSc Therapeutic Psychology and Counselling degree.

Instead, you’re assessed through projects, tasks and exercises that replicate the working world you'll graduate into. 

Between Years 2 and 3, you can also opt for a professional placement year, meaning you have the opportunity to apply for a placement and gain valuable real-world experience.

Career

You will be in a strong position to build a career as a psychotherapist or counsellor.

You could also take your skills into a safeguarding organisation, the police, social services, education, HR or broader helping professions.

Pathways to further study

At Roehampton we have excellent pathways into further study. Should you wish to go onto further postgraduate study to become a registered counsellor psychotherapist, we have one of the largest therapeutic training Schools in the country, with leading courses in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy and all five Arts and Play Therapies.