Psychology With Counselling Skills, MA in University of Aberdeen, UK

Psychology With Counselling Skills, MA in University of Aberdeen

This page provides information on what you will study on the MA Psychology with Counselling Skills joint Honours degree. For more detailed information about studying Psychology please visit the relevant single Honours programme pages.

How You'll Study

Teaching is by means of lectures, laboratory practicals, workshops and tutorials, with more extensive experimental projects at years 3 and 4. Assessment is by means of examination and continuous assessment. Honours projects are typically assessed on the basis of a written dissertation.

Learning Methods

• INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS
• LAB WORK
• LECTURES
• SEMINARS
• TUTORIALS
• WORKSHOPS

Why Counselling Skills

• An introduction to the theoretical concepts of a counselling approach and to the use of counselling skills.
• To develop effective active listening skills
• An introduction to the concept and experience of self-awareness and personal growth in the context of counselling skills training.
• To be able to understand and apply the model of a counselling approach
• To have a foundation understanding of the range of counselling approaches, CBT, Person Centred, Psychodynamic, Gestalt etc.
• To provide an essential foundation for possible further training in the areas of counselling and psychotherapy
• To gain a validated certificate in Counselling Skills

Careers

At the University of Aberdeen, we give you every opportunity to broaden your horizons and develop the professional and personal skills and attributes you will need to build a successful career. The high quality of our degrees combined with our strong focus on employability opens up a wide range of career options, which is demonstrated by our consistently high rate of graduate employment.

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