Overview

If you want to become an ethical, reflective and professional practitioner of counselling psychology, our doctorate programme is ideal.

You will want to provide psychological services that draw on evidence-based psychological practice.

You will be motivated to work on complex issues with individual adults and children, couples, families, groups and organisations.

Career

The Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology gives you a strong foundation for a fulfilling career in modern counselling psychology.

You will receive personalised career guidance from staff involved in reviewing your practice placement work and professional development.

The clinical practice graduates have progressed to lead services, with many providing placements and supervision. Others have gone into teaching and academia.

Recent graduates from this programme have secured work in:

the National Health Service (NHS)

the independent hospital sector

academia

Her Majesty’s Prison Service (HMPS)

occupational health organisations

charities

government

private practice and consultancy.

Accreditation

The Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology is a three year full time programme of study. The programme is approved by the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC), the statutory regulator for Practitioner Psychologists in the UK, and is also accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Context, Diversity and Standards in Professional Practice

Research design and analysis

Professional components of counselling psychology

Personal and professional development

Cognitive behavioural approaches to counselling psychology

Person-centred approaches to counselling psychology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-09-01 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

IELTS

7

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Credits

540 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Counselling Psychology View 28 other PhDs in Counselling Psychology in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

IELTS

7

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Student insurance

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Other requirements

General requirements

There are two stages to the selection process for the Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology at City:

a written application, which is used by the programme team to short list candidates, and
an interview process, which is used to select the strongest candidates from the short list.

The programme receives a high volume of applications each year.

This inevitably means that selection is competitive and applicants who can demonstrate the strongest applications are most likely to be short listed for interview and offered a place.

The team makes its decisions on the basis of evidence gathered throughout the application process.

All applicants must meet the programme’s eligibility criteria before applying, as listed below. Those who meet these criteria should submit a written application using the University’s standard application for postgraduate courses. The written application should clearly demonstrate that applicants meet the criteria.

Tuition Fee

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International

15700 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 15700 GBP per year during 36 months.
National

11800 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 11800 GBP per year during 36 months.

Living costs for London

1137 - 2157 GBP /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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