Overview

The Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy PGDip from University of Brighton stresses the importance of developing counselling awareness through practice in workshops and provides a sound theoretical foundation to the psychodynamic approach.

The course is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and therefore recognised as preparing you for work as a professional counsellor. The university is an organisational member of the BACP as well as the Universities Psychotherapy and Counselling Association (UCPA).

Careers

The postgraduate diploma has an excellent reputation in the locality, and our students have gone on to hold counselling posts across the public, private and voluntary sectors. Others have progressed to further training or used their counselling skills in their existing professions.

Programme Structure

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Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-28 00:00:00

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Brighton, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Required

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Other requirements

General requirements

You should hold a degree or professional qualification, for example nursing or teaching.

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

Face-to-face therapy must be undertaken throughout the diploma with a UKCP or British Psychoanalytic Council-registered psychotherapist who meets the course criteria.

Tuition Fees

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5616 GBP / year

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5616 GBP / year

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Living costs

Brighton

United Kingdom

815 - 1383 GBP / month

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