Child and Adolescent Psychotherapeutic Counselling University of Cambridge

Overview

is designed to enable participants to:

• Work therapeutically with children and young people especially through communication using the arts and play.
• Develop the skills of psychotherapeutic counselling in one-to-one and group settings through the use of practicums, experiential, active learning methods, practical work with other students and undertaking a supervised practice placement.
• Gain a thorough knowledge and understanding of the theoretical base of psychotherapeutic counselling.
• Gain a thorough knowledge and understanding of the social and emotional development of young people.
• Explore the ethical and professional aspects of working therapeutically with children and adolescents in schools and other settings. This includes being alert to issues of safeguarding that may impact the wellbeing or safety of children and young people.

Key facts:

The Faculty of Education has a 30-year tradition of educating therapists in this specialised area. We are delighted to offer a creative three-year practitioner professional development programme. The Child and Adolescent Psychotherapeutic Counselling Programme at the Faculty of Education is accredited by the Universities Psychotherapy and Counselling Association (UPCA) and leads to registration with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).

Psychotherapeutic counselling emphasises the co-creation of an in-depth therapeutic relationship that aims to facilitate growth and alleviate distress. Within this purposeful relationship human beings are viewed holistically in the context of concrete life situations and developmental stages.

The course specialises in the aims, processes and skills of working therapeutically with children and young people through an emphasis on working through play and with the arts. Other significant strands include child and adolescent development, clinical skills, professional issues, ethics and child safe-guarding, child mental health, developing children's emotional well-being, working with children's contexts, networks and families, multi agency work, working in a school setting, and working with groups. This programme enables participants to become effective and ethical psychotherapeutic counsellors.