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About
Our Masters programme is designed for experienced counsellors and psychotherapists seeking to expand their knowledge base. Course participants will have previously undertaken some counselling or psychotherapy training and will view this course as an opportunity for advanced study. Applicants who do not qualify for direct entry on to the MSc can undertake our Diploma in Psychotherapy and join the MSc programme at the start of their third year of study. Students who meet the requirements are able to transfer on the third year of the DIP course.
The course consists of a two year taught course, held at monthly weekend training sessions for ten months each year. There are also a number of specialist workshops that are taken alongside the core modules. This is then followed by six dissertation seminars per year, taken until the dissertation has been completed and submitted.
Aims
•To facilitate students personal and professional development in such a way that they have the confidence to develop the therapeutic relationship
•To inspire students to engage with developments in theory, practice and research
•To develop students competence in engaging with theoretical and clinical debates across modalities and with professionals in related fields
•To enable students to analyse and evaluate the interaction between social factors, client presenting problems and therapeutic interventions
•To provide the resources to support students in engaging with research
•To encourage students to become involved with the wider psychotherapy community
Training Requirements
•Attendance at all training modules and seminars
•Prescribed reading
•Workshops: Active Imagination (3 days), Story & Metaphor in Therapy (3 days), Researching Counselling & Psychotherapy (3 days), In-depth work: The Child Within (3 days)
•Minimum 450 hours Psychotherapy Practice
•Ongoing Psychotherapy Supervision with Northern Guild
•Observational Mental Health Placement - 70 hours over 6 months
•Ongoing Personal Therapy requirement throughout training
•Oral Case Presentations
•Written assignments
•Maintenance of personal and professional journal, including client/supervision log
•Dissertation
Applicants seeking UKCP registration as a psychotherapist complete, in addition a further 50 hours psychotherapy practice.
Dissertation
Students complete a dissertation in an area of interest.
Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)
Students may be eligible to enter training at the appropriate level if they have relevant prior learning/experience.
UKCP Registration
On successfully completing and passing all course and training requirements, and on completion of additional training practice requirements, students will be eligible for immediate entry onto the UK Council for Psychotherapy Register as a Psychotherapist. Students must ensure that prior learning, their period of psychotherapy training and their post accreditation practice comply with UKCP and HIPC requirements if they wish to be entered onto and remain on this register. From time to time these requirements change. Please note: completion of a course and/or successful completion of the final assessment does not lead to automatic inclusion on to the UKCP register.
Entry Requirements
In order to be accepted on to the training programme applicants must have:
Ability to study at a higher academic level. i.e. graduate level competence
•Personal and emotional resilience, the ability to respond to, and cope with challenges
•To have undertaken 80 hours of individual personal therapy
•Be working with a minimum of 4 individual clients weekly
•Completion of 240 hours of training in counselling or psychotherapy
•Evidence of competence in working with clients
•A personal value system in keeping with the philosophy of the training, including an open attitude towards all people irrespective of their race, creed, gender, sexual orientation or any circumstance
•Willingness to undergo statutory CRB checks
We have a policy of flexibility and will be pleased to discuss with candidates how they can meet our entry requirements. Northern Guild has an equality and diversity policy which can be found in the full prospectus, on our website, or is available on request.
Course fees and further information
To find our more about the training costs of this course, please get in touch and a PDF version of our prospectus will be sent to you by email. You are welcome to contact us if you have any further questions or would like to discuss any aspects of your training with a course tutor.
