FdA COUNSELLING
Type: 2 year Foundation degree in collaboration with Edge Hill University (3 years part-time)
Time: Mon & Wed 6.15 - 9.30pm
Costs: £1310 (2010-11) Tuition fee loan and maintenance grant available from Students Loan Co.
Notes: This degree will interest you if you plan to, or are currently working in a care setting, in youth work, in education or in human resource management or plan to set up a private counselling practice. A placement is an essential part of the course for all students. If you are already in employment related to, or are supporting, any of these client groups, you will be able to use this experience within the course with the approval of your employer and clients.

This degree will give you a clear understanding of counselling and personality theories of the Person-Centred approach. You will also gain knowledge of other theories of counselling. You will develop your study skills and your communication and counselling skills and will work within an ethical and legal framework.

It will promote your understanding of counselling practice and the importance of clinical supervision together with an awareness of mental health issues. It requires participants to pursue their personal development by discovering and confronting their own attitudes and values.

FdA Counselling

Year 1
  • Essential Skills for Learning
  • Communication and Counselling Skills
  • Person Centred Theory
  • Personal Development
  • Supervision and Consultation
  • Rights, Wrongs and Legalities
Year 2
  • Advanced Counselling Skills
  • Developing Person Centred Theory
  • Life Experiences and Mental Health
  • Counselling Practice
  • Cognitive Behavioural & Solution Based Interventions
  • Work-based Research
Trainee counsellors need to have completed 100 hours of supervised counselling during the course.

You will need a level 3 or equivalent professional qualification or relevant work experience, plus GCSE English Language and Maths at grade C (or equivalent). If you do not have the specified entry qualifications, your experience and your ability to study at degree level will be considered.
Contact Alyson Small adulted@kgv.ac.uk - 01704 530601