我们的心理学和咨询学位将为您提供良好的学术心理学基础，并向您介绍治疗实践的世界。为了帮助您深入了解人的心灵，您将学习社会心理学，个体差异，生物心理学，研究方法和认知心理学。如果您有兴趣与遇到困难的人一起工作，则该课程是完美的，并且是进一步学习成为辅导员的理想基础。完成此学位意味着您可以直接申请导致英国咨询与心理治疗协会（BACP）注册的硕士或研究生辅导课程。如果您决定不接受成为专业顾问或心理治疗师所需的进一步培训，则您仍将培养关键的学术能力，例如对就业成功至关重要的自我理解，沟通和关系能力。
As the course combines both psychology and counselling, you’ll have the experience of two different disciplines. With further study, you can go on to become a qualified counsellor or psychotherapist. The skills you develop, including how to interact with and listen to people, will also be very useful for a wide range of other roles. It could include becoming an education support worker, wellbeing mentor or working within the care system.<br>We offer a very practical and supportive approach, which will take you through the theory side and then enable you to put it into action using real life scenarios. You will learn about different psychological theories, including cognitive behavioural therapy, person-centred and psychodynamic therapy. You’ll also develop a real understanding of ethics and what it means to the counselling world. The course includes a focus on each student’s own personal development. Feedback from students shows they learn so much about themselves through this journey. You will also work in a skills group, with the chance to take on roles as the counsellor and client.<br>As a student on our psychology courses you will have access to a range of psychology technical laboratories which house equipment such as eye tracking, equipment to record physiological measures (e.g. heart rate), virtual reality, driving simulator, temperature-induced pain stimuli, an array of experimental software, and dedicated counselling facilities. This equipment allows us to take scientific measures to underpin theoretical content within psychology.<br>Careers<br>The degree opens up a wide range of jobs. You can apply directly to a postgraduate counselling course that leads to British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) accreditation.<br>Qualified counsellors can choose to work in private practice or for the NHS. You could also become a school counsellor, work in prisons, rehabilitation or addiction services, human resources, or in the mental health field for charities or the private sector.<br>If you decide not to pursue the further training necessary to become a professional counsellor or psychotherapist, you will still develop key academic competences, such as self-understanding, communication and relationship skills, that are vital to employment success.<br>We have graduates who go into teaching or social work. Some work in HR or gain jobs as wellbeing mentors. There’s a huge range of possibilities.