In this programme , you will delve into both critical and creative approaches to counselling and psychotherapy to challenge traditional discourses of suffering and healing.
This flexible postgraduate degree, delivered over one year full-time or two years part-time, is designed to foster critical thinking by encouraging students to question Western- centred cultural assumptions that are taken for granted in prevalent psychotherapeutic approaches.
This programme is most suitable for people who have existing counselling and psychotherapy qualifications, looking to bring a critical and culturally aware angle to their practice and research. It is also suitable for people working in related fields who would benefit from a cross-cultural perspective on helping relationships or students who would want to have a critical base in counselling and psychotherapy before getting into placement-based training.
Counselling and psychotherapy are growing in popularity across the globe; however, not enough attention has been paid to how this discipline might work in differing contexts and with diverse populations. This programme equips you with critical perspectives and cultural awareness in relation to counselling and psychotherapy practice in our increasingly globalised and diverse world.
As a primarily Western area of study, there are inherent preconceptions and cultural viewpoints present in this field, which can be overlooked. In this programme you will be encouraged to question the colonial, ethnocentric, and heteronormative assumptions that underlie many psychotherapeutic practices. Drawing on an interdisciplinary engagement, you will challenge traditional discourses of suffering and healing.
Questioning the colonial, ethnocentric, and heteronormative assumptions that underlie many psychotherapeutic theories and practices offers an avenue to rethink and reinvent your practice, how you understand others and yourself. This programme is committed to challenging Western-centric views, encouraging critical examination of cultural assumptions, and fostering an inclusive approach to mental health.
Arts-based, experiential, embodied and reflexive pedagogic and research practices are integral to the programme .
This MSc is not a placement-based training in counselling and psychotherapy. We offer the latter through our:
A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent. We will also accept a UK 2:2 honours degree, or its international equivalent, with a strong personal statement, relevant experience and/or references confirming your aptitude to study at postgraduate level. Your personal statement should demonstrate a high level of motivation. It should indicate why you want to study counselling and demonstrate an understanding of the relevance of international and cross-cultural perspectives in counselling and the capacity to reflect on personal aptitude for work in this field.
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