Course Overview

Explore how to use counselling and psychotherapy skills ethically to promote social justice. You’ll improve your confidence, self-awareness and active listening skills with our critical approaches to counselling and psychotherapy degree. All with a focus on community action.

There’s also an international angle. You’ll see how communities across other countries perceive mental health, based on their personal, social and political experiences and their environment. By the end of the programme, you’ll have the personal qualities and professional skills useful for helping others.

At Edge Hill, we invest in your individual emotional development. That’s why you’ll receive £500 to spend on therapy. We’ll also show you how to initiate group work. You’ll be a socially aware, politically engaged, and empathetic graduate.

This course prepares you for further training in counselling and psychotherapy. To become a qualified counsellor or psychotherapist at the undergraduate level, take a look at our BA (Hons) Counselling and Psychotherapy course.

General Eligibility

Typical offer 104-112 UCAS Tariff points. No specific subjects are required.

We are happy to accept IB qualifications that achieve the required number of UCAS Tariff points.

Access to Higher Education Diploma 45 credits at Level 3, for example, 9 credits at Distinction and 36 credits at Merit or 15 credits at Distinction and 30 credits at Merit. The required total can be attained from various credit combinations.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• International students require IELTS 6.0, with a score no lower than 5.5 in each individual component, or an equivalent English language qualification.