Diploma of Higher Education in Pastoral Counselling

This Bristol-based course is suitable for students who have completed substantial certificate level counselling training. It provides a professional training in counselling and will equip you to work as a counsellor in a range of settings - voluntary, statutory and freelance – and in both Christian and secular contexts.  

 

Key facts

 

Award	Diploma of Higher Education 120 credits at Level 2 Validating body: University of Gloucestershire
Duration	Two years part time – one day per week (9.15am - 5.00pm)
Class-contact hours	450
Core theoretical model/ethos	Christian person-centred
Counselling practice	150 hours over two years
Course fees	£2600 per year (payable in monthly instalments)

 

N.B. The course contact hours may, at BACP's discretion, be counted towards meeting part of Criterion 4 of the BACP Counsellor/Psychotherapist Accreditation scheme and may also be counted towards meeting the training requirements for ACC and Counselling Society accreditation. 

Find out more about the Christian person-centred approach.

 

Entry requirements

Applicants will be expected to provide evidence of:

• successful completion of the Network Certificate of Higher Education in Pastoral Counselling or its equivalent (see information about AP(E)L applications below)
• the ability to meet the academic demands of the course
• previous or current experience of being in counselling and/or the willingness to undertake counselling for themselves during the course 

Previous counselling experience will be an advantage, but is not required.

 

AP(E)L applications

N.B. applicants who have completed certificate level counselling training with another training organization may apply for entry to the Diploma course on the basis of AP(E)L (Accreditation of Prior (Experiential) Learning). For further details of AP(E)L, please see the course prospectus or contact Kate Steele, Head of the Training Department.

 

Applying to the course

The next intake for this course will be September 2010.

 

Please contact us to request a prospectus and application form. Alternatively, you can download them in pdf format below. To save a file, right-click on the link and select 'Save Target As'.

 

Diploma Prospectus

Diploma Application Form

 

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