BA (Hons) Counselling Top-Up
- Ammanford Campus
Are you ready to take your counselling training to the next level and achieve a full BA honours degree? If you have already completed a Foundation Degree in Counselling or a similar Level 5 qualification, the BA (Hons) Counselling top-up at Coleg Sir Gâr provides an excellent opportunity to deepen your knowledge, strengthen your professional practice and develop advanced academic skills.
This course is designed for qualified counsellors who want to expand their understanding of counselling approaches and explore specialist areas such as working with trauma, cognitive behavioural therapy and counselling young people. You will also develop your research and critical thinking skills by completing an independent research project or dissertation on a topic that interests you.
During the course you will study in a supportive environment with experienced tutors who are practising counsellors. Teaching includes lectures, discussions, tutorials and independent study, encouraging you to critically evaluate counselling theories and apply them to professional practice. This combination of academic study and reflective learning helps you build the confidence and expertise required for further professional development.
Completing the BA (Hons) Counselling top-up allows you to gain a full honours degree and can open the door to postgraduate study, further professional training, or advanced roles within counselling and related fields. If you want to continue developing as a counselling professional and broaden your career opportunities, this course can help you take the next step in your journey.
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- Full time
- Part time
Validated by University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD)
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- Opportunity to gain a full BA Honours degree in Counselling.
- Advanced study of specialist counselling approaches.
- Development of research and academic skills.
- Completion of a dissertation or independent research project.
- Delivered by tutors with expertise in counselling practice and research.
The BA(top-up) includes five modules offering a diverse range of topics which will enhance and deepen your knowledge and understanding of key counselling practice and research. Learning offers a range of activities and experiential learning through small-group discussion and interaction.
The course approach follows the core humanistic integrative approach to counselling established in the Foundation Degree. This offers flexibility for practitioners to coherently integrate different approaches to counselling. The modules include three 20 credit modules: an introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), working therapeutically with trauma and a foundation in counselling young people.
The research module (20 credits) enables practitioners to deepen their knowledge and understanding of research and its relevance to the field of counselling and also supports students in their 40-credit independent research project. This project is further supported through small-group seminars and one-to-one tutorials.
- After completing the BA, students may:
- Continue working as professional counsellors.
- Progress to postgraduate study such as a Master’s degree.
- Undertake psychotherapy training.
- Work towards professional accreditation with counselling organisations.
Assessment is continuous and varied, including:
- Essays
- Case studies
- Presentations
- Reflective pieces
- Independent research project
- Applicants need to be qualified counsellors who have completed 240 credits at level five of a counselling qualification
- Enhanced disclosure and barring scheme check
- Two references
- Students who have experienced recent traumas or bereavements, or who are considered by the tutors to be too vulnerable at present may be advised to postpone their entry onto the course. Applicants will need to show evidence of self-awareness and the ability to reflect on life experience as well as have the capacity to cope with the emotional and academic demands of the course
- Your initial qualification will have included 100+ practice hours in a supervised counselling placement
Enhanced DBS: £55.50
BACP student membership - £86 per annum
Books - the library is an excellent resource and carries the majority of books required but some students may wish to own copies of core texts.