Entry Requirements For This Course
There is no interview process, so applicants are selected on the basis of professional qualifications and experience, a written application, and two good references.
Counsellors and psychotherapists:
- Minimum of two years' post qualifying experience with a range of clients
- Counsellors should be qualified to University of South Wales Diploma level or equivalent
- Should be BACP accredited or have completed enough counselling hours to apply for BACP or an equivalent professional recognition scheme
Helping professionals:
- Helping professionals should have a professional qualification (nursing, clinical psychology, occupational therapy, social work, physiotherapy, art therapy etc) or equivalent
- Minimum of two years' post-qualifying experience in their field
All applicants should:
- Be a member of a professional body
- Be receiving supervision from an experienced supervisor
- Have a supervision placement combining both individual and group supervision in order to meet the 40 hours supervision practice requirement.
- Upload two references with your application. One must be from your current supervisor confirming that you have completed a minimum of 400 supervised counselling hours and the other should be from your employer. If you are a therapist, your supervisor should confirm that you have completed a minimum of 400 supervised counselling hours in their reference.
