ask@bheuni.io
+44 (0) 2033 189 380 (UK) |

BSc (Hons) Critical Approaches to Counselling & Psychotherapy

... United Kingdom
... Edge Hill University
See University Details Apply with BHE UNI
... Share ...

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.

Programme Information
...
Course Category

Psychology

...
Campus Name

Ormskirk, England

...
Course Level

Undergraduate

...
Duration

Full-time, 3 years, Part-time, 6 years

...
Available Intake

September

...
IELTS Score

5.5

...
Tuition Fees Range

Home full-time: £9,250, International full-time: £15,500,

Apply Now
Subject Recommendations for You
Bachelors Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Honours) / Mathematics (Dual Degree)
The University of Newcastle
Campus

London

Entry Score

6.0

Course Level

Undergraduate

Total Course Fee

GBP 39455

BEng Mechanical Engineering (Systems) with Foundation Year
Canterbury Christ Church University-CCCU
Campus

Canterbury and Medway

Entry Score

0.0

Course Level

Undergraduate

Total Course Fee

£9,250, £13,000

Bachelor of Arts Creative Writing
University of Guelph
Campus

Guelph, Ontario

Entry Score

6.5

Course Level

Undergraduate

Total Course Fee

32592

Discover Your Next Read
...
Why you will go UK for better study ? Learn more from this blog...
Dr. Shafiq 16 March 2023 5 Comments 3 Minutes Ago
...
Why you will go UK for better study ? Learn more from this blog...
Dr. Shafiq 16 March 2023 5 Comments 3 Minutes Ago
Messages1TimelineExceptionsViews4RouteQueries13Models15MailsGateSessionRequest
Request history8.1.11PHP Version1.24sRequest Duration2MBMemory UsageGET course-details/{id?}Route
  • warninglog[10:01:55] LOG.warning: Calling static trait method App\Traits\Service::get_intake_with_next_year is...
  • Booting (33.86ms)time
  • Application (1.21s)time
  • 1 x Application (97.27%)
    1.21s
    1 x Booting (2.73%)
    33.86ms
    4 templates were rendered
    • course-detailscourse-details.blade.php#?blade
    • ajax.homejshomejs.blade.php#?blade
    • layouts.appapp.blade.php#?blade
    • ajax.menusearchjsmenusearchjs.blade.php#?blade
    uri
    GET course-details/{id?}
    middleware
    web
    controller
    App\Http\Controllers\CourseController@details
    namespace
    prefix
    where
    file
    app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:130-145
    13 statements were executed, 3 of which were duplicates, 10 unique. Show only duplicated1.18s
    • Connection Establishedstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Backtrace
      • 15. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 16. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `courses` where `id` = 'e29af3ad358f43c4a0859a08c46a7bee' limit 1
      5.85msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: e29af3ad358f43c4a0859a08c46a7bee
      Backtrace
      • 16. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 20. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` in ('75')
      2.72msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 75
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `represent_countries` where `represent_countries`.`id` in ('1')
      2.38msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 26. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 28. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 29. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 30. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `countries` where `countries`.`id` in ('235')
      2.09msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 235
      Backtrace
      • 31. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 32. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 33. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 34. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 35. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` in ('1')
      1.96msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `categories` where `categories`.`id` in ('11') order by `category_name` asc
      1.72msstaging_liveCourseController.php#131
      Bindings
      • 0: 11
      Backtrace
      • 21. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:131
      • 22. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 23. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `courses` where `course_level_id` = '1' order by RAND() limit 3
      1.15sstaging_liveCourseController.php#138
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 15. app/Http/Controllers/CourseController.php:138
      • 16. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php:54
      • 17. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php:43
      • 18. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:260
      • 19. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php:205
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '10' limit 1
      1.47msstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 10
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '1' limit 1
      740μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '6' limit 1
      1.11msstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 6
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '1' limit 1
      940μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select * from `institutes` where `institutes`.`id` = '92c491caaf814b9ba81a373fbb6ba8a3' limit 1
      1.04msstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#258
      Bindings
      • 0: 92c491caaf814b9ba81a373fbb6ba8a3
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:258
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    • select `id`, `course_level_name` from `course_levels` where `course_levels`.`id` = '1' limit 1
      880μsstaging_livecourse-details.blade.php#274
      Bindings
      • 0: 1
      Backtrace
      • 22. view::course-details:274
      • 24. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:124
      • 25. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:58
      • 26. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php:72
      • 27. vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/View.php:207
    App\Models\Course
    4Course.php#?
    App\Models\Institute
    4Institute.php#?
    App\Models\CourseLevel
    4CourseLevel.php#?
    App\Models\RepresentCountry
    1RepresentCountry.php#?
    App\Models\Country
    1Country.php#?
    App\Models\Category
    1Category.php#?
        _token
        xPlCK3TKQjB1hJ6Cv9cK3zo5ldQODS2DHx5AywA7
        current_url
        https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/e29af3ad358f43c4a0859a08c46a7bee
        _previous
        array:1 [ "url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/e29af3ad358f43c4a0859a08c46a7bee" ]
        _flash
        array:2 [ "old" => [] "new" => [] ]
        PHPDEBUGBAR_STACK_DATA
        []
        path_info
        /course-details/e29af3ad358f43c4a0859a08c46a7bee
        status_code
        200
        status_text
        OK
        format
        html
        content_type
        text/html; charset=UTF-8
        request_query
        []
        request_request
        []
        request_headers
          0 of 0   
        array:16 [▼
  "cookie" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "_tt_enable_cookie=1; _ttp=01JVC8P2DJ6937R99J4V18Z259_.tt.1; XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6InRZcnpMMnoraEdONnk5MUl5eVJTN3c9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiN0V5Um9hUWRIQ1FkRVNQektIL2ljNFdnaGc5L3JqN1lmaE5lV2pkTzJYVXgrZFBDN09Vcjk0SjZOdi85OFNoSUtFSVZUNTgrcE9LcEpJa2RJUkZ6d2hPZHpYbW5OdmVVZ0MweTI3dnBPYlpUT3hyTjFXbzF4RmZsNnQwM3BsdHgiLCJtYWMiOiJhY2I0ZTlkZDg1MjAwYzcyMGU4ZTgxYzg1MTM2NDZhZmE0MjkwMThkYWQzODYwNzc0OGQ5OTAzZGNiNjgzM2U5IiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6IlFya0xROGRLSjA5cEJOcnRnN24xV0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoicW9UekpFM1FyVmJpbldDWEEvUCtjUXYxbTJhNmtSRnVQcnpKMnNaNVdZQlNScnJwekJGc0hzekVsdU9lcFoydUI1QVR5cnBFc255QkEyZ3d0ZXZMdHZ4OHZKa3A1NmtWV2FmNENhUDZBSDlyVkN5T2hXdG1hd0JUaWthc0ZsSE0iLCJtYWMiOiIyNDAwODgwZmU4OTRmMTVhMmQzODEzY2I2MTA1ZGExOTIzMDFkZDhiMTQ2NjY3N2YwNjM4OTJlNTQwYzI1YTA4IiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; _fbp=fb.1.1747389713038.118440868219303236; ttcsid=1747389712824::ETqrfPLrs-2accECwa4C.1.1747389713578; ttcsid_CLKVGJRC77U3V0M5NEGG=1747389712823::r4YisLdhJV_7X_YKUHk4.1.1747389713796 ◀_tt_enable_cookie=1; _ttp=01JVC8P2DJ6937R99J4V18Z259_.tt.1; XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6InRZcnpMMnoraEdONnk5MUl5eVJTN3c9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiN0V5Um9hUWRIQ1FkRVNQektIL2ljNFdna ▶"
  ]
  "priority" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "u=0, i"
  ]
  "accept-encoding" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "gzip, deflate, br, zstd"
  ]
  "sec-fetch-dest" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "document"
  ]
  "sec-fetch-user" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "?1"
  ]
  "sec-fetch-mode" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "navigate"
  ]
  "sec-fetch-site" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "none"
  ]
  "accept" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7"
  ]
  "user-agent" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)"
  ]
  "upgrade-insecure-requests" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "1"
  ]
  "sec-ch-ua-platform" => array:1 [▶
    0 => ""Windows""
  ]
  "sec-ch-ua-mobile" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "?0"
  ]
  "sec-ch-ua" => array:1 [▶
    0 => ""Chromium";v="130", "HeadlessChrome";v="130", "Not?A_Brand";v="99""
  ]
  "cache-control" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "no-cache"
  ]
  "pragma" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "no-cache"
  ]
  "host" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "staging.bheuni.io"
  ]
]
        request_cookies
          0 of 0   
        array:7 [▼
  "_tt_enable_cookie" => null
  "_ttp" => null
  "XSRF-TOKEN" => "xPlCK3TKQjB1hJ6Cv9cK3zo5ldQODS2DHx5AywA7"
  "bhe_uni_session" => "f9GuEK5qMVKesabbtQlBXaDsyNoQtADwqYBPanvm"
  "_fbp" => null
  "ttcsid" => null
  "ttcsid_CLKVGJRC77U3V0M5NEGG" => null
]
        response_headers
          0 of 0   
        array:5 [▼
  "content-type" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "text/html; charset=UTF-8"
  ]
  "cache-control" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "no-cache, private"
  ]
  "date" => array:1 [▶
    0 => "Fri, 16 May 2025 10:01:55 GMT"
  ]
  "set-cookie" => array:2 [▶
    0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6InB3anJWZU9iSFVINSszRW9rVG5OS0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoib1dENkhEazhXZk53VHZSb3IvaEk2OUJ5VXdWWUw5MDN1L2ROS1NCbXkyZVVYcXFJYktPR3FTTWpBbm9QaWV0clVrZTNXaS9JZjltdXUxUHdiYTlqeklmSHMwKzBjNDQwUHl4YTY1T2x1ZE13RUs1M2s0RE5ONllXZUFYTXZ3Y2giLCJtYWMiOiJlMDI5MmI3NTdkNmE5YWQwZDMyMGY0ZjQ4Zjc0NmI1MDdiZmM1ZTI0NDE3MTdkNjliZWMyOGE3Y2M0MDQwMTRhIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sat, 17 May 2025 06:01:55 GMT; Max-Age=72000; path=/; domain=.bheuni.io; secure ◀XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6InB3anJWZU9iSFVINSszRW9rVG5OS0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoib1dENkhEazhXZk53VHZSb3IvaEk2OUJ5VXdWWUw5MDN1L2ROS1NCbXkyZVVYcXFJYktPR3FTTWpBbm9QaWV0clVrZTNXa ▶"
    1 => "bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6Ik10c2UyaEZTdmlBZ0VQcEIxRTFSYmc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiTW9BdHZkNEl3cnA4YjhoRkd6QXdNKzdLcXF1cE9SWmZDaFpoUFZSZTNzaVZkaDFFOWlUb2RaRkdzWDdwZ0cyMUxZa2syYnJBZTBNQWI2T25HS2luZytHemNSUEc1bitoSXVIMG0zcVJPRUpFR25UekUzNExNUllNc2daMDZhUE8iLCJtYWMiOiJkNWM1NWU5MWFmYjUxNjU3ZWI0ZThjM2IyM2UyZjcyY2FjZGNhNTA4NzIyZGIxMDQ1ZGZkNWUxYWRkZjVkZWFkIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sat, 17 May 2025 06:01:55 GMT; Max-Age=72000; path=/; domain=.bheuni.io; secure; httponly ◀bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6Ik10c2UyaEZTdmlBZ0VQcEIxRTFSYmc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiTW9BdHZkNEl3cnA4YjhoRkd6QXdNKzdLcXF1cE9SWmZDaFpoUFZSZTNzaVZkaDFFOWlUb2RaRkdzWDdwZ0cyMUxZ ▶"
  ]
  "Set-Cookie" => array:2 [▶
    0 => "XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6InB3anJWZU9iSFVINSszRW9rVG5OS0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoib1dENkhEazhXZk53VHZSb3IvaEk2OUJ5VXdWWUw5MDN1L2ROS1NCbXkyZVVYcXFJYktPR3FTTWpBbm9QaWV0clVrZTNXaS9JZjltdXUxUHdiYTlqeklmSHMwKzBjNDQwUHl4YTY1T2x1ZE13RUs1M2s0RE5ONllXZUFYTXZ3Y2giLCJtYWMiOiJlMDI5MmI3NTdkNmE5YWQwZDMyMGY0ZjQ4Zjc0NmI1MDdiZmM1ZTI0NDE3MTdkNjliZWMyOGE3Y2M0MDQwMTRhIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sat, 17-May-2025 06:01:55 GMT; domain=.bheuni.io; path=/; secure ◀XSRF-TOKEN=eyJpdiI6InB3anJWZU9iSFVINSszRW9rVG5OS0E9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoib1dENkhEazhXZk53VHZSb3IvaEk2OUJ5VXdWWUw5MDN1L2ROS1NCbXkyZVVYcXFJYktPR3FTTWpBbm9QaWV0clVrZTNXa ▶"
    1 => "bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6Ik10c2UyaEZTdmlBZ0VQcEIxRTFSYmc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiTW9BdHZkNEl3cnA4YjhoRkd6QXdNKzdLcXF1cE9SWmZDaFpoUFZSZTNzaVZkaDFFOWlUb2RaRkdzWDdwZ0cyMUxZa2syYnJBZTBNQWI2T25HS2luZytHemNSUEc1bitoSXVIMG0zcVJPRUpFR25UekUzNExNUllNc2daMDZhUE8iLCJtYWMiOiJkNWM1NWU5MWFmYjUxNjU3ZWI0ZThjM2IyM2UyZjcyY2FjZGNhNTA4NzIyZGIxMDQ1ZGZkNWUxYWRkZjVkZWFkIiwidGFnIjoiIn0%3D; expires=Sat, 17-May-2025 06:01:55 GMT; domain=.bheuni.io; path=/; secure; httponly ◀bhe_uni_session=eyJpdiI6Ik10c2UyaEZTdmlBZ0VQcEIxRTFSYmc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiTW9BdHZkNEl3cnA4YjhoRkd6QXdNKzdLcXF1cE9SWmZDaFpoUFZSZTNzaVZkaDFFOWlUb2RaRkdzWDdwZ0cyMUxZ ▶"
  ]
]
        session_attributes
          0 of 0   
        array:5 [▼
  "_token" => "xPlCK3TKQjB1hJ6Cv9cK3zo5ldQODS2DHx5AywA7"
  "current_url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/e29af3ad358f43c4a0859a08c46a7bee"
  "_previous" => array:1 [▶
    "url" => "https://staging.bheuni.io/course-details/e29af3ad358f43c4a0859a08c46a7bee"
  ]
  "_flash" => array:2 [▶
    "old" => []
    "new" => []
  ]
  "PHPDEBUGBAR_STACK_DATA" => []
]
        ClearShow all
        Date ↕MethodURLData
        #12025-05-16 10:01:55GET/course-details/e29af3ad358f43c4a0859a08c46a7bee141315