Counselling Skills and Psychology

About this course

Counselling skills and psychology together provide a combination that is both theoretically rich and practically oriented. Psychology offers a scientific framework for understanding human thought, emotion, behaviour, and mental health, drawing on research traditions in cognitive, social, developmental, and clinical psychology. Counselling skills, alongside this, provide grounded training in the interpersonal competencies, ethical awareness, and reflective practice that characterise effective work in helping relationships. The combination is well suited to students who want both intellectual depth in understanding the mind and genuine skills for working with people. At the University of Chester, this three-year full-time programme gives you a thorough grounding in psychological theory and research alongside structured development of counselling skills and the capacity for self-reflective

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 50% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 5% of graduatescards →

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