Counselling and Mental Health with Foundation Year

About this course

Counselling and mental health is a field concerned with supporting people through psychological distress, personal difficulties, and the challenges of life transition. It draws on counselling theory and practice, psychological understanding, and an awareness of the social and systemic factors that affect mental health. Trained practitioners create therapeutic relationships that allow clients to explore their experiences, understand their difficulties, and work towards positive personal change. It is a field that demands both intellectual rigour and genuine human warmth, and the skills it develops, including empathetic listening, ethical reasoning, and reflective practice, are deeply transferable. At York St John University this four-year full-time programme begins with a foundation year, giving you a thorough grounding in the psychological, social, and philosophical foundations of couns

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 40% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 15 / 100Welfare and housing associate professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
• 12 / 100Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation · 5% of graduatescards →

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