BSc (Hons) Counselling and Mental Health
Equipping you with the advanced theoretical understanding, ethical awareness, and professional competence for contemporary counselling practice, this degree develops an integrative and trauma-informed approach which enables you to work effectively across diverse contexts and clients.
Through experiential and reflective learning, this course will combine academic study with skills development, supervised placement, and personal growth, allowing you to:
- engage with complex themes such as trauma, ageing and life transitions, embodied approaches, ethical and legal frameworks, and diversity in counselling practice
- foster critical thinking and evidence-based practice and enhance applied professional skills through group facilitation and workplace counselling
- examine how these areas are developing in both the academic and commercial arenas of Counselling
Built around a trauma-informed ethos with a focus on embodied and relational practice, you will have opportunities to take part in applied research and integrate emerging approaches such as online and creative therapies. All of which will prepare you for professional roles within counselling, wellbeing, and mental health settings, or for further study.
This course is subject to approval.
Special Features:
- Practical placement experience allows you to graduate with applied skills, professional supervision experience, and networking links with employers.
- Integrates academic, personal, and professional development through practice-based learning, supervision, and reflective journaling.
- Learning is supported by practitioner lecturers and small-group engagement that emphasises self-awareness, reflexivity, and relational depth.
Entry Requirements
- HND Counselling OR
- Diploma in Counselling OR
- Other appropriate SCQF level 8 and above, counselling qualifications may be considered
Category 1 PVG course: PVG Scheme membership is required to successfully achieve target qualification, where there is guaranteed contact with vulnerable groups in key elements of the course. Students on courses up to and including HND level have the cost of their application paid for. For further information visit this webpage.
Content
Content
Course Content Includes:
BSC Counselling:
- Trauma Informed Approaches in Counselling
- Counselling in Workplace and Professional Contexts
- Aging, Transitions and Health in Older Adulthood
- Facilitating Groups: Models and Application
- Research and Evaluation Methods in Counselling
- Therapy Beyond the Room: Context and Modalities
BSc (Hons) Counselling:
- Dissertation
- Relational Perspectives in Counselling
- Ethics, Law & Counselling Practice
- Counselling in Diverse Realities
- Integrating Body & Mind in Counselling
Study Mode
Study Mode
How will I study my course?
- Full time
- Part time
You will study through a combination of face-to-face classes on campus (1 day per week) and remote learning, where some lectures and sessions are timetabled remotely via video conferencing and our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), with support from your lecturers.
How long will my course last?
- Full-time: 2 years
- Part-Time: 4 years
- Each semester will last 12 weeks.
How will this course be assessed?
This course is assessed through a range of methods, including practical and written assessments. This fits with a holistic approach and allows you to demonstrate practically across the award and through reflective practice
Career
Career
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to increase your opportunities to work in:
Professional Counselling Roles
- Counsellor (in schools, healthcare, private practice, charities)
- Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) (NHS talking therapies)
- Substance Misuse Counsellor
Healthcare & Mental Health Services
- NHS Mental Health Support Worker
- Crisis Intervention Worker
- Bereavement Counsellor
Education & Youth Services
- School or College Counsellor
- University Student Support Advisor
- Youth Worker
- Lecturer
Social Services & Charity Sector
- Domestic Abuse Support Worker
- Homelessness Support Officer
- Victim Support Worker
Fees and Funding
Fees and Funding
For students normally domiciled in Scotland, with a term-time address in Scotland, the following fees apply:
This includes
- EU nationals with settled or pre-settled status in the UK,
- EEA/Swiss nationals with settled status in the UK
- EEA/Swiss nationals with pre-settled status who are self-employed or migrant workers in the UK.
Fees are payable in advance each academic year unless otherwise agreed.
|
Year |
Level |
2025-26 Full-time |
2025-26 Part-time |
2026-27 Full-time |
2026-27 Part-time |
|
Year 1 |
HNC |
£1,285 |
£86 (per HN credit) |
£1,285 |
£86 (per HN credit) |
|
Year 2 |
HND |
£1,285 |
£86 (per HN credit) |
£1,285 |
£86 (per HN credit) |
|
Year 3 |
Degree |
£1,820 |
£305 (per 20 credit module) |
£1,820 |
£305 (per 20 credit module) |
|
Year 4 |
Honours |
£1,820 |
£305 (per 20 credit module) |
£1,820 |
£305 (per 20 credit module) |
Please refer to our Fees and Funding section for more information.