Counselling and Applied Psychology (Integrative)

The Counselling and Applied Psychology Higher National Diploma (HND), awarded by Pearson BTEC, offers you the opportunity to develop a range of skills and techniques, personal qualities and attributes which enable you to make an immediate contribution to employment. It also provides flexibility, knowledge, skills and motivation as a basis for future studies and career progression in the sector.

The Level 5 HND units gives you the opportunity to specialise in a counselling-related occupational area and to progress to degree-level study. They prepare you to move on to specific areas of education and further learning at Level 6 or to enter employment with the qualities and abilities necessary for roles that require professional responsibility and decision-making.

You will be able to develop and apply your own ideas to your studies, to deal with uncertainty and complexity, to explore solutions, demonstrate critical evaluation and use both theory and practice in a wide range of therapeutic situations.

By the end of course, you will have a sound understanding of the principles in your area of specialist study and will know how to apply those principles more widely in counselling and psychology practice. You will be able to perform effectively in their specialist area.

NOTE: You will be required to complete 170 hours in a placement and have a clear Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

Course Content

• Core Unit 9: Counselling Skills Development and Practice

• Core Unit 10: Working with Diverse Clients in Therapeutic Counselling

• Core Unit 11: Risk and Assessment (Pearson-set)

• Specialist Unit 17: Pluralistic Approaches to Counselling

• Specialist Unit 15: Cognitive Behavioural Approaches to Counselling

• Optional Unit 21: Counselling Young People

Please note: You will not be awarded the HND unless you have completed 170 placement hours.

https://www.barnsley.ac.uk/course/counselling-and-applied-psychology-level-5-higher-national-diploma-hnd-full-time

The qualification is assessed through a range of methods including:

• Internally set and assessed units

• Direct observation of learner working in placement

• Professional discussion

• Reflective accounts

• Expert witness testimonies