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  • Qualification

    Foundation Degree in Arts - FdA

  • Location

    Darlington College

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    15-SEP-25

  • Duration

    2 Years

Course summary


Note: Due to the course delivery location and visa restrictions, this course is NOT available to international students requiring a Student Visa.


Location

: This is a 2 year full-time award of Teesside University delivered in partnership with Stockton Riverside College (campus code 3), Hartlepool College of Further Education (campus code 5) and Darlington College (campus code 1).


Course overview

: Our FdA Counselling course provides professional training and equips you with a sound theoretical framework and the practitioner skills required to work safely and effectively as a counsellor. The programme adopts a personal-centred approach with aspects of psychodynamic and cognitive behaviour therapy explored as comparative approaches.You are required to undertake a minimum of 100 hours of supervised clinical practice with a recognised counselling agency, and undertake a minimum of 20 hours (10 hours in each year) of personal therapy. You are expected to attend two mandatory weekend workshops each year, for which there is a fee.


After the course

: Your employability skills will be directly addressed through the professionally related curriculum of the programme in relation to the requirements of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and through the professional reflection aspect of assignments.This course will allow you to consolidate learning in practical counselling techniques, informed by the theory of counselling practice. We hope that you will be able to develop skills and training and add to the knowledge and skills base in order to develop as professionals. Graduates will also be encouraged to work towards accreditation with the BACP.

Application deadline

29 January

Tuition fees

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University information

Teesside University

  • University League Table

    100th

  • Campus address

    Teesside University, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, Tees Valley, TS1 3BX, England

To get students off to the best possible start, Teesside University meets international students at the airport and takes them to their accommodation for free.
With an English language cafe and orientation activities throughout the year, Teesside University is experienced in helping international students feel at home.
Teesside University offers a range of scholarships to make the transition to UK study more affordable.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    99th out of 118 8

    44th out of 73 4

  • Entry standards

    / Max 213
    115 54%

    97th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    55.0 55%

    95th

    13
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.27 82%

    11th

    47
  • Entry standards

    / Max 180
    120 66%

    57th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    90.0 90%

    32nd

    14
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.39 85%

    5th

    1

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