Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy (MSc)

There are many different types of counselling, each based on their own concepts and orientations. Psychodynamic counselling offers a model for understanding the human personality and how it develops, our network of relationships and how we interact with others, how psychological problems may originate and the repetitive patterns that maintain them, and how personal change takes place. Birkbeck’s MSc Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy establishes an understanding of psychoanalytic-based theory and covers the technical processes of counselling, while developing the personal and professional awareness required for effective practice as defined by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Students can choose from two routes on this programme: the original week-day route or a new weekend route offered from October 2020/21. Year 1 of the weekend route will be taught on Saturdays. The preferred route should be stated in the application form. By the end of the course, each student will have the ability to work as a psychodynamic counsellor or psychotherapist at an appropriate professional standard.