Counselling
Build your future with a career in counselling
If you’re drawn to helping others heal, build resilience, and navigate life’s challenges, our University Centre in Bury St Edmunds is here to support your ambitions. Whether you’re aiming to establish a solid foundation in theory or pursue professional training as an integrative counsellor, we offer the academic rigour, practical placement opportunities, and compassionate environment to help you flourish.
Counselling pathways
BA (Hons) Counselling (Integrative)
Our integrative approach to counselling is a widely recognised counselling method. Developed over the past half century, the model draws on a range of theories that explore how human beings develop as people, how personality and emotional challenges emerge, and how we each act in the light of universal experiences: freedom, death, guilt, anxiety.
Access to Higher Education Counselling
The Access to Higher Education (HE) Diploma in Counselling is designed for adults who wish to progress to university to study counselling, psychotherapy, psychology, or other related disciplines. This programme develops academic skills, introduces students to counselling theory and practice, and prepares them for study at degree level in the health and social care sector.
Why choose our university?
Placement settings with real clients for practical work
Strong links with local providers for real world experience
Expert tutors with real-world experience in counselling