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Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Please note: This course will soon be changing its name to MA Integrative Counselling (Top-Up). Please check our Psychological Therapies & Mental Health subject page for the latest information.
In response to the growing demand for effective psychotherapeutic practices, we offer a course through which qualified therapists can build knowledge within certain areas of interest, supporting the development of specialism and identity within the profession.
If you already hold a postgraduate diploma in counselling or psychotherapy, this one-year top-up course gives you the opportunity to obtain a masters qualification by studying two research modules.
As part of this course, you’ll:
This course will give you the opportunity to undertake in-depth research in an area of your own interest. You'll build on your existing academic knowledge and practice experience to build an advanced critical and reflexive understanding of the theory, practice and established methods of psychotherapy for use in professional practice.
Insight on MA Psychotherapy - Sharon Shaw Student Sharon Shaw gives an insight on her course at Leeds Beckett University