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BSc (Hons) Counselling Skills and Therapeutic Communication (Top-Up)

Start Date: 7th September 2026

Length 1 year
Study Full-Time
Location Rye Hill Campus

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BSc (Hons) Counselling Skills and Therapeutic Communication (Top-Up) (awarded by NCG)

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This Counselling Skills and Therapeutic Communication (Top-Up) degree will help you to develop an understanding of the principles and practices of communication and counselling approaches. This health course will allow you to consolidate learning in practical counselling techniques, informed by the theory of counselling practice.

This BSc (Hons) Counselling Skills and Therapeutic Communication (Top-Up) will prepare you to help others to cope with their problems, such as mental health issues and family/relationship issues and the modules you will study will focus on person-centred counselling, current issues, and best practice within the sector.

Throughout this course you will benefit from current industry expertise through our extensive range of guest speakers and lectures.

Entry requirements

Pass or higher in Level 5 Foundation Degree, Diploma in Higher Education or HND (related Counselling subjects).

You may be invited to a discretionary interview.

If you are a current Newcastle College students and successfully meet the published Level 5 entry criteria in an appropriate subject[s], you will be guaranteed a place on this course.

Applicants are normally expected to have achieved grade 4 or higher in GCSE Maths and English or the Level 2 equivalent (ie. Functional Skills or Adult Literacy/Numeracy).

At Newcastle College University Centre we welcome applications from students studying new T-Level qualifications.

Further details on our entry requirements can be found here.

What will I learn?

Theory and Practise of Research
Understanding Trauma
Sex and Sexuality
Working with Grief and Loss
Contemporary Issues in Mental Health and Illness for Counselling Practitioners
Professional Viva
Reflective Professional Practices

How is the course taught?

Work-based sessions and eLearning
Practical sessions
Lectures
Group work

How am I assessed?

Reports
Essays
Observations
Portfolios
Reflection
Presentations
Vivas
Case studies
Peer assessments
Work-based projects

Work Experience

As part of this degree you will participate in voluntary external placements within the field of counselling. Key staff holding active memberships of professional bodies or associations will be available to support you with their membership and networking.

Where can I progress?

On successful completion of this course you could progress onto a Masters qualification. Alternatively, you could work in a variety of counselling roles such as in the voluntary sector or in charitable organisations, NHS and educational institutions or in specialist fields such as substance misuse, sexual abuse, bereavement and self-employment (private practice). For other roles, such as drugs worker, training and development officer, learning mentor or behaviour specialist, you could go straight into employment and undertake further on-the-job training.