How can you support the people who need your service most effectively?
How can you work more collaboratively with your colleagues?
What counts as therapeutic support for children, young people, or older adults?
Our Foundation Degree, comprising of one afternoon of teaching a week, offers a theoretical understanding and the practical tools for emotionally grounded therapeutic work with children, adolescents, and adults, whatever your role.
Using a psychodynamic framework, the course will help you develop a thorough understanding of the human proces...
How can you support the people who need your service most effectively?<br/><br/>How can you work more collaboratively with your colleagues?<br/><br/>What counts as therapeutic support for children, young people, or older adults?<br/><br/>Our Foundation Degree, comprising of one afternoon of teaching a week, offers a theoretical understanding and the practical tools for emotionally grounded therapeutic work with children, adolescents, and adults, whatever your role.<br/><br/>Using a psychodynamic framework, the course will help you develop a thorough understanding of the human processes within and around the people who use your service and the people who are trying to help them. We also equip you with an awareness of the wider dimension of organisational dynamics. Put together, these both will contribute to your development as an effective and perceptive practitioner.<br/><br/>You study:<br/><br/><br/>- Psychodynamic theory<br/><br/><br/>- Child and adult development<br/><br/><br/>- Issues of trauma and violence<br/><br/><br/>- The dynamics of therapeutic interventions in organisations<br/>
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Course Details
Information
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
2 Years
Start Date
10/2025
Campus
Colchester Campus
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
LX51
Institution Code
E70
Points of Entry
Year 1
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Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year |
---|---|---|---|
England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland | £9,250 | 2024/25 | Year 1 |
EU, International | £20,475 | 2024/25 | Year 1 |