Psychopathology aims to promote students understanding of psychological disorder, how it develops and is maintained, and to help you to think about how, as psychologists, we might best intervene to promote psychological wellbeing. This module explores research, practice, and service user perspectives on psychopathology throughout the lifespan, providing students with a robust understanding of current thinking and approaches in the field of clinical and counselling psychology.

This module will look at key areas of Health Psychology, in particular looking at the areas of behaviour change and patient experience. This will allow students to build on what they have learnt so far in their degree and see this applied to issues within the physical health field. The module will prepare students for careers in physical health support or related areas around behaviour change such as marketing.

Neurodiversity in Practice covers a range of topics which affect children's development: these include a broad spectrum of neurodiversity issues, but may also include the experiences of children raised in unusual circumstances, who have a sensory or physical disability, a mental health condition, or who are unusually gifted or talented, for example.

With Major Project

• Applied Counselling Theory and Skills (20 Credits) Core
  This module brings together the three strands of counselling skills: skills practice, theory, and personal development, developing students understanding of how the three elements come together and how they might be applied in the context of future careers. Students are taught advanced counselling concepts, demonstrating how they are applied in context, and are given the opportunity to practise the concepts themselves. Students are given the opportunity to reflect the process and their future careers.
• Research Methods and Major Project (40 Credits) Core
  This level 6 major project module will take students on a transformative journey that will enhance their critical thinking, analytical abilities, and academic writing.  Students will learn about the philosophical foundations of social research and will be able to reflect on their own philosophical and methodological standpoint. Research design, ethical issues and methodological tensions will be covered throughout the first two terms of this module. A practical focus on quantitative and qualitative data analysis will aid students to become career ready for the research sector. Teaching will be face to face in small groups,  where students will work with peers to consider the staged process of research design and apply what they have learnt to real world research phenomena. Once students have developed their knowledge and understanding of research methods and data analysis techniques, they will embark on their own piece of research under the guidance of an academic supervisor. By writing a substantial piece of independent research students will gain essential skills in research methodology, data analysis, and academic writing that will serve them throughout their academic and professional career.

Withour Major Project

• Developing Multicultural Competence (20 Credits) Core
  This module develops students’ critical understanding of the wider social, political and cultural issues which both challenge and inform the helping relationship. This increased understanding enables students to consider the implications for the helping relationship, leading to a greater awareness of the issues which inform and shape the lives of the helper and helpee.
• Using Counselling Skills in the Workplace (20 Credits) Core
  This module explores a range of organisations where counselling skills are used, and considers how the dynamics and culture within these organisations effects the use of those counselling skills. Students are introduced to a range of careers within the field of counselling and perform a critical examination of those roles within their specific context.
• Applied Counselling Theory and Skills (20 Credits) Core
  This module brings together the three strands of counselling skills: skills practice, theory, and personal development, developing students understanding of how the three elements come together and how they might be applied in the context of future careers. Students are taught advanced counselling concepts, demonstrating how they are applied in context, and are given the opportunity to practise the concepts themselves. Students are given the opportunity to reflect the process and their future careers.