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Entry Requirements

For Counselling Diploma and the Psychotherapy MA/Diploma

Applicants need to have completed the BCPC Foundation Certificate or an equivalent other course externally. Individuals with no prior training (or very little) should apply directly to Foundation.

Equivalence to BCPC Foundation

In order to assess equivalence to BCPC Foundation please note that the following needs to be matched and clearly indicated on the application form:

• Between 100 and 120 Training Course hours involving an in-depth exploration of the work of Carl Rogers and in particular his ‘core conditions’ for establishing relationship.
• Skills practice in Threes.
• Participation in open-group work.
• Having been in personal counselling or therapy for at least six months.

 

Attendance at an Orientation Day

Following a successful interview process, applicants will be offered a place on the Diploma in Counselling or the MA/Diploma in Psychotherapy. They will then be required to attend an Orientation Day to assist integration into BCPC training. See the Course Information Sheet for details of dates and cost.

Accreditation of Prior Learning Procedures (APL)

External applicants are required to write the following essay. Please submit one copy with your application (hard copy, or electronic to mail@bcpc.org.uk).

Essay topic

Discuss Carl Rogers’ qualities of empathy, unconditional positive regard and congruence, showing your understanding of them and exploring the ease and/or difficulty you have in adopting each of them. Make reference to Rogers 1961 ‘On Becoming a Person’ and Mearns and Thorne 2007 ‘Person Centred Counselling in Action’.

Word Count 2,000 – 2,500. Please indicate this at the end of your work.

The purpose of the essay is to show a lively and clear understanding of Rogers’ core conditions and an ability to relate theory and personal experience rather than just showing detailed knowledge of theory. Please aim for a good standard of presentation with all quotations appropriately referenced.

 

Entry to MA /Diploma in Psychotherapy – Additional Information

External applicants who already have a Counselling Diploma, either from BCPC or an equivalent alternative Diploma, may join the MA/Diploma at Module 1 (thus not needing to complete the Preparatory Year).

The entry level for the MA/Diploma is postgraduate. Applicants without an undergraduate degree will be eligible with sufficient prior learning and/or life experience (APL and APEL procedures will apply).