Coleg Sir Gâr - FdA Counselling

FdA Counselling

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At a glance

Full Time / Part Time
2 Years / 3 Years
Ammanford Campus

Counselling is a professional career where empathy, compassion and active listening combine to empower individuals on their journey of personal growth and healing.

The foundation degree is a two year full-time or three years part-time course, leading to a qualification in therapeutic counselling.

The course is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). As such, this course is monitored by BACP and meets their training standards.

You will need to either complete the foundation degree full-time as well as the BA or complete the foundation degree part-time over three years in order to be on the BACP accredited programme.

Programme Features

The foundation degree is intended for those wishing to qualify as counsellors. You will need to complete 100-150 hours of supervised practice in a suitable counselling placement in order to gain a BACP accredited counselling qualification. Counselling practice needs to be a majority of face-to-face counselling with adults (minimum 51%) or children and young people (maximum 70%).

Students are required to have a minimum of 20 hours of personal therapy.

Programme content

The foundation degree covers four main areas:

Counselling theory: looking critically at the ideas behind counselling
Counselling practice and professional issues: core ethical, equal opportunity, professional and practice issues including working online
Clinical practice: counselling placement
Personal development: developing self-awareness and understanding responses to others

Progression and employment

Students can progress to the BA in counselling.

Students from this course have also gone on to gain employment in different counselling settings such as school-based counselling services and bereavement services as well as working in private practice.

Method of assessment

Continuous assessment including:

Reflective journal summaries
Essays on theory
Case studies
Individual and group presentations
Video recordings of work with other students and audio recordings of work with clients
Portfolio of evidence of placement work

Entry requirements

This course requires:

CPCAB level two award in introduction to counselling skills (30 hours) or equivalent
Students will normally have completed introductory training within five years prior to application to the foundation degree
An enhanced disclosure and barring scheme check
Two references

Students who have experienced recent traumas or bereavements, or who are considered by the tutors to be too vulnerable at present may be advised to postpone their entry onto the course. Applicants will need to show evidence of self-awareness and the ability to reflect on life experience as well as have the capacity to cope with the emotional and academic demands of the course

Additional costs

Enhanced DBS - £46

Supervision costs (once in placement) £50-£65 per month (if not provided for free by placements)

Personal therapy - 20 sessions minimum £30 - £40 per session

Away days- two to three over the course at £15 a day

BACP student membership - £86 per annum

Books - the library is well resourced and carries the majority of books required for your course, but some students may wish to own copies of core texts.