Psychology with Counselling Skills

Our specialist psychology degree prepares you for a career as a counsellor or social worker, or for a role in other sectors such as law, business management or education. You will also be well prepared for further studies to become a charted psychologist.

Psychology graduates are highly valued across the economy, because of the transferable skills they develop. As a psychology professional you could find yourself working in all kinds of roles from priming elite athletes and sports teams to improve their performance to advising governments on policy. Counselling psychologists work in the NHS, in general and psychiatric hospitals and GP surgeries. You could also work within:

• private hospitals
• independent practices
• industry
• education in schools and universities
• public and private corporate institutions

You could be working in roles such as:

• business manager
• teaching assistant
• early years practitioner
• social therapist
• counsellor
• market researcher in organisations including:
• NHS East London
• HMP Holloway
• APPT, Northwood Day Nursery
• Middlesex University
• Serco
• Mosaic Youth
• IFF Research
• London Borough of Barnet
• Camden Council