Universities and Online Degrees Guide

Helderberg College of Higher Education

Bachelor of Arts in Counselling Psychology

The Bachelor of Arts in Counselling Psychology in Psychology is offered by Helderberg College of Higher Education.

Program Length: 3 YEARS.

Bachelor of Arts in Counselling Psychology offered by the Helderberg College of Higher Education

Programme Purpose

• To help you understand how and why humans think and behave as they do, within a Christian values framework
• To grant you the knowledge and skills needed to do professional counselling, therapy, work in mental health care and in related fields such as industrial psychology, or to study further in psychology
• To give you an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the core subfields of psychology: health and stress; positive psychology; human development; social psychology; personology; counselling skills and therapy; community psychology; abnormal psychology; psychometric theory and testing, and the history of philosophy and psychology, including the major schools and paradigms
• To encourage you to think critically
• To empower you with research and analytical skills
• To give you opportunities to develop a passion for service and the knowledge and skills to ensure you will be prepared to really help people in the community

Qualification Outcomes
Counselling Psychology

• Knowledge of substance abuse, addictions and treatment
• Cognitive and neurological processes, structures, and functions
• Human sexuality
• Family and marriage therapeutic interventions
• Exceptionality, special education and related services
• The skill of working on your own as well as in a group
• The ability to read academic books, journals and online material in a critical way, and to carry out your own research

Career Opportunities

Once you hold a BA in Psychology, these are some of the jobs you could do after post-graduate study:

• Counselling Psychologist
• Industrial Psychologist
• Lecturer / School Teacher
• Field Researcher
• Human Resources Manager
• Employment in areas related to psychology such as:
  • social services
  • health work
  • community work
  • public relations
  • sales or market research
  • ergonomics
  • advertising