if you want to become an ethical, reflective and professional practitioner of counselling psychology, our doctorate degree is ideal. you will want to provide psychological services that draw on evidence-based psychological practice. you will be motivated to work on complex issues with individual adults and children, couples, families, groups and organisations. accreditation health and care professionals council logo british psychological society. accredited counselling psychology logo the professional doctorate in counselling psychology is a three year full time programme of study. the programme is approved by the health care professions council (hcpc), the statutory regulator for practitioner psychologists in the uk, and is also accredited by the british psychological society (bps). award you can select to apply for one of the available exit points for this course. doctor of psychology (dpsych)