Career in psychotherapy

Good day.

I was an international student in London.
I graduated in Bsc ( Economics, Finance and Management ).

I want to change my path, and be a practising psychotherapist in the UK.

1) What further courses for study should I take up in the UK, in order to do so. ( I am aware of conversion courses for psychology existing in some universities also.).

2) I'd like to start study in 2024 or 2025.
Please advice me about the various things I should be doing study and training wise, before being able to be a practising psychotherapist in the UK.

Your suggestions will be highly appreciated.

Thx.

Sanjay

Good day.
I was an international student in London.
I graduated in Bsc ( Economics, Finance and Management ).
I want to change my path, and be a practising psychotherapist in the UK.
1) What further courses for study should I take up in the UK, in order to do so. ( I am aware of conversion courses for psychology existing in some universities also.).
2) I'd like to start study in 2024 or 2025.
Please advice me about the various things I should be doing study and training wise, before being able to be a practising psychotherapist in the UK.
Your suggestions will be highly appreciated.
Thx.
Sanjay

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Greg

There are many types of therapists and for many of them, you don't need a psychology degree (or even a degree at all!). I suggest you check out the NHS website and see all the types of therapists they have here: https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/psychological-therapies/roles-psychological-therapies and then see their entry requirements. It'll say what course you need to take and then you can go research that and see how to apply

Registered to practice psychotherapists do need a degree, typically at post grad level and additional training

yes, but if you read wider, people have advised this. It depends what is meant by therapist, psychotherapist is not a protected title neither is psychologist for that matter.
This isnt a contradiction to the quote you replied to "many types of therapist and for many of them you dont need a psychology degree" is wholly accurate

The originally posted specifically specified Psychotherapist, and working for the NHS you need a degree for this

OK, you're not mistaken are you?. There was several replies about this and this wasn't the one you replied to.
Nevertheless an international student may not understand the psychotherapist distinction, nor did they mention the NHS that was the one you replied to.
As I originally stated you do not need a psychology degree for this anyway, to be registered with the UKCP you need to complete the masters in observational studies before you're even eligible for the four year in place clinical training. Its a almost unbelievable this doesn't constitute a doctorate to be honest.
Not many NHS departments actually use them. Mine did but it was seen more of an anomaly in the network
Psychotherapist is not a protected title.

The post I first replied to talked about "therapist" despite the original poster talking about psychotherapist which is more specific in the UK, despite it not being protected, in the UK to be a REGISTERED psychotherapist (as I stated) you need a degree, I did NOT say psychotherapy degree, just degree. I chose not to assume that just because someone is an international student, they don't know the psychotherapy distinction. It would be rude to assume that especially when they are thinking about it seriously enough to be a future career. i only mentioned NHS bc it's one of the most common places a psychotherapist works aside from private practice.