Postgraduate Course: DPsychotherapy Professional Accreditation and Personal Development (CNST12006)
Course Outline
School |
School of Health in Social Science |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
60 |
Home subject area |
Counselling Studies |
Other subject area |
None |
Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
Course description |
This course will support students to apply for and gain their individual practitioner accreditation as a psychotherapist, which also includes the planning and execution of a personal development programme. Students will receive group and individual tutorial support in planning for and completing their accreditation application and the assessed course work consists of a full accreditation application. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. By the end of the course students should be
- competent to practise independently, safely and accountably as psychotherapists within professional and ethical frameworks
2. - able to make highly skilled use of the therapeutic relationship and process, as well as of clinical supervision related to their practice
3. - equipped with a wide range of psychotherapeutic skills including listening, attunement, responding, assessing, contracting etc
4. - equipped with specific professional expertise at the forefront of one or more practice specialisms
- able to demonstrate originality and creativity in the development and application of new knowledge, understanding and practices to their practice as psychotherapists
5. - able to exercise a high level of autonomy and initiative in their professional practice |
Assessment Information
The assignment for this course is a full psychotherapy accreditation application of approximately 12,000 - 15,000 words |
Special Arrangements
None |
Additional Information
Academic description |
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Syllabus |
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Transferable skills |
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Reading list |
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Study Abroad |
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Study Pattern |
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Keywords |
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Contacts
Course organiser |
Mr Seamus Prior
Tel: (0131 6)51 6599
Email: Seamus.Prior@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Sue Larsen
Tel: (0131 6)51 6671
Email: Sue.Larsen@ed.ac.uk |
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