Postgraduate Course: Counselling, Trauma and Attachment (CNST11035)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Counselling Studies |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.health.ed.ac.uk/counsellingstudies/cpd/trauma.htm |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course provides a comprehensive exploration of the practice of counselling adult clients who have experienced significant traumas such as sudden death, abandonment, childhood abuse, social displacement, political violence, natural disaster, abuse of power in the workplace, sexual violence.
Topics include: what makes an event or events traumatic; trauma and the life course; the short term and long term effects of trauma, the significance of attachment patterns in emotional regulation and trauma, post traumatic stress and working with memories of trauma; trauma and attachment; resilience and recovery; neuroscience and trauma; trauma and the body; sensorimotor processes and recovery from trauma; trauma and survival; therapeutic issues in working with trauma; vicarious trauma and other issues for the therapist.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should have
- an advanced understanding of theoretical concepts of trauma, post traumatic stress, neuroscientific processes following trauma, and therapeutic issues presented in working with trauma
- the capacity to identify and critically appraise the significance of attachment patterns and affect regulation in the therapeutic relationship with people who have experienced trauma
- the capacity to identify, analyse and evaluate the distinctive features and key themes of counselling practice with clients who have experienced trauma
- the capacity to conceptualise, contextualise and critically assess power dynamics and ethical issues arising in therapeutic practice with clients who have experienced trauma and to implement coherent and effective strategies to address these
- an advanced critical understanding of their capacity to undertake therapeutic practice with clients who have experienced trauma
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Assessment Information
| One 4,000 to 5,000 word essay analysing a key theme in the practice of counselling clients who have experienced trauma. Students will critically reflect on the practice theme, integrating relevant research and literature, and drawing on their own theraeutic practice. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Siobhan Canavan
Tel: (0131 6)51 6231
Email: Siobhan.Canavan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sue Larsen
Tel: (0131 6)51 6671
Email: Sue.Larsen@ed.ac.uk |
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