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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Health in Social Science : Lifelong Learning (HEA)

Undergraduate Course: Foundations of Counselling and Psychotherapy 2 (10 credit points) (LLLD07003)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Health in Social Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaLifelong Learning (HEA) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis is a for-credit course offered by the Office of Lifelong Learning (OLL): only students registered with OLL should be enrolled.

This course aims to survey the many different theories and approaches of counselling and psychotherapy. The emphasis is on theory and learning with some opportunities for practical work and exploring personal experience (within appropriate boundaries).

Course 2 covers the psychodynamic underpinnings of counselling and psychotherapy: the theories of Freud, Klein, Fairbairn, Erikson, Winnicott and Mahler; psychoanalytic revisionists; controversies in psychoanalysis.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Lifelong Learning - Session 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  No Quota:  10
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 13/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 78 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Describe the framework for counselling; boundaries, disclosure, confidentiality, listening skills;
Provide an overview of the field of psychodynamic counselling today;
Outline the psychodynamic theories of Freud and various Freudian schools;
Outline contemporary revisionist approaches to the Freudian tradition;
Apply some of the psychodynamic approaches to their own development and everyday interactions to a limited extent.
Assessment Information
Normally, the assessment is a 2000 word essay, worth 100% of the total mark, submitted by week 12. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 40%.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Essential
Mitchell, S.A. and Black, M.J., 1996. Freud and Beyond: A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought. New York: Basic Books.

Recommended
McLeod, J., 2009. An Introduction to Counselling. 4th ed. Maidenhead, Berks: Open University Press.

Additional texts will be recommended by the tutor throughout the course.
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMr James Mooney
Tel: (0131 6)50 3077
Email: james.mooney@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Diane Mcmillan
Tel: (0131 6)50 6912
Email: D.McMillan@ed.ac.uk
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