Postgraduate Course: Difference, diversity and power in counselling practice (20 credits) (CNST11068)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | While issues of difference, diversity and power are integrated into every element of the MCouns programme, this new course provides a separate opportunity to focus on this important practice theme in detail. The course examines these issues in contemporary social and political contexts, exploring theories of power and how it is exercised, societal and interpersonal processes of exclusion, inclusion and promoting equality, with a focus on the student's own personal experience in relation to these issues. The course will focus on sociological theories and debates in relation to difference, diversity and power and the controversies surrounding the place of counselling in these. Students have the opportunity to analyse these issues broadly as well as undertake detailed study on specific areas, such as race, gender, sexuality, disability, age, faith and others. The course focuses on how counselling practitioners work effectively with these issues in their practice with clients. Students will be required to undertake significant personal work on these issues and the safety of the learning environment required for such personal development work will be addressed from the outset. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One 4,000 word essay |
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should have:-
A critical understanding of theories of power and how it is exercised, including societal and interpersonal processes of exclusion, inclusion and promoting equality
The capacity to apply these concepts and theories to their personal narrative and professional practice as a counsellor in training
The ability to analyse the social and political contexts in which debates and practices around equality and diversity are conducted
The capacity to appraise key sociological debates regarding the potential of therapeutic practice both to reinforce and to challenge inequalities and exclusion at intrapersonal, interpersonal and societal levels
A clear assessment of their strengths, learning and support needs in relation to difference, diversity and power in counselling practice
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
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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