Postgraduate Course: Practice Seminar in Counselling and Psychotherapy (CNST12015)
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 | 20 |
| Home subject area | Counselling Studies |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course provides an advanced, specialist exploration, analysis and application of the therapeutic relationship as conceptualised within the person-centred approach and/or psychodynamic perspectives with reference to students' own clinical practice. It examines current debates in counselling and psychotherapy, relating key contemporary conceptual and research themes and issues to the clinical work in which practitioners engage. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Formative Assessment Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
166 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. On successful completion of the course, students will demonstrate:
An advanced, specialist understanding of the significance of the therapeutic relationship in the theory and practice of person-centred and/or psychodynamic counselling.
2. The capacity to conceptualise, analyse and present the development and impact of therapeutic relationships with reference to their own clinical practice. |
Assessment Information
| Formative assessment is provided through fortnightly seminars where students receive feedback from the course tutor and from other students about their own clinical case presentation. This course is summatively assessed by one 4,000 to 5,000 word essay, analysing the student's clinical practice with one or more clients. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
This course aims to support doctoral students¿ development as advanced practitioners in counselling and psychotherapy, enabling them to complete high quality case studies of their own clinical work appropriate for applications for individual accreditation and potentially for publication. |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Supporting the development of students working at the doctoral level, academic staff do not prescribe readings but students are expected to search for and select reading relevant to their own clinical work. From this material, they prescribe readings to other participants in the seminar to be prepared in advance of student presentations. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
A high degree of self-directed learning is expected of students commensurate with the final stages of doctoral education. Students participate in 10 fortnightly seminars of two hours facilitated by a member of academic teaching staff at which each student presents and discusses their own clinical material as well as responding to and reflecting on material presented by their peers.
Total Hours: 200 (Seminar 20, Formative Assessment Hours 10, Independent Learning Hours 170)
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| Keywords | Practice Seminar Counselling Psychotherapy |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Liz Bondi
Tel: (0131 6)50 2529
Email: Liz.Bondi@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sue Larsen
Tel: (0131 6)51 6671
Email: Sue.Larsen@ed.ac.uk |
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