Postgraduate Course: Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice 1 (CNST12020)
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 intensive practice-focused preparation to enable Counselling and Psychotherapy Professional Programme students to begin their counselling placements and start counselling work, focusing on tasks such as assessment, contracting and building therapeutic relationships with clients. |
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 22.5,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 30,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
143 )
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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. To critically appraise their practice strengths, learning and support needs in beginning counselling practice and forming therapeutic relationships with reference to professional competencies.
2. To conceptualise their professional practice with reference to theoretical resources from both the person-centred approach and psychodynamic perspectives.
3. To accept and integrate peer, tutor and other feedback in relation to their therapeutic practice.
4. To reflect critically on issues of power, diversity and difference in counselling work.
5. To identify, reflect critically on, and act appropriately in relation to, ethical and other challenges they are facing in their counselling practice.
To present a coherent account of their practice with clients, including critical reflection on their use of self within the therapeutic relationships and use of supervision.
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Assessment Information
Formative assessment is offered throughout the course: in the practice workshops, students receive direct feedback on their therapeutic skill; in group tutorials, students receive feedback on their case presentations. This encompasses formative feedback on practice competence, as evidenced in their accounts and recordings of sessions, as well as their capacity to present clear, coherent and theoretically-informed reflective accounts of their practice and critical appraisals of their strengths and areas for development in relation to practice.
Summative assessment takes place at the end of each semester through professional practice portfolios. Counselling skills practice and readiness for practice are formally assessed according to professional competency framework stipulated by COSCA, professional accrediting body, including self, peer and tutor assessment components. Professional practice on placement is formally assessed through practice portfolios, including practice logs, reports from professional partners (agency managers, professional mentors and practice supervisors) and student reflective commentary on core competence achievement at this stage in their professional practice development.
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
This course provides an intensive practice-focused preparation to enable Counselling and Psychotherapy Professional Programme students to begin their counselling placements and start counselling work, focusing on tasks such as assessment, contracting and building therapeutic relationships with clients. The course consists of two parts: in semester 1, there is intensive practice skills development workshops using audio- and video-recording, peer and tutor feedback and assessment, culminating in a readiness for practice assessment; in semester 2, students meet in facilitated groups to present on their initial counselling practice with clients as they start in placement. As students begin to negotiate their placements, the course focuses on students' preparation for beginning counselling practice, addressing the issues which arise when embarking on a new venture and joining a new agency/team. The small group context creates a safe learning environment in which personalised guidance from both peers and tutors may be offered to the individual student and students establish a clear sense of their readiness to begin practice with clients. Tutors deliver inputs on practice issues as required, based on the group's needs. This practice-focused course is integrated into the accompanying theory courses for each semester. |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
The aim of this course is twofold:
1. to prepare students for beginning their counselling and psychotherapy placements.
2. to foster the development of students' counselling practice, increasing their self-awareness as reflective practitioners, their capacity to establish and develop effective counselling relationships with clients and fostering the development of the theoretical base which informs their practice.
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| Reading list |
Indicative Reading:
Bond, T. (2000) Standards and Ethics for Counselling in Action, London: Sage (2nd edition)
Embleton,Tudor, L., Keeras, K., Tudor, K., Valentine, J. and Worrall, M. (2004) The Person-centred Approach: A Contemporary Introduction. London: Palgrave Macmillan
Feltham, C and Horton, I (eds) (2012) The Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy. London: Sage (3rd edition)
Leiper, R. and Maltby, M. (2004) The Psychodynamic Approach to Therapeutic Change, London: Sage.
Mc Millan, M. (2004) The Person-centred Approach to Therapeutic Change. London: Sage
Proctor, G (2014) Values and Ethics in Counselling and Psychotherapy. London: Sage
Reeves, A (2013) An Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy. London: Sage
Spurling, L. (2004) An Introduction to Psychodynamic Counselling London: Palgrave Macmillan
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
30 hours (10 sessions of 3 hours each) practice workshops S1 and 22.5 hours (15 sessions of 1.5 hours each) group tutorials in S2. Day varies each academic session.
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| Keywords | Counselling Psychotherapy Practice |
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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