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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
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis 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.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2016/17, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Lifelong Learning - Session 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 98 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 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%.
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No Exam Information
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.
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.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserMr James Mooney
Tel: (0131 6)50 3077
Email: james.mooney@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Zofia Guertin
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
Email: Zofia.Guertin@ed.ac.uk
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