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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Health in Social Science : Counselling Studies

Postgraduate Course: Psychological vulnerabilities and distress in counselling practice (CNST11062)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Health in Social Science CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course examines human psychological vulnerabilities and distress, as they present and are worked with, in therapeutic practice.
Course description Theories of psychological vulnerability and distress are explored, including concepts from neuroscience, normal and abnormal psychology, trauma studies and attachment. The recovery model is also examined, as are the social and political contexts in which debates around mental health and emotional well-being are conducted. The course focuses on how counselling practitioners make sense of and use such understandings in their practice with clients.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2021/22, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 10, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) A 4,000 - 5,000 word essay
Feedback Formative feedback will be given throughout the course, especially in Practice and Process Groups (PPGs).

Summative feedback will be given on the course paper via Learn.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Understand the theories of human psychological vulnerabilities and distress, grounded in the dialogue between person-centred and psychodynamic approaches
  2. Display the capacity to evaluate the social and political contexts in which debates around mental health and emotional well-being are conducted
  3. Assess their strengths, learning and support needs in relation to counselling practice with distressed and vulnerable clients
  4. Display awareness of issues of power, diversity and difference in relation to psychological vulnerabilities and distress.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMs Mandy Laing
Tel: (0131 6)50 4697
Email: Mandy.Laing@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Sue Larsen
Tel: (0131 6)51 6671
Email: Sue.Larsen@ed.ac.uk
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