Undergraduate Course: Foundations of Counselling and Psychotherapy 1 (10 credit points) (LLLD07002)
Course Outline
| School | Centre for Open Learning |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This 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 1 covers: the work of Rogers; interpersonal psychotherapy; cognitive-analytic and cognitive behavioural theories; and an overview of Jung.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
Describe the framework for counselling - boundaries, disclosure, confidentiality, listening skills
Provide an overview of person-centred counselling today
Outline the client-centred theories of Carl Rogers
Outline cognitive-behavioural approaches to counselling
Understand basic Jungian type theory
Apply some of these to their own development, and to everyday interactions to some extent.
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Reading List
Klerman G.L. (1998) Interpersonal Psychotherapy of Depression, Errison
Jung C. (1982). Psychological Types, Routledge
Rogers C. (1961). On Becoming a Person, Constable
Ryle A & Kerr I. B. (2002) Introducing Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Wiley
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr James Mooney
Tel: (0131 6)51 6079
Email: james.mooney@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr John Ethcuit
Tel: (0131 6)50 3409
Email: jethcuit@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
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