ED504J: CLINICAL COMPETENCE, SUPERVISION AND IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE COUNSELLING PROCESS (2016-2017)

This module starts in module one and runs in parallel with the other modules extending throughout the programme. It involves three distinct, related activities:

 counselling clients in a clinical placement,

 attending individual supervision

 participating in group supervision on the programme

These activities are designed to support and promote the development of clinical competence, ethical awareness and professionally responsible practice.

The supervision process will focus on:

 The professional and ethical importance of supervision and the value and benefit of the different functions of individual and group supervision.

 Supervision as a framework for discussing and evaluating client work by examining the therapeutic process from the separate perspectives of the counsellor, the client and the relationship between the two

 The students own values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviours which impact on the therapeutic process

 The supervision process as a framework for integrating theory and practice

 The consideration of ethical issues and how to respond to them

 The therapeutic requirements of different client groups at different stages of therapy

 The impact of the counselling context on the client, the counsellor and the supervisor

 The role of group supervision in providing feedback on student’s competence to work as a responsible reflective practitioners

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

More Information about Week Numbers

Reflections on the Therapeutic Process: a Case Study (50%); Audio 4 50-60 minute audio recording of sessions with clients (50%)

There are no assessments for this course.