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This course aims to enable students to develop the personal qualities and professional skills necessary for competent and reflective practitioners within a person centred framework. Self-awareness, counselling theory, practice and research are integrated to a level that enables course members to engage with therapeutic processes in a range of counselling relationships. Although the counselling programme is structured on a modular basis it is conceptualised as a comprehensive experience. The programme has four strands: Counselling Relationship and Therapeutic Process; Counselling Theory and Research; Personal Development; Professional Development. This course constitutes the 1st module of the fulltime counselling programme.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Session | First Sub Session | Credit Points | 60 credits (30 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Specifically, this course aims to enable students to:
| Description | Value |
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| Field trip - residential weekend | GBP 200.00 |
| Independent supervision – fortnightly, ranges from £30 to £50 a session - A ratio of one hour supervision to 6 client hours – required by validating body COSCA | GBP 50.00 |
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 9 | Feedback Weeks | 12 | |
| Feedback |
An analysis of a recorded practice session. Turnitin used with written feedback. |
Word Count | 2500 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 19 | Feedback Weeks | 22 | |
| Feedback |
A mixture of theory and reflective writing related to practice. Turnitin used with written feedback. |
Word Count | 5000 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 13 | Feedback Weeks | 16 | |
| Feedback |
Theoretical essay. Turnitin used with written feedback. |
Word Count | 3500 | |
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| Assessment Type | Formative | Weighting | 0 | |
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| Feedback |
Peer and tutor verbal feedback in supervision group setting. Live feedback. |
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| Assessment Type | Formative | Weighting | 0 | |
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| Feedback |
Minimum of 100 counselling sessions to be achieved over the academic year. Starting from week 10 after achieving readiness. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Apply | Ability to use supervision in an expansive, non-defensive, and constructive manner |
| Reflection | Create | Development of an internalised locus of evaluation. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Understanding the articulation between self-awareness, person-centred theory, and counselling practice. |
| Factual | Understand | Development of an in-depth and critical understanding of Carl Rogers’ theory of therapy and personality change. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Examination of person-centred theory in relation to self-experiences and personal development. |
| Reflection | Analyse | Ability to use feedback effectively to identify areas for further development. |
| Procedural | Apply | Ability to establish and maintain appropriate professional boundaries. |
| Conceptual | Apply | Ability to implement the person-centred therapeutic attitudes of unconditional positive regard, empathy, and congruence in the counselling relationship. |
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