Contemporary Relational Counselling
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This course offers students an opportunity to take part in an innovative course of study, enabling them to gain the knowledge and skills required to work as a highly ethical, integrative practitioner in the counselling professions. Students will learn how to integrate different counselling models and how to tailor them to meet clients’ unique needs.
Cognitive behavioural and solution focused approaches will be integrated within a wide theory base, which will include systemic, psychodynamic and humanistic concepts. The three year full time course will equip students to work as clinical practitioners in a variety of settings, face to face, on the phone and online, the content having been specifically selected to meet needs of newly qualified counsellors who will encounter a cost conscious and evidence based approach to counselling delivery.
This course aims
To develop a critical understanding of theoretical approaches and their application
To develop an enhanced understanding of complex practice issues
To enhance practitioners’ professional skills
To gain academic competence and enhance research skills
To enable students to develop and apply reflexivity in its multiple contexts
To enhance employability in a variety of sectors
This Degree is Validated by the University of Hull.
Modules
Year one
The first year will concentrate on teaching students’ common factors in counselling (including the therapeutic relationship), exploring the principles of the therapeutic relationship and introducing a variety of theoretical models. Ethics and safeguarding will be taught, and students will be encouraged to develop self-awareness and reflexivity. Role play and practice skills will be a feature to prepare students to work with clients from the second year onwards.
Module 1 Common Factors
Module 2 The Therapeutic Relationship
Module 3 Theoretical Principles
Module 4 Attachment and Loss
Module 5 Ethical Practice
Module 6 The Self of the Counsellor
Year two
The second year will build on the knowledge gained in year 1, target more specific client presentations and incorporate a supervised clinical practice element in a recognised placement (50 hours). Students will have the opportunity to approach counselling and therapeutic theories from different perspectives and link concepts to practice in a reflexive, free flowing manner. Specific modules will be dedicated to research, clinical supervision and difference and diversity. Module 12 will be dedicated to supervised clinical practice in the placement centre.
Module 7 CBT Principles
Module 8 Research Principles
Module 9 Supervision and Practice Principles
Module 10 Further Theoretical Principles
Module 11 Diversity and Difference
Module 12 Clinical Practice
Final year
Year three will offer a series of modules, such as working with specific client bases and problems. It will provide theoretical support and assistance in accurate decision making and treatment planning. The approach is concentrated on utilising the clients’ own resources and capabilities to solve issues and promote self-awareness, self-worth and self-confidence.
Module 17 will run through the year and feature a reflexive dissertation based on clinical practice, enabling students to showcase their integration of theories into clinical practice. Students who successfully complete year 3 will be awarded a BA (Hons) degree in Contemporary Relational Counselling.
Module 13 Working with Complex Presentations
Module 14 Relational Research
Module 15 Challenges in Relational Counselling
Module 16 Further Challenges in Relational Counselling
Module 17 Reflexive Clinical Practice
All modules are subject to availability and this list may change at any time
Assessment methods
Assessment methods include:
- Peer assessed role plays
- Case Studies
- Case presentations
- Theory based written assignments
- Production of documentation for clients (flyers, website information)
- Research projects
- Portfolio (informed by learning journal kept throughout the course)
- Reflexive critical response to learning and practice
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