Assessable learning outcomes:
Students will be able to demonstrate the ability:

Additional outcomes:
Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the above through contributions to the discussion in seminars, including where relevant the presentation of case material to support their ideas.

Outline content:
Following on from an exploration of early infant human development in Module 3, eleven lectures/seminars in this module will examine the key concepts most frequently used in psychodynamic counselling such as transference, countertransference, projective identification, boundaries, containment, interpretation.
A further 7 lectures/seminars will examine some other major theories and models of counselling such as CBT, Gestalt, Transactional Analysis and Person Centred. Where possible, practitioners of these theories/models will present their own way of working. These theories will be contrasted with the psychodynamic approach.

Brief description of teaching and learning methods:
Tutor led lectures and seminars; discussion relating theoretical perspectives to the practical and clinical work of the student group and their own life experiences.

Contact hours:

Assessment:
Coursework
One 4000 word essay reflecting aspects of the components of the module. A choice of titles will be issued during the course.
A formative exercise in critical evaluation and comparison of counselling approaches. A case study will be given by the course at the beginning of the series of seminars on the major counselling models. This case will act as a vehicle for consideration of how these counselling models may be applied.
Relative percentage of coursework 100%
Examinations
n/a
Requirements for a pass:
50%
Reassessment arrangements
Students who do not obtain the required pass mark in the assessed work will be given the opportunity to resubmit the work on one further occasion: the re-sit grade cannot exceed 50%

Last updated: 9 December 2009