Undergraduate Course: Foundations of Counselling and Psychotherapy 2 (10 credit points) (LLLD07003)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Lifelong Learning (HEA) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | 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 2 covers the psychodynamic underpinnings of counselling and psychotherapy: the theories of Freud, Klein, Fairbairn, Erikson, Winnicott and Mahler; psychoanalytic revisionists; controversies in psychoanalysis.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Describe the framework for counselling; boundaries, disclosure, confidentiality, listening skills;
Provide an overview of the field of psychodynamic counselling today;
Outline the psychodynamic theories of Freud and various Freudian schools;
Outline contemporary revisionist approaches to the Freudian tradition;
Apply some of the psychodynamic approaches to their own development and everyday interactions to a limited extent.
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Assessment Information
| Normally, the assessment is a 2000 word essay, worth 100% of the total mark, submitted by week 12. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 40%. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Reading list |
Essential
Mitchell, S.A. and Black, M.J., 1996. Freud and Beyond: A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought. New York: Basic Books.
Recommended
McLeod, J., 2009. An Introduction to Counselling. 4th ed. Maidenhead, Berks: Open University Press.
Additional texts will be recommended by the tutor throughout the course.
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr James Mooney
Tel: (0131 6)50 3077
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Course secretary | Mrs Diane Mcmillan
Tel: (0131 6)50 6912
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