Undergraduate Course: Foundations of Counselling and Psychotherapy 1 (10 credit points) (LLLD07002)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | 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 1 covers: the work of Rogers; interpersonal psychotherapy; cognitive-analytic and cognitive behavioural theories; and an overview of Jung.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Lifelong Learning - Session 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
98 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
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%. |
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Learning Outcomes
Describe the framework for counselling - boundaries, disclosure, confidentiality, listening skills
Provide an overview of person-centred counselling today
Outline the client-centred theories of Carl Rogers
Outline cognitive-behavioural approaches to counselling
Understand basic Jungian type theory
Apply some of these to their own development, and to everyday interactions to some extent.
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Reading List
Klerman G.L. (1998) Interpersonal Psychotherapy of Depression, Errison
Jung C. (1982). Psychological Types, Routledge
Rogers C. (1961). On Becoming a Person, Constable
Ryle A & Kerr I. B. (2002) Introducing Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Wiley
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Additional Information
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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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