Postgraduate Course: Advanced Study in Counselling and Psychotherapy (CNST11015)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Counselling Studies |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course provides students with opportunities to study a range of debates in the literature concerned with counselling and psychotherapy. These include debates about: approaches to clinical practice with particular population groups and/or specific conditions (e.g. children and young people, trauma); theoretical and philosophical influences (e.g. neuroscience, narrative approaches); clinical settings (e.g. primary care, voluntary sector); and contextual issues (e.g. professionalisation, the rise of therapy cultures). The topics covered in any one delivery will be finalised in negotiation with course participants. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to;
- identify and conceptualise debates influencing practice, provision and training in counselling and psychotherapy
- critically assess and synthesise the relevance of research and scholarship on specific for the practice and provision of counselling and psychotherapy
- critically assess different disciplinary perspectives on debates about counselling and psychotherapy
- formulate research questions on specific topics of debate in counselling and psychotherapy
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Assessment Information
| One 4000 - 5000 word essay on a topic agreed with the course organiser |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Liz Bondi
Tel: (0131 6)50 2529
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Course secretary | Miss Sue Larsen
Tel: (0131 6)51 6671
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