Postgraduate Course: DPsychotherapy Professional Portfolio 1 (CNST12011)
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 12 (Postgraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Counselling Studies | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | This course consists of an intensive practice-focused preparation to enable students to begin their psychotherapy and counselling placements, and the first block of professional practice: 50 hours of therapeutic practice with clients and 10 hours of clinical supervision.  While in placement, students also attend individual clinical tutorials and a practice-focused group at which they present their professional practice with clients.  The first professional portfolio, through which this course and the DPsychotherapy Placement 1 are assessed, is completed when these placement hours have been attained. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13  Flexible, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
 
	
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| No Classes have been defined for this Course |  
| First Class | 
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Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. By the end of the course students should have:- 
- a thorough and critical understanding and knowledge of personal and professional issues in beginning their psychotherapy and counselling practice with clients  
2. - the capacity to make a critical evaluation of their strengths, skills, learning and support needs in relation to beginning psychotherapy and counselling practice and forming therapeutic relationships  
3. - an ability to accept and integrate feedback, assessment and guidance regarding their therapeutic practice from tutors, peers and clinical supervisor  
4. - the capacity to analyse their motivation to choose a particular psychotherapy and counselling placement  
5. - a heightened awareness of the processes involved in new beginnings: for themselves, for their clients and for the teams / agencies they are joining, with reference to issues of power, diversity and difference | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| Professional Portfolio 1 - logs and reports equivalent to 4,000 words. |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
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| Reading list | 
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| Study Abroad | 
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Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mr Seamus Prior 
Tel: (0131 6)51 6599 
Email: Seamus.Prior@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Sue Larsen 
Tel: (0131 6)51 6671 
Email: Sue.Larsen@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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