This module aims to develop an understanding of the basic skills associated with personcentred practice, including active listening, non-directivity, reflections, paraphrasing and summarising. We’ll also begin to explore the use of creative materials as forms of communication in therapy.
You will be introduced to Carl Rogers’ Person-Centred Theory, with emphasis on the six necessary and sufficient conditions for therapeutic change.
This module gives you an overview and develops your insight into the significance of early experiences on emotional well-being and mental health.
This module aims to develop your ethical counselling practice and competent person-centred counselling skills in relation to young people, before you progress on to a clinical placement.
This exciting experiential module helps you develop qualities necessary for therapeutic work such as sensitivity, self-awareness and a non-judgmental attitude.
This module will further develop and assess skills in practical work using play and art materials. You will develop your own set of resources to support therapeutic creative expression.
This provides you with an overview of historical foundations from which current therapeutic work has evolved. You will use self-reflection to deepen your understanding of theoretical approaches.
The purpose of the module is to prepare counselling practitioners for the process of investigating and evaluating their own practice in counselling. The module introduces you to current quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods in practice and considers their strengths and weaknesses.
This module underpins the practical experience of clinical supervision with theory. You are supported in becoming autonomous reflective practitioners and will explore ethical boundaries and issues within supervision.
This module engages you in a critical analysis of contemporary psychopathology. It explores dilemmas and contradictions in clinical practice, and in working within the wider context of interagency working with children and young people. Central to the module is a focus on psychological problems and recent developments in neuroscience.
The purpose of this module is to encourage you to appreciate the links between client work, personal development, professional development and supervision. In addition, it gives you the understanding and tools needed to present their client work within a professional arena.