Advancing Professional Practice and Skills
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| EDUC4130 | Education | 4 | 30 | Spring UK |
- Code
- EDUC4130
- School
- Education
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 30
- Semesters
- Spring UK
Summary
This module advances knowledge and experience of working with more challenging and complex case presentations and issues. Whilst continuing to extend and deepen the self-awareness of the student in preparation for placement the student will
- Conceptualise an individual therapeutic positioning in preparation for placement
- Gain an understanding of models of supervision, prepare for and make use of supervision
- Use clinical case discussion covering issues of self-awareness and relational/interpersonal dynamics
- Advance self-awareness through empathic and genuine dialogic contribution and engagements during group-process, group activity
- Further refine skills development using tape assisted recall methods/IPR
Students will develop more advanced skills in therapeutic relating. They will develop greater self-awareness by engaging in a range of activities including process groups, small and large group exercises and counselling skills sessions.
Target Students
Available to MA Person-Centred Experiential Counselling and Psychotherapy students.
Classes
Taught through a series of seminars.
Assessment
- 50% Coursework 1: A presentation based on a practice issue covered in the module and agreed by tutor
- Participation: For accreditation purposes, students are required to achieve 90% attendance
- Viva: All students have to pass the viva before taking up practice for X407. Students failing this assessment can be transferred to the MA Counselling Studies programme.
- 50% Coursework 2: A 3,000 word essay on a professional practice issue - topic to be agreed by tutor
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
The aims of the module are:To advance knowledge and understanding in the field of professional practice to ensure ethical practiceTo create deeper awareness of self and other in the therapeutic relationshipLearning Outcomes
By the end of this module students should have:
Knowledge and understanding
• Develop advanced understanding of ensuring safe ethical practice in the range of competence
• Have an advanced awareness of issues and influences on interpersonal relations
Intellectual skills
• Developed an advanced level of analytical and cognitive reasoning in the light of case presentation
• Developed an advanced capacity for relating theory to explain personal and meaning life experiences
Professional practical skills
• Developed congruence, empathic and accepting attitude
• Developed clinical skills including identifying and managing risk
Transferable (key) skills
• Developed effective communication skills
• Developed criticality and problem solving skills