Unit information: The Application and Management of Counselling in 2010/11

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Unit name The Application and Management of Counselling
Unit code EDUCM5130
Credit points 20
Level of study M/7
Teaching block(s) Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director Ms. Di Brothers
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

Integrative Skills Development, Counselling Skills and Supervision, People in Systems and Life-Span Development and Transitions
Co-requisites

None
School/department School of Applied Community and Health Studies
Faculty Faculty of Social Sciences and Law

Description including Unit Aims

This unit will explore the professional and ethical issues in working with different client groups, managing a counselling practice and in working as part of a counselling team or in other counselling contexts.

Aims:

This unit will explore the professional and ethical issues in working with different client groups, in managing a counselling practice and in working as part of a counselling team or in other counselling contexts.

Intended Learning Outcomes

  • Demonstrate a depth of knowledge on a range of professional and ethical issues in counselling practice.
  • Manage, monitor and develop their counselling practice within a range of settings
  • Demonstrate their understanding of the relevance of counselling research to their developing practice.
  • Demonstrate their ability to research their own practice through a case study.

Teaching Information

  • Tutor input and experiential exercises,
  • Tutorials,
  • Small personal and professional development groups
  • Workshops
  • Small supervision groups

Assessment Information

Either:

  • Case study (4 – 4,500 words)

Or

  • 2 short case studies (2 – 2,500 words)

to demonstrate an in-depth understanding of personal learning from all earlier units in application to one client. This will include evidence of counselling inquiry skills, application of ethical frameworks in practice, an understanding of the usefulness of a case study as a research tool and effective use of supervision in managing, monitoring and developing their counselling practice.

Reading and References

  • Bond T (2000) Standards and Ethics for Counselling in Action, London, Sage
  • Higgins R. (1993) Approaches to Case Study, London, Jessica Kingsley
  • Murdin L (2000) How Much is Enough – Endings in Psychotherapy and Counselling, London, Routledge
  • Syme G (1994) Counselling In Independent Practice, Buckingham Philadelphia, Open University Press
  • Weiss L (2004) Therapist’s Guide to Self Care, Routledge

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