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PSY-30132 - Module Specification
School of Psychology
Faculty of Natural Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 27 April 2024

PSY-30132 - Counselling skills and perspectives
Coordinator: Keith Whalley
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 6
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733736

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

In this module, you will begin to learn about basic, practical counselling skills and to gain experience of using them within the classroom, working with peers. At the same time, you will be encouraged to reflect upon your own personal and professional development. This means that the module can help you to develop important employability skills that will be useful if you later choose to pursue a counselling or therapeutic career, or if you choose any other pathway that involves working with others. Teaching sessions on the module will incorporate experiential learning and personal tutorials, alongside lectures and discussion activities, and you will engage in independent study to ensure that you develop a good understanding of the literature around counselling practice.

Aims
This module will facilitate students in developing a range of basic counselling skills, in a safe and structured environment, and will help them to focus on their own personal and professional development.

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/psy-30132/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

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Study hours

33 hours structured of contact time combining discussion, lectures, experiential learning and tutorials.
117 hours independent study dedicated to self-directed and asynchronous learning based on weekly assigned reading and exercises which students would be expected to complete between teaching sessions. Independent study hours will also be used for assignment preparation.

School Rules

Note that students on this programme are disallowed from taking a semester study abroad, as per the programme spec.

Description of Module Assessment

1: Evaluation of Practice weighted 60%
Recording & Evaluation of Practice
The student will submit an audio-visual recording of a 15-minute peer counselling session done with another peer who is also on this module, during structured Skills sessions. This will be accompanied by a 2000-word essay in which the student will evaluate the usefulness of the person-centred counselling skills used in the audio-visual recording of practice Failure to submit the recording alongside the reflective essay will result in a mark of zero being awarded for this assessment. Support with the assessment will be provided during taught sessions on the module.

2: Reflective Analysis weighted 40%
Reflective Self-Study
A 2000-word essay in which students will reflect on their understanding of two of their own identity characteristics with reference to the literature. Support with the assessment will be provided during teaching sessions.

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 27 April 2024