PSY-40061 - Module Specification
School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

In the Integration in Counselling module, you will explore and think critically about current topics in counselling and psychotherapy. You will look at how these topics relate to, support, or challenge person-centred counselling and research. You will also choose a personal or professional area that interests you and explore how it connects to person-centred theory, counselling practice, and the BACP Ethical Framework.
Through lectures, group discussions, and practical activities, you will reflect on how your learning applies to your development as a trainee person-centred therapist and identify areas you wish to further develop.

This module aims to provide you with a good understanding of a range of therapeutic and practice related issues. It also aims to encourage you, as a developing practitioner, to gain knowledge of and critically evaluate therapeutic theories and how these may be integrated with person-centred theory and practice.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Identify, and critically explore a personal or professional area of interest and its integration with person-centred theory: 1
Critically evaluate how your person-centred practice is influenced by your chosen area of interest, identifying where this aligns or conflicts with person-centred values: 1
Demonstrate the acquisition of coherent and detailed knowledge informed by research, and the ability to relate this to therapeutic practice: 1
Demonstrate a knowledge of how the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions applies to the chosen personal or professional area of interest: 1

Study hours

60 hours in-situ learning: This includes interactive whole-group lectures and small group sessions for reflecting on lecture content. The balance between lectures and group work may vary each week, depending on the focus of the topic.
90 hours of independent study:
30 hours - Time spent reading, researching, and engaging with relevant counselling literature and resources.
30 hours – Assignment Preparation
Planning, researching, and writing your article or preparing your presentation.
30 hours: Experiential Learning & Personal Reflection and Development
Participation in practical exercises, skills practice, and reflective activities.
Time dedicated to journaling, supervision preparation, and integrating learning into your personal and professional growth.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment