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

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 02 May 2024

PSY-40061 - Integration in Counselling (15 credits)
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Level: Level 7
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733928

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

This module aims to provide you with a good understanding of a range of therapeutic and practice related issues. It also aims to help you gain an understanding of and ability to critically evaluate therapeutic models other than the programme's core (person-centred) model and to reflect on what your own therapeutic model might be, including areas for future development.

Aims
This module aims to provide students with a good understanding of a range of therapeutic and practice related issues. It also aims to encourage students to gain knowledge of and critically evaluate therapeutic theories alongside the programmes's core (person-centred) model, and to reflect on a variety of presenting issues and how counselling may be used as a therapeutic intervention.

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/psy-40061/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

Identify, and critically discuss a professional issue (or range of professional issues) or a particular therapeutic approach, (or a range of therapeutic approaches): 1
Critically evaluate key aspects of counselling theory and practice: 1
1
Demonstrate a knowledge of how the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions applies to the chosen issue or approach: 1
Demonstrate the acquisition of coherent and detailed knowledge informed by counselling research, and the ability to relate this to therapeutic practice:

Study hours

60 hours in-situ/asynchronous (interactive whole group lectures and time reflecting on the issues raised in lectures in small groups. The amount of time in lectures and small groups will vary week to week (as is pertinent to counsellor training)
90 hours of independent study preparing for and writing the 3,000 word essay or developing the recorded presentation

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

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: 02 May 2024