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PSY-40063 - Module Specification
School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 03 May 2024

PSY-40063 - Practicum - Part 1
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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

The Practicum Part 1 module focuses on helping you develop the practical skills, the theoretical understanding of practice issues, the personal and professional qualities and attributes, the self awareness and the experience on placement necessary to become a qualified counsellor.

Aims
This module aims to help students develop the practical skills, the theoretical understanding of practice issues, the personal and professional qualities and attributes, the self awareness and the experience on placement necessary to become a qualified counsellor.

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/psy-40063/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate key person-centred therapeutic skills in counselling practice, and an ability to manage the therapeutic process: 1,2,3
Demonstrate understanding of safe and ethical practice in line with the BACP's Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions: 1,2,3
Demonstrate the ability to build a relationship characterised by the 6 Necessary and Sufficient conditions: 1,2,3
Identify, critically evaluate and reflect on person-centred counselling theory, and how this has been applied in practice: 2
2
Critically reflect on issues of prejudice, oppression, difference and diversity and how these might impact on client, counsellor and the therapeutic relationship:

Study hours

70 hours in-situ contact time, comprising work in small skills group which includes: observed skills practice; formative feedback on practice; teaching input on and discussion of/reflection on professional and practice issues. The time in small skills group will vary week to week over semesters 1 and 2 of the programme.
50 hours of private study, comprising carrying out skills practice sessions with peers, and preparation for/writing up of evaluation assignment; plus a minimum 4 hours of clinical supervision, and 10 hours of evidenced personal therapy.
30 hours of supervised practice

School Rules

Barred module: PSY-40067

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: 03 May 2024