2019/20 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

HECS5185M Becoming a Reflective Practitioner 1b

15 creditsClass Size: 24

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Module manager: Stuart Gore
Email: S.Gore@leedsa.c.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2019/20

Pre-requisite qualifications

HECS5183M Becoming a reflective practitioner 1a

Pre-requisites

HECS5183M

Becoming a Reflective Practitioner 1a

This module is mutually exclusive with

HECS2103	Counselling Skills Develop (1)
HECS2104	Personal Awareness Devel. (1)

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

Building on Becoming a reflective practitioner 1a, this module will develop and support the student's counselling practice and reflexive awareness of intersubjectivity in both counselling and personal relationships.

Learning outcomes
1. Demonstrate (through recorded material) and critically reflect on the effective use of skills in counselling practice with clients.
2. Make effective use of clinical supervision.
3. Critically reflect on aspects of counselling practice, the BACP Ethical Framework and other relevant codes of ethics.
4. Reflexively consider common presenting issues arising in counselling practice.
5. Critically reflect on intersubjective processes in personal development.

Skills outcomes
Students will be expected to develop psychotherapeutic counselling skills and a level of reflexivity to establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with clients, and to maintain logs of their counselling practice and supervision.

Syllabus

- Skills development for intersubjective practice
- Aspects of practice: assessment & contracting, notes & data protection, brief & longer term therapy, managing endings, evaluation of counselling
- Presenting issues: loss, depression and anxiety
- Group learning for personal awareness development
- Personal therapy (non-assessed)
- Clinical practice
- Individual external supervision

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Group learning	12	1.00	12.00
Practical	14	2.00	28.00
Seminar	9	1.00	9.00
Tutorial	2	0.50	1.00
Private study hours			100.00
Total Contact hours			50.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

Reading
Preparing for group learning activities including group supervision
Reviewing and critiquing recorded skills practice sessions
Keeping learning journal
Assignment preparation
Personal therapy (25 hours)

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

• Participation in seminars, exercises and discussion.
• Peer and tutor observation and feedback on counselling skills practice sessions with peers
• Group supervision of sessions with simulated clients
• Peer review of learning journal.
• Participation in personal development group process

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay or Dissertation	Critical analysis of video recorded counselling skills session with simulated client (1500 words)	100.00
Practical	Video recorded counselling skills session with simulated client (20 minutes) (pass/fail)	0.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Both elements of assessment must be passed. The counselling skills session will be assessed using the skills grid for this module.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 12/12/2018 16:33:09

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