2023/24 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

HECS5334M Ethical and Cultural Considerations in Psychotherapeutic Counselling

15 creditsClass Size: 24

If you are applying for a stand-alone Masters level module please note you must meet either the general University entry criteria or the specific module pre-requisite for this level of study.

Module manager: Rachel Casper-White
Email: r.casper@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2023/24

Pre-requisite qualifications

Bachelor's degree usually at 2.1 with hons and level 3 certificate in counselling skills or equivalent.
Students for whom English is not their first language must meet the University's entry criteria for English language ibtTOEFL of 92 (21 for listening, 21 for reading, 22 for writing and 23 for speaking)
It is desirable for students to have had experience of working in a helping role prior to application
Students will undergo full DBS check and occupational health review prior to commencing the programme

Module replaces

HECS5186M

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

In this module you will be introduced to the philosophical bases of ethical thinking and how these translate into practical ethical guidelines such as the UPCA Code of Ethics and the BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy. We will apply this thinking to ethical dilemmas and professional questions arising in your own therapeutic practice. You will also consider how intersecting social and cultural contexts impact on counselling and psychotherapy practice and critically explore your own identities in relation to these contexts. The understanding of ‘culture’ in this module is broad, and is taken to encompass, for example, areas of identity and inequalities and diversity such as gender, sexuality, ethnicity and social class, among others. The professional cultural context of counselling and psychotherapy will also be considered.

Objectives

This module will develop an in depth understanding of applications of ethical thinking and socio-cultural awareness in psychotherapeutic counselling practice.

Learning outcomes
1. Critically reflect from philosophical and cultural perspectives on the ethical frameworks relevant to counselling and psychotherapy and their application to practice.
2. Demonstrate self-awareness of one's own socio-cultural identities and the relevance of these to the therapy relationship.
3. Demonstrate an in depth understanding of social and cultural issues in counselling and psychotherapy

Skills outcomes
By the end of this module students will be able to:
- Critically analyse psychotherapeutic counselling practice from an ethical perspective
- Work sensitively with cultural issues in psychotherapeutic counselling practice.

Syllabus

- Ethical frameworks
- Social and cultural considerations
- Identities and inequalities
- Religion and spirituality
- Race
- Disability
- Age
- Gender
- Social class
- Cultural context of counselling and psychotherapy

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Presentation	2	3.00	6.00
Seminar	13	3.00	39.00
Private study hours			105.00
Total Contact hours			45.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

Independent study will involve research and reading for lectures, independent preparation for teaching activities and student-led seminars, assignment preparation and literature searching

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Each student contributes to a small group student-led seminar during the semester and receives feedback from a tutor and peers in relation to the learning outcomes and their presentation skills. This is a formative version of the final assessment which allows students to develop the skills required to pass the module.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Presentation	20 minutes plus 10 mins questions	95.00
Written Work	Abstract - 100 words	5.00
Presentation	FORMATIVE: Formative presentation 20 minutes plus questions	0.00
Written Work	FORMATIVE: Abstract - 100 words	0.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Resits will take the same format as first attempts.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 12/07/2023

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