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PSY-30132 - Module Specification
School of Psychology
Faculty of Natural Sciences

For academic year: 2022/23 Last Updated: 19 January 2023

PSY-30132 - Counselling skills and perspectives
Coordinator: Jens Bakewell Tel: +44 1782 7 33585
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 6
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733736

Programme/Approved Electives for 2022/23

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2022/23

In this module, you will begin to learn about basic, practical counselling skills and to gain experience of using them within the classroom, working with peers. At the same time, you will be encouraged to reflect upon your own personal and professional development. This means that the module can help you to develop important employability skills that will be useful if you later choose to pursue a counselling or therapeutic career, or if you choose any other pathway that involves working with others. Teaching sessions on the module will incorporate experiential learning and personal tutorials, alongside lectures and discussion activities, and you will engage in independent study to ensure that you develop a good understanding of the literature around counselling practice.

Aims
This module will facilitate students in developing a range of basic counselling skills, in a safe and structured environment, and will help them to focus on their own personal and professional development.

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/psy-30132/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

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Study hours

40 hours structured contact time (30 hours of teaching, taught in ten blocks of three hours each, combining discussion, lectures and experiential learning, plus four x thirty minute individual personal tutorials and 8 hours of personal development group work).
110 hours independent study, including 3 hours to prepare the recording of practice, 20 hours for the evaluation, and 50 hours for the case study, plus reading around the module content.

School Rules

Note that students on this programme are disallowed from taking a semester study abroad, as per the programme spec.

Description of Module Assessment

1: Reflective Analysis weighted 20%
Reflective essay
Reflective essay, evaluating practice within the context of the recorded session ¿ 1500 words Support with the assessment will be provided during taught sessions on the module. Students must also submit an electronic video recording of peer counselling, comprising 15 mins of counselling practice recording. Failure to submit the recording alongside the reflective essay will result in a mark of zero being awarded for this assessment.

2: Case Study weighted 80%
Case study
Case study ¿ 2000 words ¿ applying counselling theory to a practical scenario, identifying appropriate solutions and approaches, and providing a rationale for the approach they would take, with appropriate consideration of ethics. Support with the assessment will be provided during teaching sessions.

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: 19 January 2023