PSY-20068 - Module Specification
School of Psychology
Faculty of Natural Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

This module will equip you with a firm grounding in the person-centred counselling perspective, including an exploration of Rogers¿ model of personality, and model of therapeutic change. Your learning will be underpinned by a combination of lecture-style classes and participation in group work, alongside independent study. You will be encouraged to study both classic texts and current research within the field, as you develop your understanding of person-centred counselling theory and its applications. On this module, you will be invited to engage in activities designed to help you develop your personal and professional awareness, thereby honing skills that would be essential for supporting personal and professional relationships. This module will enable you to be conversant and strengthen your understanding of person-centred counselling as you consider the other counselling approaches you will learn about on the Psychology with Counselling programme.

This module aims:
1. to develop students' knowledge of the theory of person-centred counselling and its application
2. to develop a person-centred way of co-creating a facilitative counselling relationship
3. to develop students¿ personal and professional awareness

Intended Learning Outcomes

Describe and discuss the key aspects of person-centred counselling, practice and skills: 1,2
Devise and sustain arguments and/or solve problems, using ideas and techniques, some of which are at the forefront of the counselling discipline: 1
Manage their own learning, and make use of scholarly reviews and primary sources (for example, refereed research articles and/or original materials appropriate to the counselling discipline): 1
Demonstrate key professional and personal qualities and attributes, in line with the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions: 1,2
Demonstrate an ability to use person-centred theory to reflect on and discuss personal experiences, understandings of self and professional development: 1

Study hours

33 active learning hours:
Structured contact time comprising weekly lectures, and engagement in personal development and skills development activities. These will include participation in group process in which students will be invited to explore how it might be to encounter each other in a personal development group. Skills work will entail practicing with each other in triads during scheduled skills sessions, in which students will take turns being client, counsellor and observer. The cohort will work together to create a Group contract which will be upheld throughout the course, to ensure safety of all students involved in the group. As much of the learning on this course is experiential, students will be expected to attend all scheduled sessions.
117 independent learning hours:
Self-directed learning including reading, completion of asynchronous activities assigned, journaling and preparing for and writing the essay.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment