KL2517: A PERSON CENTRED APPROACH TO HELPING RELATIONSHIPS (2014-2015)

• An overview of the key concepts of the person centred approach: therapist attitudes, the therapeutic conditions, theory of self.
• Rogers Personality Theory: self-awareness and developing more effective personal and social relationships.
• The need for the person centred core conditions as the basis of the helping relationship: empathy, unconditional positive regard and congruence. What difference do these qualities make and how can they be developed?
• Encounter: experiencing and reflecting on the process of awareness of self and others in the group setting.
• Transition theory: a historical overview. Change and self-acceptance. How can we relate the theory to personal life experience?
• Ethical considerations: relating difficult moral questions that arise for the practitioner of counselling skills/helper to an ethical framework.
• Different dimensions within a person centred approach: working at relational depth, focussing, the spiritual dimension. How these may be relevant to individual working contexts.

See Course Prospectus  http://www.abdn.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/counselling-skills.php for class days and times.  You must contact the Programme Co-ordinator , Barbara Foad  b.foad@abdn.ac.uk to register for a place. 
This course may not be suitable for anyone who is currently receiving Counselling  or has faced a serious emotional issue in the last six months.
Class size is limited to 15. You must be able to attend the same class at the same time  over 10 weeks .There is a strict attendance requirement of at least 75% . If you miss more than two 3 Hr classes for any reason you cannot pass the course.
Your class may include part-time students of all ages.

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

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1st Attempt: 2000 word Case Study (25%), Weekly learning log/reflective journal 200 words(25%), Oral participation (25%), Oral Practice (25%).

Resit: Resubmission of 2000 word case study.

Candidates should note that a resit is not permitted of the other three elements of the course.

To achieve credit for the course overall, a pass in each element is required.

A reflective personal learning log, will be completed by all students and submitted to tutors after week 2 on a weekly basis. The log is an opportunity for students to reflect on their experiences of learning in the class, how they relate theory to practice and their own personal awareness, growth and development. Skills practice is included in each class. Tutors provide feedback on practical skills on a group or individual basis as appropriate in each of the 12 classes. Oral participation is assessed in the whole class group and with all class members .

Weekly: A reflective learning log: will be read by tutors on weekly submission and any necessary feedback or concerns communicated to students. Oral practice :Tutors give verbal feedback to the group and individuals in each of the 12 classes. Oral participation: Tutors will give individual feedback as necessary during the course.

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