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CO201E: COUNSELLING & LISTENING SKILLS 3 & 4: PROCESS & APPLICATION OF SKILLS (2024-2025)

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Course Overview

This is the second of two immersive courses run on-campus to meet the professional standards for a counselling skills programme.  It comprises teaching on key issues in the delivery of embedded counselling, and practice skills development.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 2
Term First Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Terpsichori Kaltsouni

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

Yes

One or more of these courses have a limited number of places. Priority access will be given to students for whom this course is compulsory. Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions for more details on this process.


Course Description

During the second immersive Counselling Skills course, students will develop skills and knowledge including: 

  • Ability to understand the appropriate use of counselling skills within different settings
  • Clarity around the differences between the terms sex, sexuality and gender and an understanding of gender and sexual diversity therapy and  of the impact of sexuality and gender on a listening relationship 
  • Understanding of race and culture issues in a supporting relationship and convey the importance of being aware of the impact of culture on a listening relationship
  • Understanding of diversity and inclusion policies
  • Description different models of grief
  • Understanding of what is meant by addiction and demonstrate different ways of working with the issue of addiction
  • The different forms of abuse, the effects of adverse childhood experiences and develop a range of listening and responding skills related to working with trauma
  • Focus on the different ways of working with children and young people,
  • Understanding of the ethical issues involved in working with children and young people
  • A range of listening and responding skills and how these can be applied to working with children and young people (expressive methods in counselling)
  • The opportunity to demonstrate self-aware reflection on the course content and its impact on their development
  • The ability to self-reflect on practice
  • Safeguarding issues when using a counselling skills approach
  • The importance of continuous professional developmentand how to increase self-awareness and knowledge 
  • Group therapy and how this differs from support groups; group process and ways of working with groups
  • What burnout and compassion fatigue and the importance of self-care to prevent burnout
  • Understanding of technological support for mental health difficulties
  • What supervision is and its importance to a counselling approach
  • The relevance of research to the use of listening skills
  • Integration of learning from the counselling skills courses

Contact Teaching Time

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

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 30
Assessment Weeks 37 Feedback Weeks 40

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Feedback

Essay - A case study of the use of counselling skills with a client/helpee in a work or educational  setting. 

 

Written feedback will be provided

 Word Count 3000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandBe able to describe models of grief and bereavement, addiction, and adverse childhood events
ProceduralUnderstandShow an understanding of the impact and experience of difference and power in helping relationships.
ReflectionApplyDemonstrate understanding of the importance of continuous professional development, self-awareness, supervision, and ethical working, and be able to apply these in context
ReflectionUnderstandUnderstand group dynamics, therapy groups, and support groups
ReflectionUnderstandBe able to describe the counselling process including the importance of self-awareness and reflection in both formal and embedded counselling in-person and online.

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 30
Assessment Weeks 32 Feedback Weeks 35

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Feedback

Process Report containing a transcription a five-minute section of a listening session in which you were the listener. Which is analysed by the student 

Written feedback provided

 Word Count 3000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralUnderstandShow an understanding of the impact and experience of difference and power in helping relationships.
ReflectionApplyDemonstrate understanding of the importance of continuous professional development, self-awareness, supervision, and ethical working, and be able to apply these in context
ReflectionUnderstandBe able to describe the counselling process including the importance of self-awareness and reflection in both formal and embedded counselling in-person and online.

Portfolio

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 40
Assessment Weeks 37 Feedback Weeks 40

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Feedback

A portfolio of evidence for engagement with the theory and practice elements of the course

Written feedback provided
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandBe able to describe models of grief and bereavement, addiction, and adverse childhood events
ProceduralUnderstandShow an understanding of the impact and experience of difference and power in helping relationships.
ReflectionApplyDemonstrate understanding of the importance of continuous professional development, self-awareness, supervision, and ethical working, and be able to apply these in context
ReflectionUnderstandBe able to describe the counselling process including the importance of self-awareness and reflection in both formal and embedded counselling in-person and online.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Resubmission of Failed Elements

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks 48 Feedback Weeks 51

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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ReflectionUnderstandBe able to describe the counselling process including the importance of self-awareness and reflection in both formal and embedded counselling in-person and online.
ProceduralUnderstandShow an understanding of the impact and experience of difference and power in helping relationships.
ConceptualUnderstandBe able to describe models of grief and bereavement, addiction, and adverse childhood events
ReflectionApplyDemonstrate understanding of the importance of continuous professional development, self-awareness, supervision, and ethical working, and be able to apply these in context
ReflectionUnderstandUnderstand group dynamics, therapy groups, and support groups
 

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