final CPT Level 4 Diploma in Counselling Practice Syllabus · 2019-09-30 · •!Portfolio of...
Transcript of final CPT Level 4 Diploma in Counselling Practice Syllabus · 2019-09-30 · •!Portfolio of...
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LEVEL 4 DIPLOMA IN COUNSELLING PRACTICE
SYLLABUS: YEAR 1 UNIT 1: FOUNDATION UNIT CORE THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY (90 HOURS) Person-centred/Humanistic Counselling
• Maslow- hierarchy of human needs • Carl Rogers and the person-centred approach • Contemporary developments and theorists of the humanistic approach. • Therapeutic alliance • Congruence/Incongruence • Psychological contact • The Counselling Process Model • Empathy / Advanced Empathy • Humanistic Existential view of the human condition • Self-actualisation • Core Conditions • Conditions of worth • Unconditional Positive Regard • True self/Ideal Self • Working with levels of competence • Self-Awareness • Phenomenology and Existentialism
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Personality theory of Aaron Beck • Faulty thinking and maladaptive interpretations • Albert Ellis and REBT • The ABCDE Framework • Behaviour and Cognitive Restructuring • Contemporary Developments and CBT theory • Language and terminology in CBT • Conditioning • Irrational Beliefs - Debating/Disputing Irrational Beliefs • Setting homework and other CBT techniques • Goals/target • Structuring endings and contracting • Referring Ethically
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
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• Freud and Freud’s model of the mind • Id, Ego, Super Ego • Functions of the Ego • Psychosexual stages of development • Defence Mechanisms • Transference/Countertransference • Making interpretations • Resistance and bringing to awareness • Strengths and weaknesses of psych.D counselling • Erickson’s theory of psychosocial development • Carl Jung’s Collective Unconscious • Melanie Klein’s Projective Identification and Splitting • Winnicott – the nursing triad • Triangle of Insight • The hidden self and unfulfilled self • Risks in relation to competence • Margaret Mahler, Bowlby and Ainsworth • Attachment theory • Transactional Analysis • Psychoanalytic Theory • Object Relations Theory • Social Learning Theory
Unit Assessment:
• Reflective Journal (800 words per learning day) • Essay (3,000 words) • Practical Skills Role Play (Formal assessment in Therapist, Client and Observer
Roles)
UNIT SUPERVISION SKILLS (50 HOURS) (OPTION UNIT) • Models of Supervision:
o Hawkins and Shohet - formative, normative, restorative) o Inskipp and Proctor o Kadushin o Carroll
• Supervision as a developmental model • Key issues model • Training model • Case material for supervision • Skills for presenting material in supervision • Model specific supervision (Psych D, CBT, PC, ST) • Purposes of supervision • Tasks of Supervision
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• Review challenges to ethical practice when presenting case material in supervision (individual and group)
• Confidentiality [especially in regard to suicidal client, drug trafficking, terrorism]
• Dual Relationships • Contracting – • Mental Health Act • Develop an action plan from 3 recent supervision sessions • Responsibility of client work • Responsibilities of supervisor ; responsibilities of supervisee • Ethical Framework for Supervision • Health and Safety in regard to aggressive or violent clients: risk assessment, anger in
the therapy room, de-escalation • Health and Safety in the counselling premises/ working in high risk areas
Unit Assessment
Reflective Journal Action Plan Professional Development Plan
UNIT: APPROACHES TO BRIEF THERAPY (50 HOURS) (OPTION UNIT)
• Clarify the term brief therapy • Key components of models of brief therapy
o Depth Orientated o Transference Focused o Solution Focused o Strategic Focused
• Key ideas that the major schools of counselling and psychotherapy hold in relation to brief therapy
• Counselling skills for brief therapy • Key challenges to ethical practice when working in a time-limited way • Key risks to the:(a) counsellor (b) clients • Self-awareness in working with brief therapy
Assessment:
• Reflective Journal • Presentation • Practical Role -play Assessment (Observer, Therapist, Client roles)
UNIT: APPROACHES TO COUPLES COUNSELLING (50 HRS) (OPTION UNIT)
• Clarify the term couples counselling • Key components of models of couples therapy
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• Key ideas that the major schools of counselling and psychotherapy hold in relation to couples counselling
• Counselling skills for couples counselling • Assess the use and application of counselling skills for couples counselling • Key challenges to ethical practice when working with couples • Assess potential key risks to the:(a) counsellor (b) clients • Self-awareness in working with couples
Assessment:
• Journals • Practical Role -play
UNIT: APPROACHES TO COUNSELLING WITH CHILDREN AND ADOLECENTS (50 HOURS) (OPTION UNIT)
• Theoretical models of developmental stages and transition with respect to childhood and adolescence
• Bowlby, Erikson, Klein, Winnicott • Key Ideas That the Major Schools of Counselling and Psychotherapy (Cognitive-
Behavioural, Humanistic, Psychodynamic) Hold in Relation to Childhood and Adolescence
• Issues Affecting the use and Application of Counselling Skills for Children and Young People
• Skills to use in a Helping Interview • Ethical practice when working with children and young • Issues of Consent • Healthy and Safety Issues for Counsellor and Client • The Children Act 1999 • Confidentiality (especially as it applied to minors) and Disclosure (NCS Guidelines)
Ethical Framework • Impact of Socio-Cultural Factors in Development • Issues of Power • Role Conflict (e.g. for self; with other supporting agencies) • Concept of Life Transitions • Transition in Relation to Counselling • Particular Transitions of Childhood and Adolescence • Stresses of These • Implications for Practice • Counselling Skills (especially contracting) • Communication (appropriate levels) • Conflict • Supervision • Operate Referral Procedures • Ensure a Structured Counselling Setting • Develop the Counselling Relationship • Monitor Self within the Counselling Process
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• Making use of Supervision • Enable Clients to Access and Use Information • Assist Clients to Decide on Options for Meeting their Requirements • Provide Support for Clients in Planning a Course of Action
Assessment
• Reflective Journal • Case study • Practical skills role-play assessment
UNIT: COUNSELLING IN CONTEXT FOUNDATION UNIT 2 (50 HOURS)
• • Trans-cultural perspectives in counselling practice • • Identity, culture and ethnicity • • Counselling in healthcare settings • • Educational counselling • • Gender counselling • • Sexual orientation counselling • • Anti-discrimination practice • • Counselling in the workplace • • Bereavement and grief counselling • • Counselling in the voluntary sector • • Counselling victims of major disasters • • Economic, social and political issues • • Group counselling • • Counselling the elderly • • Drugs and substance abuse • • Ethical dilemmas inherent in the practice of counselling within a multiplicity of
contextual settings • • Health and Safety
Assessment
• Reflective Journal • Essay • Discussion Group
YEAR 2 UNIT: INTEGRATING THEORY AND PRACTICE FOUNDATION UNIT 3 CORE THEORY MODEL: E.G. SCHEMA THERAPY (60 HOURS)
• Summarise key concepts of Core theory (Schema Therapy) • Contributions of the different theorists associated with Schema Therapy • Self-awareness in relation to Schema Therapy • Describe & evaluate the interventions of Schema Therapy
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• The key strengths, challenges to & limitations of Schema Therapy • Skills required to establish the counselling relationship within Schema Therapy • Evaluate the skills required for evaluating and concluding the counselling
relationship within Schema Therapy Assessment
• Reflective Journal • Structured Writing Assignment • Case Presentation
UNIT: EVALUATING COUNSELLING PRACTICE FOUNDATION UNIT 4 (50 HOURS)
• Research methods • Process recording • Conducting a meaningful enquiry into candidates’ own counselling practice, through
work-based learning • Outcomes evaluations – process, self-report, value of outcomes to imp • Reflecting on practice • UK and EU business systems, procedures • UK and EU requirements for counselling practices and practitioners
Assessment • Project 2000-2500 words presenting findings which analyse your practice in terms
of problems and issues arising from your core theoretical approach to counselling • Peer presentation to describe the business and legal considerations for counselling
practices in general, and for your own practice in particular. UNIT: THERAPEUTIC PRACTICE FOUNDATION UNIT 5) (50) HOURS)
• Ethical considerations and decision-making • Healthy & Safety issues • Client contracting • Legal issues e.g. record-keeping, data protection • Role of Supervision & Ethical Practice • Supervisor – Counsellor working alliance • Contribution & effectiveness of supervision with regard to counsellors’ & clients’
needs. • How development of self-awareness contributes to the effectiveness of the
therapeutic relationship & process
Assessment • Study of Supervised Practice
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UNIT: COUNSELLING PRACTICUM FOUNDATION UNIT 6 (50 HOURS)
• Working within legal & ethical requirements as a counselling practitioner • Knowledge & understanding of a professional ethical framework & its application
to counselling practice • Respond effectively to complex client issues & ethical dilemmas • Professional issues for the candidate in regard to counselling placement • Potential areas of conflict between the candidate & counselling placement • Effects of using supervision on own practice
Assessment
• Reflective Journal • Supervision log • Supervisor’s Report • Portfolio of evidence
Notes: Total number of guided learning hours = 450 hours This course is delivered over two years.