ED50NA: Foundations Of Person-Centred Counselling

ED50NA: FOUNDATIONS OF PERSON-CENTRED COUNSELLING (2022-2023)

Last modified: 18 Oct 2022 15:20

Course Overview

This course aims to enable students to develop the personal qualities and professional skills necessary for competent and reflective practitioners within a person centred framework. Self-awareness, counselling theory, practice and research are integrated to a level that enables course members to engage with therapeutic processes in a range of counselling relationships. Although the counselling programme is structured on a modular basis it is conceptualised as a comprehensive experience. The programme has four strands: Counselling Relationship and Therapeutic Process; Counselling Theory and Research; Personal Development; Professional Development. This course constitutes the 1st module of the counselling programme.

Course Details

Study Type	Postgraduate	Level	5
Term	Full Year	Credit Points	30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Mrs Anne Smith

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

Either Counselling Skills (CO) or Education (ED) (Studied)
Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

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?

Course Description

Specifically, this course aims to enable students to:

Understand Carl Rogers' theory of therapy and personality change.
Develop the person-centred therapeutic attitudes of unconditional positive regard, empathy, and congruence in the counselling relationship.
Develop basic competence in person-centred counselling relationships.
Evaluate the importance of personal development in relation to training as a person-centred counsellor.
Consider the effect of personal experience, values, and attitudes on the counsellor's practice.

Contact Teaching Time

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

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 21st September 2026 for Term 1 and Full Year courses and 8th January 2027 for Term 2 courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	60
Assessment Weeks	19	Feedback Weeks	21	Look up Week Numbers
Feedback		Word Count	3500

Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Essay

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	40
Assessment Weeks	15	Feedback Weeks	18	Look up Week Numbers
Feedback		Word Count	2500

Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Formative Assessment

Practice Readiness statement

Assessment Type	Formative	Weighting	0
Assessment Weeks		Feedback Weeks		Look up Week Numbers
Feedback

Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Factual	Understand	Development of an in-depth and critical understanding of Carl Rogers' theory of therapy and personality change.
Conceptual	Apply	Ability to implement the person-centred therapeutic attitudes of unconditional positive regard, empathy, and congruence in the counselling relationship.
Reflection	Evaluate	Ability to use feedback effectively to identify areas for further development.
Procedural	Apply	Ability to establish and maintain appropriate professional boundaries.

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