BA (Hons) Person-Centred Counselling Bachelor's degree at East Coast College

This module introduces the person-centred approach within the context of the Humanistic movement. You will consider Carl Rogers' theory of personality development and therapeutic practice and are encouraged to understand the theory in relation to your own experience and development. You will begin to develop the qualities and skills necessary to become a person-centred counsellor.

An understanding and knowledge of the contemporary professional, statutory, and socio-cultural milieu is critical to your capacity to work professionally and effectively. This module is designed to provide you with the requisite understanding and knowledge to work in an ethical, professional and socially responsible manner.

This module is a preparation for taking up a counselling placement. Weekly listening skills' sessions bring your attention in a critical and evaluative manner to the process of developing the attitudes, qualities, and behaviours required of the person-centred counsellor.

This module offers the opportunity to integrate in an evaluative manner evidence from a range of learning experiences such as to provide a reflective and evaluative context in which to determine your therapeutic and professional readiness to commence placement. The module provides focus on the critical areas of personal and professional competency and the development of those attitudes, perceptual frameworks, qualities and behaviours, which optimise your capacity to help others.

Therapeutic practice encompasses a very broad range of modalities, and in order to contextualise the person-centred approach it is necessary to position it within this spectrum, the better to appreciate its strengths and weaknesses as well as to acquire a critical perspective of the general therapeutic endeavour.

This module is a key element in the course and support you towards the BACP requirement for 100 hours of supervised clinical practice. You will be in practice within an approved counselling placement, supported by individual supervision external to the course and group supervision operating within the course and facilitated by a member of the tutor team.

The purpose of the module is to both provide you with the necessary supervisory support required for your work placement and, in separate sessions, to offer the opportunity for the personal development required to work ethically with self-awareness in a challenging environment.

Research in counselling has become of increasing importance as evidence-based practice becomes the norm. The BACP have emphasised this importance and include it in their core curriculum for counsellor training. The module will provide a basis for you to understand the methods of research and to carry out personal research projects.

This module focuses on these problems and issues faced by individuals including depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, eating disorders, personality disorders, life-stage issues such as loss and change. You will bring this knowledge to your current clinical work and use your therapeutic experience to refine your theoretical understanding.

The module seeks to extend and elaborate your understanding and knowledge with respect to the development of person-centred theory and practice with a specific focus on contemporary developments. The module will take a critical perspective and where appropriate contrast the person-centred approach with other modalities.

This module provides the opportunity for you to evaluate your learning over the three years, to evaluate your counselling work and to provide your own assessment of the Person-Centred Approach to therapy.

Group work is integral to all counsellors, particularly in the field of drug and alcohol work. This module provides the skills in group work which those who go into training or the facilitation of therapy groups

This module builds on the Level 5 Research Module. Using the skills and knowledge gained in that module, you will plan and conduct a research project leading to the writing of a dissertation. This will be based on a counselling subject in an area of your choosing.