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School: Arts and Humanities

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• Unit Title

  Humanistic Models of Counselling

• Unit Code

  COU3101

• Year

  2016

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

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Description

The purpose of the unit is to familiarise students with the primary concerns of existential and humanistic theories of counselling. The unit will focus on the philosophical foundations of existential-phenomenology.Students will also be introduced to the work of existential practitioners and to the way in which the approach has been applied to the counselling relationship. The unit will provide an introduction and understanding of the humanistic tradition of counselling with particular reference to the work of Carl Rogers the founder of the person-centred approach.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded COU0104, COU5104

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Analyse the link between the underlying philosophy and practice of existential counselling.
2. Critique the core conditions of the person-centred model and their relevance to humanistic practice.
3. Discuss the philosophical foundations of existentialism.
4. Discuss the roots of the humanistic approach to counselling; and,

Unit Content

1. The roots of European existentialism.
2. Basic concepts of the human condition
3. The founders of existential philosophy (Soren Kierkegaard Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger).
4. The work of Jean-Paul Sartre and Victor Frankl.
5. Key ideas in existential practice and the therapeutic relationship.
6. Existential practitioners.
7. Carl Roger's humanistic theory of the self.
8. Core conditions of person-centred-counselling.
9. The relationship in person-centred-counselling.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures,audio-visual materials, and small and large discussion groups.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

* Assessment item identified for English language proficiency

Text References

• ^ Cooper, M. (2012). Existential Therapies. London: Sage.
• Barnett, L. & Madison, G. (2012). Existential Psychotherapy: Legacy, Vibrancy and Dialogue. London: Taylor and Francis.
• Cohn, H. W. (1997). Existential Thought and Therapeutic Practice: An Introduction to Existential Psychotherapy. London: Sage.
• Frankl, V. (2004). Man's Search for Meaning. An Introduction to Logotherapy. London: Random House/Rider.
• Laing, R. (1965). The Divided-Self. London: Penguin Books.
• Macquarrie, J. (1972). Existentialism. London: Penguin Books.
• Spinelli, E. (1994). Demystifying Therapy. London: Constable.
• Thorne, B. & Lambers, E. (1998). Person Centred Therapy. London: Sage.
• Van-Deurzen-Smith, E. (1997). Everyday Mysteries. London: Routledge.
• Yalom, I. (1980). Existential Psychotherapy. New York: Basic Books.

^ Mandatory reference

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