2500 word reflective essay, weighted at 100%. (assessing LO's 1 and 2)

Reflective Journal, weighted at 0% Pass/Fail. (assessing LO3)

All elements must be passed to achieve the unit.

Formative Learning:
Observation and feedback from peers and tutors as part of group process
Reflective journal

Personal development is a fundamental component of Counsellor training and is facilitated through exercises/activities and group process, and is a central ethos throughout the whole programme. Whilst this can be challenging, group process in particular is a space for the group to meet without agenda and imposed structure. The aim is to enhance your self-awareness with particular attention to ’self in relation to others’ whilst embodying the core conditions of Empathy, UPR and Congruence in order to create a climate for growth.

Topics will include:
• Experiential exercises
• Self-awareness
• Transference
• Counter-transference
• Projection
• Empathy
• Unconditional Positive Regard
• Congruence
• Self-support
• Reflection

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (70 hours)
68 hours group process work
2 hours lecture

Guided Independent Study: (230 hours)
50 hours accessing internet
80 hours reading and library study
70 hours preparing assignment
30 reflective journal writing

Library
IT resources including Power point
VLE
Core texts

Johns, H. (2012). Personal Development in Counsellor Training. (2nd Edn). Sage Publications.

Lago, C. and MacMillan, M. (eds) (2012). Experiences in Relatedness: Groupwork and the
Person-Centred Approach. PCCS.

Merry, A. (1999). Learning and being. Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books

Wright, J. and Bolton, J. (2012). Reflective Writing in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Sage Publications.