• Group process – 14 hours
• Experiential and theoretical learning – 11 hours
• Supervised clinical practice in small and/or large groups – 14 hours
• Self-reflective journal writing – 4 hours
• student-focused activities encouraging active participation,(including tutorials, accessing electronic systems and support staff for data, literature, resources and contacts) – 7 hour

Guided Independent Study is considered to include:
• Reading and research (100 hours per module)
• Assignment preparation and workshop preparation/follow up (50 hours per module)

• Access to a suitably qualified therapist to provide the required sessions of personal therapy
• Access to recording equipment
• Access to database and internet for placement and supervision research


Please refer to Moodle for module relevant resources. Tutors will indicate pre-workshop compulsory reading.

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the key concepts and principles of a Person-Centred approach.¿
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the key concepts and principles of a Gestalt approach¿
3. Demonstrate knowledge of the key concepts and principles of a relational approach¿¿
4. Evaluate the principles of each of the approaches studied in establishing , developing and maintaining a therapeutic relationship and the appropriateness of these principles for Humanistic and Integrative psychotherapy.¿¿
5. Communicate effectively the skills you would use to establish, develop and maintain a Humanistic and Integrative therapeutic relationship online, by telephone and face-to-face.

It is important to note that personal experiences and links to clinical practice are an important part of all BSc assignment submissions. Direct quotes should be short and used sparingly. Students should describe theoretical concepts in their own words referencing who has informed their thinking and referenced according to the Staffordshire APA refencing system.

Academic Assignment (assessing learning outcomes: 1,2,3,4 & 5).

Title:¿ Drawing on the work of Humanistic and Integrative theories, how would you establish, develop and maintain a therapeutic relationship online, by telephone and face-to-face?

The Glossary of Terms (assessing learning outcomes: 1, 2 & 3).

The Glossary should be based on terms and concepts from Humanistic theories.

This module will focus on the importance of the therapeutic relationship in counselling and psychotherapy. The learning in this module will ground students in Person-Centred, Gestalt and other relational theories, so that students are able to understand the way in which a therapeutic relationship can be created, maintained and developed.

Indicative content
1.The organismic self¿
2. The self-concept and configurations of self¿
3. Conditions of worth¿¿
4. Rogers six conditions for growth and change¿
5. Presence
6. Presence with remote working¿
7. The working alliance¿
8. The working alliance with remote working
9. The dialogic relationship, I-Thou and I-It relating¿
10. Self in the co-created therapeutic relationship¿
11. Contact in relationship¿
12. Contact in awareness of self and other¿
13. Clarkson’s Therapeutic Relationship¿
14. Erskine’s Inquiry, involvement and attunement¿
15. The Paradoxical theory of Change
16. Rupture and repair with face-to-face and remote working¿
17. Working with online disinhibition, clients and your own¿
18. Adjustments to contact with remote working – silence, blank screen, transference, non verbals¿
19. Differences between OPT and in-the-room therapy

Core Texts
Clarkson, P. & Cavicchia, S. (2013). Gestalt counselling in action (4th ed.). Sage.
Finlay, L. (2015). Relational integrative psychotherapy. Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119141518¿
Joyce, P. & Sills, C. (2018). Skills in gestalt counselling and psychotherapy (4th ed.). Sage.
Kelly, K & Lees-Oakes, R. (2021) Online & telephone counselling. Counselling Tutor.
Mearns, D., Thorne, B. & McLeod, J. (2013). Person-centred counselling in action (4th ed.). Sage.
Paul, S. & Charura, D. (2015). An introduction to the therapeutic relationship in counselling and psychotherapy. Sage.
Tolan, J. & Cameron, R. (2016). Skills in person-centred counselling & psychotherapy (3rd ed.). Sage.
Hart, S, (2023) Phone therapy a guide for practitioners working with voice alone. Routledge

Recommended Reading
Knox, R. & Cooper, M. (2015). The therapeutic relationship in counselling and psychotherapy. Sage.
Chapter 1 – ‘A multiplicity of relationships in psychotherapy’ in: Clarkson, P. & Wilson, S. (2003). The therapeutic relationship (2nd ed.). Whurr.
DeYoung, P. A. (2015). Relational psychotherapy: A primer. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315723709
Dryden, W. & Reeves, A. (Eds.). (2013). The handbook of individual therapy (6th ed.). Sage.
Embleton Tudor, L., Keemar, K., Tudor, K., Valentine, J., & Worrall, M. (2004). The person-centred approach: A contemporary introduction. Palgrave Macmillan.
Feltham, C. (1999). Understanding the counselling relationship. Sage.
Green, J. (2010). Creating the therapeutic relationship in counselling and psychotherapy. Learning Matters.
Hycner, R. & Jacobs, L. (2013). The healing relationship in gestalt therapy: A dialogic/self psychology approach. Gestalt Journal Press. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healing-Relationship-Gestalt-Therapy-ebook/dp/B00BKMNY6O
Kahn, M. (2001). Between therapist and client: The new relationship. Owl Books.
Kirschenbaum, H. & Henderson, V. (Eds.). (1996). The Carl Rogers reader. Constable.
Mann, D. (2020). Gestalt therapy: 100 key points and techniques (2nd ed.). Routledge.
McLeod, J. (2013). An introduction to counselling (5th ed.). Open University Press.
Moursund, J. & Erskine, R. (2004). Integrative psychotherapy: The art and science of relationship. Thomson Brooks Cole.
Rogers, C. (1959). A theory of therapy, personality and interpersonal relationships as developed in the client-centered framework. In H. Kirschenbaum & V. Henderson (Eds.). (1990). The Carl Rogers reader. (pp.236-254). London: Constable.
Sanders, P. (Ed.). (2012). The tribes of the person-centred nation: An introduction to the schools of therapy related to the person-centred approach (2nd ed.). PCCS Books.
Wilkins, P. (2015). Person-centred therapy: 100 key points and techniques (2nd ed.). Routledge.

Therapy Today Articles
Davies, N. (2015). Counsellor to the rescue. Therapy Today. 26(2). 18-21.
https://www.bacp.co.uk/media/1636/bacp-therapy-today-mar15.pdf