In this module the student will be developing their counselling skills practice in relation to the core model. These skills will include:
¿Practise counselling skills with peers
¿Active listening
¿Reflecting
¿Immediacy
¿Summarising
¿Paraphrasing
¿Clarifying
¿Effective questioning
¿Use of silence
¿Demonstrating the core-conditions of empathy, respect and congruence

In addition you will develop the technical and ethical skills required to produce a counselling session video and audio recording.

Practice and development groups (PAD) involve triad work to enhance counselling practice, and engagement in a wider group context in order to critique practice for development purposes. The environment will create opportunities for constructive feedback whilst simultaneously recognising and respecting the autonomy of each individual and their particular style, to support, encourage and enable professional development.

There are THREE assessments in this module, a video recording, an analysis and a fitness to practice assessment.

Assessment 1: Produce a 30 minute video recording of a counselling session with a peer demonstrating your professional development as a counsellor using skills pertaining to the core model, ethical and legal obligations. weighted at 0% (assessing LO1)

Assessment 2: A 2000 word analysis of the effectiveness of the skills used during a counselling session with one peer, based on a 10 minute transcription taken from the 30 minute video-taped session, weighted at 100% (assessing LO's 2, 3 and 4) In order to evaluate the effectiveness of your skills used to facilitate the counselling process, you are asked to select an¿extract¿from your recording and write out a¿10 minute verbatim transcript and include this as an appendix.

Assessment 3: Fitness to Practice Assessment prior to commencing Placement

All elements must be passed to achieve the module

Formative learning:

1 formative regarding Fitness to Practice prior to the summative
Students will be given feedback in the form of peer and tutor supervision in PAD groups

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (114 hours)
24 hours group tutorials
90 hours PAD groups

Guided Independent Study: (286 hours)
Including internet research, reading and library study, assignment preparation, group activities in preparation for recordings and group activities in preparation for group tutorials

1. Demonstrate the effective use of counselling skills with a peer.

Communication
Knowledge and Understanding

2. Evaluate the effectiveness of the skills used to facilitate the counselling process.

Analysis
Problem Solving

3. Demonstrate qualities and transferable skills necessary for placement.

Reflection

4. ¿Evaluate your counselling skills in relation to your peer review and incorporate feedback into a plan for development.

Application

Access to means of recording a skills development session (e.g. video recording equipment)
Library
IT resources including Power point
VLE
Core texts

Bor, R., Wats, M. (2016) The Trainee Handbook: A Guide for Counselling & Psychotherapy Trainees. 4th Edition. London: Sage
Green, Judith, A. (2010) Creating the Therapeutic relationship on Counselling. (3rd Edn.). Exeter: Learning Matters
Mearns, D. & Thorne, B. (2013) Person-Centred Counselling in Action. (4th Ed.). Sage Publications
Tolan, J. & Cameron, R. (2016) Skills in Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy (Skills in Counselling and Psychotherapy Series). 3rd Edition. London: Sage

www.adpca.org
www.bapca.co.uk
www.carlrogers.info
www.centerfortheperson.org
www.davemearns.com
www.HowardKirschenbaum.com
www.pce-world.org

Developing Counselling Skills: In this module you will be develop your counselling practice in relation to the core model.

Practice and development groups (PAD) involve triad work with peers to enhance counselling practice, and engagement in a wider group context, in order to critique practice for development purposes. The environment will create opportunities for constructive feedback whilst simultaneously recognising and respecting the autonomy of each individual and their particular style, to support, encourage and enable professional development.