Module Descriptors
DEVELOP A THEORETICAL BASE 2 - SOLUTION FOCUSED BRIEF THERAPY AND THE INTEGRATIVE APPROACH
PSYC50522
Key Facts
School of Health, Science and Wellbeing
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Cressida Minister
Email: C.M.Minister@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 48
Independent Study Hours: 102
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • ANALYSIS weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Indicative Content
- Solution Focused Brief Therapy
- Models of short-term counselling
- Client assessment appropriate to core models
- Philosophy of core models
- Egan's Skilled Helper approach
- Integration of theory and skills
Module Additional Assessment Details
Book Critique - The Skilled Helper. Egan, G (2009) , compared to two other counselling related texts (one related to SFBT) 2,500 words (addressing all LO's)

Formative - Q and A, discussion, peer evaluation and feedback, self-evaluation, reflective journal, role-play, quiz, presentation, debate
Module Learning Strategies
Contact Hours: (48)
30 hours - Interactive lectures, - DVDs, work-sheets, quiz, debate, panels, creating posters/displays Power-point, role plays.
18 hours - Group work and reflection, discussion and feedback

Independent Study Hours: (102)
60 hours reading and reflecting
42 hours assignment preparation
Module Resources
Core texts
Classrooms
Computer, projector
Internet access
Library
VLE Moodle
Module Texts
BACP (quarterly journal) Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. Oxon: Routledge
Egan, G. (2009) The Skilled Helper. London: Wadsworth
Macdonald, A. (2007) Solution Focused Therapy: Theory, Research and Practice. London: Sage Publications
O¿Connell, B. (2005) Solution Focused Therapy. London: Sage Publications
Wosket, V. (2006) Egan's Skilled Helper Model. London: Routledge