Module Descriptors
PROFESSIONAL ISSUES FOR COUNSELLORS 3 - SETTING UP IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
PSYC50671
Key Facts
Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Keith Walmsley-Smith
Email: Keith.Smith@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 48
Independent Study Hours: 102
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Learning Strategies
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (48 hours)
30 hours - Interactive lectures, ethics debate, DVDs, panels, guest speakers, quiz
18 hours - Group work and discussion
Guided Independent Study: (102 hours)
60 hours reading and reflecting, library and internet searching
42 hours assignment preparation
30 hours - Interactive lectures, ethics debate, DVDs, panels, guest speakers, quiz
18 hours - Group work and discussion
Guided Independent Study: (102 hours)
60 hours reading and reflecting, library and internet searching
42 hours assignment preparation
Module Additional Assessment Details
A written assignment of 1,500 words will assess students' knowledge and understanding of a specific professional issue involved in setting up in private professional counselling practice.
There are a number of different professional issues considered in the module content. Students will collaborate as a group and identify which specific topic each of them will research and write about.
Every student will work on a different professional issue; however in the event of a large class group it will be possible for two students to independently cover the same topic.
Individual student assignments will be combined to make up the chapters of a book titled
'Issues Involved in Setting up in Private Professional Counselling Practice'. The completed book will be available to all students to be used as a working guide to support them in their future professional lives
(assessing all LO's)
There are a number of different professional issues considered in the module content. Students will collaborate as a group and identify which specific topic each of them will research and write about.
Every student will work on a different professional issue; however in the event of a large class group it will be possible for two students to independently cover the same topic.
Individual student assignments will be combined to make up the chapters of a book titled
'Issues Involved in Setting up in Private Professional Counselling Practice'. The completed book will be available to all students to be used as a working guide to support them in their future professional lives
(assessing all LO's)
Module Texts
BACP (quarterly journal) Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. Oxon: Routledge
Clark, J. (2002) Freelance Counselling and Psychotherapy: Competition and Collaboration. London: Routledge
McMahon, G. Palmer, S. and Wilding, C. (2005) The Essential Skills for Setting Up a Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice. London: Routledge
Tyler, R. (2003) Money Matters for Therapists: A Financial Guide for Self-Employed Therapists and Counsellors. London: Worth Publishing
Clark, J. (2002) Freelance Counselling and Psychotherapy: Competition and Collaboration. London: Routledge
McMahon, G. Palmer, S. and Wilding, C. (2005) The Essential Skills for Setting Up a Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice. London: Routledge
Tyler, R. (2003) Money Matters for Therapists: A Financial Guide for Self-Employed Therapists and Counsellors. London: Worth Publishing
Module Resources
Core texts
Classrooms
Computer, projector
Internet access
Library
VLE Moodle
Classrooms
Computer, projector
Internet access
Library
VLE Moodle
Module Indicative Content
- Appropriate venue for counselling practice
- Effects of working from home on family, friends, neighbours etc
- Safety issues for client and counsellor
- Understanding of BACP approved advertising strategy
- Appropriate insurance cover
- What to include in a counselling contract.
- Legal issues in relation to working from home
- Record Keeping
- Supervision
- Membership of professional organisations
- Effects of working from home on family, friends, neighbours etc
- Safety issues for client and counsellor
- Understanding of BACP approved advertising strategy
- Appropriate insurance cover
- What to include in a counselling contract.
- Legal issues in relation to working from home
- Record Keeping
- Supervision
- Membership of professional organisations