Within the BSc in Counselling & Psychotherapy you are required to continue to undertake two years of placement learning within a secure clinical placement with appropriate clinical supervision. This module is an assessment of your practice in your placement setting, learning within supervision, and your ongoing development via your personal therapy and journal reflections.

Placement learning is a central component of your training to become a Humanistic and Integrative therapist. Your Placement Provider and Supervisor will provide reports at the end of the year commenting on your continuing professional development. You will be required to continue to complete a clinical log detailing client hours, issues worked with and key learning from supervision.

This module will continue to focus on the student’s on-going development via their own personal therapy and journal reflections. During this year, students will also be expected to continue in a clinical placement (with a minimum of 2 clients) and have appropriate supervision to meet the clinical obligations.

Indicative Content may include:
• Student’s own intrapsychic process
• Student’s own interpersonal process
• Personal reflection
• Application of theory to practice

• Group process – 28 hours
• Experiential and theoretical learning – 22 hours
• Supervised clinical practice in small and/or large groups – 28 hours
• Self-reflective journal writing – 8 hours
• student-focused activities encouraging active participation,(including tutorials, accessing electronic systems and support staff for data, literature, resources and contacts) – 14 hour

Guided Independent Study is considered to include:
• Personal Therapy and reflection (60 hours total)
• Supervision attendance and preparation (180 hours total)
• Assignment preparation (60 total)

• Access to an approved placement which provides suitable learning opportunities
• Access to a suitably qualified supervisor to provide the required ratio of supervision hours to clinical practice
• Access to recording equipment
• Access to a suitably qualified therapist to provide the required sessions of personal therapy

1. Critically reflect upon 40 hours of personal therapy with a suitably qualified therapist and effectively communicate through your PDP the development of your self-awareness and understanding of your limitations.
(Communication, Learning)

2. Within your clinical log critically reflect upon 125 hours of clinical work and 50 hours of supervision demonstrating your understanding of the therapeutic process and your growing edges
(Learning)

3. Deploy accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry to reflect upon 125 hours work with clients and 50 hours of Supervision, demonstrating an understanding of the limits of your knowledge
(Enquiry, Learning)

4. Demonstrate the capacity to manage your own learning, exercise initiative and personal responsibility through ongoing personal and professional development required for professional registration with BACP
(Reflection)

Core Texts¿¿
Creaner, M. (2013). Getting the best out of supervision in counselling and psychotherapy: A guide for the supervisee. London: Sage Publications.¿
Erskine, R.G. (2021). A healing relationship: Commentary on therapeutic dialogues. Bicester, Oxfordshire: Phoenix Publishing House.¿
Finlay, L. (2022). The therapeutic use of self in counselling and psychotherapy. Sage.¿
Oldale, M. & Cooke, M.J. (2015). Making the most of counselling and psychotherapy placements. London: Sage Publications.¿
Yalom, I. D. (2003). The gift of therapy: Reflections on being a therapist. London: Piatkus Publishers.¿

Recommended Journal Articles:¿
Starr, F. & Ciclitira, K. (2014). Setting up in private practice. Therapy Today, 25(3), 24-27. Retrieved from https://www.bacp.co.uk/media/1596/bacp-therapy-today-apr14.pdf¿

End of Year Clinical Submissions Portfolio (assessing learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4)¿¿

Personal Therapy Annual Report Form T03 with evidence of a minimum of 40 sessions for the year. (Assessing learning outcome 1)¿

Entries in Personal Journal for each day of the course. (Assessing learning outcome 1)¿

Fulfilment of clinical placement requirement of 125 hours of face-to-face work¿as evidenced by P03, P05 & S04 (Assessing learning outcome 2,3,4)¿

Fulfilment of a minimum of 50 hours of clinical supervision (30 hours of approved supervision +20 hours of additional supervision)¿as evidenced by S04 & P05 (Assessing learning outcome 2,3,4)¿

Peer and tutor feedback on counselling practice evidenced by forms and tutorial sheets.¿¿

A 2,000 word personal development profile describing your learning experience (PDP)¿(Assessing learning outcome 1)¿

Signed Clinical Log (P03) for the duration of your placement¿(Assessing learning outcome 2,3,4)¿

Fulfilment of clinical supervision Report (S03)¿(Assessing learning outcome 2,3,4)¿

In addition, as per professional accreditation requirements, all modules require 100% attendance at the scheduled sessions¿