Advanced Counselling Applications

This module offers students the opportunity of identifying and responding to a range of common yet complex issues that counsellor encounter. It develops the capacity to apply underpinning theoretical constructs to a range of diverse situations. It asks the student to assess the complexity of these issues and ways of managing them.

• Analyse a set of complex issues that counsellors encounter from a multi-theoretical standpoint
• Evaluate possible approaches to be taken to manage the complex issues
• Assess the capacity of the individual to apply the relevant counselling theory and skills
• Develop and test an approach for systematically and ethically working with wider systems
• Identify and respond to the impact that these issues may have on the counsellor
• Determine an appropriate approach to referral
• Explore the complex social, legal and ethical issues associated with these counselling issues
• Evaluate personal responses to the issues explored and analyse how these may impact upon the counsellor and the counselling process
• Demonstrate self awareness and integrate the capacity to be reflexive
• Undertake and reflect upon the role of clinical supervision in complex areas

• Assessment of complex issues
• Attachment in childhood and adolescents
• Attachment in coupling and parenting
• Grief and loss issues: complex and disenfranchised
• Grief and loss issues: personal and relationship
• Grief and loss issues: family and other
• Risk situations: crisis and trauma
• Risk situations: suicidality and other client responses
• Risk situations: violence
• Mental health issues: early and adolescent onset
• Mental health issues: adult onset
• Principles for practice

Module Duration and Workload:
This module involves a total of 36 hours of face to face delivery or self-directed study including educator contact in flexible delivery modes, generating a further 120 hours of self-study per module including research and related study activities, including assessment. This translates as 13 hours per week for the module.

Study method:
On Campus, Distance Education and Online Education