Structure

Definition of Counselling

The Counselling Relationship

Grief and Bereavement

Philosophy and Design

Motivational Interviewing & Dynamics of Recovery

Working with the Family

Addiction

Conducting the Diagnostic Interview Cont.

Introduction: The Problem Itself

Behavioural Problem or Disease

Training The Mind

Depression Management - Introduction

The Causes of Depression

Methods of Therapy

Developmental Psychology – Introduction

Personality and Social Development

 Adolescence

Attitudes Towards Death

Exploring Grief and Letting Go

Working with Children

What is Co-dependency?

Transformation

Using Newly Found Skills

Learning Outcomes

Module 1 – Definition of Counselling.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Identify the aim of counselling.

Assess ‘active listening’ skills describing the functions it allows the counsellor to perform.

Module 2 – The Counselling Relationship.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Explain ‘empathy’.

Investigate the psychodynamics of grief and how loss relates to this reaction.

Discuss the management of grief.

Identify the symptoms of stress both psychological and physical showing associated phobias.

Describe the signs of depression.

Module 4 – Philosophy and Design.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Explain the formulation of the psycho-social approach and show what it represents.

Introduce the uses and purposes of human communication.

Module 5 – Motivational Interviewing & Dynamics of Recovery.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Explain stages of change.

Evaluate the symptoms of denial.

Analyse the framework for the ‘general approach’.

Module 6 – Working with the Family.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Explain the importance of the key-member, showing how the family benefits in the absence of the key-member.

Investigate the importance of marital counselling.

Analyse the aspect of communicating feelings within a relationship explain the advantages of feedback

Module 7 – What You, As a Counsellor and Therapist, Should Know About
Addiction.

On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Define the Treatment Philosophy.

Introduce the areas in which a problem drinker is likely to experience difficulties and its affect on the body.

Analyse the definition of alcohol denial and its symptoms.

Discuss the common effects of alcohol/drugs on a person’s behaviour and on Complex Intellectual Functions.

Evaluate some psychological harms attributed to alcohol/drug misuse and abuse.

List withdrawal symptoms which might occur and identify features of dependence.

Module 8 – Defence Mechanisms.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Assess the stages and uses of a diagnostic interview.

Identify the tasks necessary to conduct a diagnostic interview.

Module 9 – Conducting the Diagnostic Interview.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Describe the symptoms and causes of ‘Peripheral Neuropathy’.

Analyse the common symptoms which follow abusive drinking/drug taking.

Investigate the five diagnostic categories of alcohol abuse.

Module 10 – Creating a Treatment Plan.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Evaluate the roles of Alcoholics Anonymous and explore the benefits of treatment.

Module 11 – Treating the Individual.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Introduce how to create a chart and give ways in which it can help an alcoholic.

Discuss why an in-patient programme is beneficial listing a schedule of activities.

Module 12 – Introduction: The Problem Itself?
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Discuss your understanding of obsession.

Describe how pure obsessional thought differs from normal thoughts discussing to what extent a person has free will over his/her behaviour and patterns of thought.

Describe the disorders similar in type to OCB.

Module 13 – Behavioural Problems or Disease.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Describe physical abnormalities that might underlay OCB and the effects of overly controlling parents.

Discuss key factors leading to eating disorders.

Identify the four classes of treatment available to OCB sufferers and introduce beneficial drugs.

Explore cognitive therapy and the role of the therapist.

Module 14 – Training The Mind.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Examine Worry, showing steps that can be taken to control the habit.

Analyse what a combination of mindfulness and healthy scepticism achieve.

Explain how ‘triggers’ relate to a client and give benefits of a recovery program.

Module 15 – Depression Management - Introduction.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Evaluate somatisation and list the physical symptoms.

Define the neuroses.

Describe your understanding of Circular Manic-Depression Psychosis.

Module 16 – The Causes of Depression.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Describe the most common causes, symptoms and consequences of PMT.

Discuss pre-menstrual depression and analyse its characteristics.

Assess how psychoanalytic theories interpret depression.

Module 17 – Methods of Therapy.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Evaluate the main groups of psychotherapy.

Discuss Interpersonal Psychotherapy and its treatments.

Module 18 – Developmental Psychology - Introduction.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Identify by what human development is determined.

Explain what you understand by ‘stages of development’ and the effects of environmental factors.

Introduce Piaget’s stages of cognitive development.

Module 19 – Personality and Social Development.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Discuss your understanding of attachment and show the importance of interaction with siblings and peers.

Investigate Childrearing Practices and later behaviour.

Describe your understanding of Sex Roles and Sex Typing.

Identify the factors influencing identification and its affect on siblings.

Module 20 – Adolescence.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Define your understanding of sex development and the effects of puberty.

Examine early and middle adulthood and the ageing years.

Identify Developmental, Social, and Personality Psychology.

Module 21 – Attitudes Towards Death.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Evaluate bereavement counselling and the affects of grief on a bereaved person.

Identify the different types of grief.

Module 22 – Exploring Grief and Letting Go.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Describe a ‘pang’ or ‘wave’ of grief and explain what might trigger such an episode.

Identify the primary symptoms of grief and their affects on the stomach.

Introduce the affects of bereavement on the male client.

Module 23 – Working with Children.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Explain what results psychiatric research has shown in relation the affects counselled parents have on the child .

Discuss the features of bereavement reactions.

Assess the rights of the bereaved.

Module 24 – What is Co-dependency?
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Introduce an understanding of ‘Co-dependents’ and the ‘adult-child’.

Explain problems likely to be found in ‘The Family of Origin’.

Describe what makes a co-dependent relationship confining and their desire to be free.

Module 25 – Transformation.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Examine the two levels of acceptance and list the four dimensions of intimacy.

Assess the four elements of recovery and how co-dependents handle ‘Emotional Expression’.

Analyse ‘Cognitive Reconstruction’ and methods of practising self-encouragement.

Module 26 – Using Newly Found Skills.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:

Describe what should be included in the Inventory of Positive Aspects.

Assess how ‘communication’, ‘privacy’ and ‘compromise’ should be viewed.

Define what ‘rigidity’, ‘silence’, ‘denial’ and ‘isolation’ need to be transformed to.