Timepoint 1 (400 words) · Due Tuesday 3 November Write 400 words. Name the strengths and weaknesses in your counselling skills so far. Then make a plan to build the skills you want to work on. Base your plan on your own experience and on the feedback you got. This early piece is worth 30% of the overall mark, and you get feedback on it in week 7. Upload your work on Canvas as one file: a Portable Document Format (PDF) file or a Word document. What it asks: Identify strengths and weaknesses in your skillset of counselling skills so far and create a plan for developing targeted skill sets based on your own experience and feedback you have received. Keep a reflective journal of all counselling sessions with peers (both in class and outside of class). Word count: 400 words Format: Not stated in source Deadline: Week 7 Weighting: 30% of the module mark Download: Counselling Skills BA2 Sem1 Assignments With Rubric Final Read the brief on Canvas
Learning Outcomes 1–6
Create a therapeutic relationship that offers contactful, empathic attunement with the client
Use relevant counselling skills - tracking, reflecting and exploring to facilitate the client to process their experience
Receive and use feedback in a non defensive and insightful way
Offer feedback to other group members in an insightful and appropriately sensitive manner.
Show awareness of and capacity for reflection on their own process and manage themselves appropriately during the skills training .
Write a competent process commentary on the counselling practise sessions, taking account of the experience of the client, the counsellor, the process and the relationship
Words Timepoint 1 is 400 words. Timepoint 2 (800 words) is a separate assignment on this page. Keep a reflective journal of all your counselling sessions with other students, in class and outside class. Marking scale: Major Strength, Strength, Adequate, Needs Development, Needs Much Development.
Part A: Project/Essay · Due Friday 11 December Written project/essay on Ego State Theory — Learning Outcomes 1–4 — 80% / 1000 words
Learning Outcomes 1–4
Describe and analyse the structural, functional and transactional models of Ego States.
Describe and analyse the concept of Ego State Contamination and Blending.
Describe and analyse the development of Ego States.
Describe how Ego States can be brought into awareness and integrated.
Part B: Written Report · Due Friday 27 November Describe your understanding of group process through the lens of Ego State Theory — Learning Outcome 5 — 20% / 200 words
Learning Outcome 5
Describe and analyse introductory elements of group process.
Words 1200 words for this module row. Overall integrated submission across COUN6015 + COUN6016 = 2400 words.
Due Part B: Friday 27 November · Part A: Friday 11 December
Part A: Project/Essay · Due Friday 11 December Application of Ego State Theory — make explicit use of concepts and models to explore your own life experience — Learning Outcomes 1–4 — 80% / 1000 words
Learning Outcomes 1–4
Apply the structural, functional and transactional models of Ego States to his/her own life experience
Analyse his/her own developmental experience using models of Ego State development.
Describe and review his/her experience of Ego State Contamination and Blending.
Describe and review his/her experience of bringing Ego States into awareness and integrating them.
Part B: Written Report · Due Friday 27 November Explore an example of a personal insight arising from this understanding — Learning Outcome 5 — 20% / 200 words
Learning Outcome 5
Describe and analyse introductory elements of group process.
Words 1200 words for this module row. Overall integrated submission across COUN6015 + COUN6016 = 2400 words.
Due Part B: Friday 27 November · Part A: Friday 11 December
Timepoint 2 (800 words) · Due Tuesday 1 December Write 800 words. Give a summary review and analysis of how your counselling skills have developed so far. Base it on the plan you made in week 7 (Timepoint 1). Upload your work on Canvas as one file: a Portable Document Format (PDF) file or a Word document. What it asks: Write a summary review and analysis of skills development to date based on the plan you developed in week 7. Keep a reflective journal of all counselling sessions with peers (both in class and outside of class). Word count: 800 words Format: Not stated in source Deadline: Not stated in source Weighting: Not stated in source Download: Counselling Skills BA2 Sem1 Assignments With Rubric Final
Learning Outcomes 1–6
Create a therapeutic relationship that offers contactful, empathic attunement with the client
Use relevant counselling skills - tracking, reflecting and exploring to facilitate the client to process their experience
Receive and use feedback in a non defensive and insightful way
Offer feedback to other group members in an insightful and appropriately sensitive manner.
Show awareness of and capacity for reflection on their own process and manage themselves appropriately during the skills training .
Write a competent process commentary on the counselling practise sessions, taking account of the experience of the client, the counsellor, the process and the relationship
Words Timepoint 2 is 800 words. It follows on from Timepoint 1 (400 words). Marking scale: Major Strength, Strength, Adequate, Needs Development, Needs Much Development.
10 minute counselling skills session (video) — 70% · Due Friday 11 December Record a 10 minute counselling skills session, in person, with another student. Write out (transcribe) the 10 minutes. Upload the recording on Canvas as a media recording. This part is worth 70%.
Learning Outcomes 1–4
Use some of the principles and practices of counselling skills to enhance their interpersonal communication and helping experience.
Develop helping relationships that offer contactful, empathic attunement to the client
Conduct an independent counselling interview with a peer
Observe and manage their own personal process and its impact on the helping situation
Written Report: Process Commentary Report — 30% Process Commentary Report — 1000 words — 30%. Guidelines: brief description of the interview; process review (client; interventions; relationship; counsellor internal process); review of feedback after practice sessions; key learnings; plans and challenges.
Learning Outcomes 5–6
Keep a skills application journal to describe, reflect upon and analyse the experience of the use of counselling skills.
Review their counselling and helping skills application experience and appraise their strengths and weaknesses in the helping setting.
Words Hand in the recording, the written transcript and the process commentary report to your Skills lecturer on Canvas. The date for the process commentary report is not confirmed yet.