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PSYM036 – The Transpersonal Perspective 1
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Nigel Hamilton
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: PSYM037
Assessment: SPRCP - The Transpersonal Perspective 1 (Ccpe), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: To understand the development of human consciousness and to give a psychological underpinning for the process of personal change from a transpersonal perspective, key transpersonal theories which relate to a range of psychotherapeutic approaches are taught. Related skilled therapeutic interventions which can promote personal change are taught and assessed.
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PSYM037 – Clinical Supervision
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Susie Sanders
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SPRCP - Clinical Supervision (Ccpe), Coursework: 100%
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Description: Supervision of clinical practice is compulsory in psychotherapy training. Through specialised weekly, and three weekend supervision group forums, students receive professional, theoretical, and ethical exploration training for practice; in addition to the monitoring and assessment of their clinical competence and their client?s progression. Students receive both written and verbal feedback.
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PSYM038 – Research Methods in Psychotherapy
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: David Hiles
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: PSYM037
Assessment: SPRCP - Research Methods In Psychotherapy (Ccpe), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module introduces students to a range of research methods that are appropriate to counselling and psychotherapy research. Through the teaching and critical evaluation of the principles of disciplined enquiry (Epistemology, Ontology, Axiology, Ethics and Methodology), and the relationship between research and practice, students are prepared for their research dissertations.
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PSYM042 – Adolescence, The Family and Family Therapy
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Maria Storey Walker
Credit Value: 20
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: PSYM041, PSYM043
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: CCPE - Adolescence, The Family And Family Therapy (Ccpe), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module examines the developmental stage of adolescence from a transpersonal integrative perspective and the challenge of the transition from childhood to adulthood. Students are also introduced to thinking systemically and how to apply these ideas to their own families and their work with clients.
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PSYM044 – Child Observation
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Angela Gruber
Credit Value: 20
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: PSYM041, PSYM045
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: CCPE - Child Observation (Ccpe), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: Through weekly term-time observations in a nursery school setting students follow the developmental progress of a child and the formation and impact of relationships beyond the family. The students also build essential observational skills and reflect on how they, as observers, are impacted by and impact on the observational material.
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PSYM046 – Dissertation
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Maria Storey Walker
Credit Value: 60
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: PSYM041, PSYM043, PSYM045, PSYM042, PSYM044
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: CCPE - Dissertation (Ccpe), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module synthesises the learning from all the previous modules. Students demonstrate they are creative and reflective practitioners in the field of transpersonal integrative child and adolescent psychotherapy within the context of the family and have met the professional and academic standards required to work with this vulnerable client group.
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PSYM062 – Understanding Mental Health in Children and Young People
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Rick
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: AUT2 - Understanding Mental Health In Children And Young People, Coursework: 100% AUT - Understanding Mental Health In Children And Young People, Coursework: 100% SPR - Understanding Mental Health In Children And Young People, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MSc Counselling Children & Young People;
Description: The purpose of this module is to enable an in depth understanding of children and young people?s mental health in their social and family context, offering a critical perspective on diagnosis and treatment, and a nuanced analysis of cognitive-emotional, social and behavioral development.
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PSYM063 – Core Skills for Working with Children and Young People
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Jenny Tozer
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: AUT - Core Skills For Working With Children And Young People, Coursework: 100% SPR - Core Skills For Working With Children And Young People, Coursework: 100% AUT2 - Core Skills For Working With Children And Young People, Coursework: 100%
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Description: This module covers the `core skills? needed by all CAMHS practitioners to work with children and young people. The module will provide essential knowledge of family structures, dynamics and cultural aspects, as well as opportunities to develop the skills that are needed to deal with complex family circumstances.
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PSYM064 – Working with Schools and Communities
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Evgenia Volkovyskaya
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SPR - Working With Schools And Communities, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MSc Child & Adolescent Mental Health;
Description: The purpose of this module is to explore the school and community as a context for intervention with children, young people and their families. The module will provide an opportunity to design a project as a group or individually, working within a school or community setting.
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PSYM065 – Therapeutic Interventions with Children, Young People and Families
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Nick Thompson
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: AUT - Therapeutic Interventions With Children, Young People And Families, Coursework: 100% SUM - Therapeutic Interventions With Children, Young People And Families, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MSc Child & Adolescent Mental Health;
Description: The purpose of this module is to provide students with the opportunity to critically engage with core therapeutic interventions which are used within CAMHs. Students will also develop a working and critical understanding of the cultural, legal, political and interdisciplinary contexts relative to working within CAMH and related services. .
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PSYM066 – Counselling with Children, Young People and Families
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Mr Matt Schofield
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: PSYM063
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SPR - Counselling With Children, Young People And Families, Coursework: 100% SUM - Counselling With Children, Young People And Families, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MSc Counselling Children & Young People;
Description: The purpose of this module is to provide students with opportunities to develop advanced counselling skills, associated with evidence based approaches suitable for counselling with CYP.
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PSYM067 – Counselling Children and Young People in Practice
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Elisa Gusmini
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: Successful completion of PSYM066 module. At least a pass grade on PSYM066 item named "skills assessment"
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SPR - Counselling Children And Young People In Practice, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MSc Counselling Children & Young People;
Description: The purpose of this module is:To offer students opportunities for the practical application of knowledge and skills. To support students in creating a network or professional relationships and build opportunities for career development and employability.To help students build a consistent model of counselling with CYP and families.
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PSYM079 – Advanced Developmental Psychology
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Evangelia Prokopiou
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: AUT - Advanced Developmental Psychology, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MSc Psychology;
Description: This module enables a critical analysis of developmental issues across the lifespan with specific reference to the inter-relationship between the processes of development, and the context within which people grow, change and develop. Building on their knowledge of the developmental processes and mechanisms operating in childhood and adolescence, students will develop a critical understanding of the intersections of biological, psychological and social factors in development through the lifespan, and will develop a detailed understanding of transition and change, informed by a critical engagement with developmental research and theory.
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PSYM080 – Cognitive and Biological Psychology and Neuroscience
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Elena Altobelli
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: AUT - Cognitive And Biological Psychology And Neuroscience, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MSc Psychology;
Description: Cognitive and Biological Psychology and Neuroscience have developed rapidly in recent years with advances in current research and theory. Neuroimaging techniques, in particualr, have informed contemporary theorising in the fields of Cognitive Psychology, Biologcal Psychology and Neuroscience and have brought these once distinct fields closer together. Cognitive and Biological Psychology and Neuroscience share a common interest in undertsanding the workings of the brain and the processes of the mind but vary in topics of interest and in some aspects of methodology. Recent advances have also raised questions in relation to the philosophy of mind and human consciousness which will also be explored on this module.
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PSYM081 – Applied Social and Critical Social Psychology
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Lesley-Ann Smith
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SPR - Applied Social And Critical Social Psychology, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MSc Psychology;
Description: This module uses a multi-disciplinary approach (e.g. philosophy, sociology, feminist perspectives) to enable a critical analysis of traditional and contemporary social issues relating to the self, group processes and various relationships, considering the implications of social context and cross-cultural factors.
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PSYM085 – Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Matthew Hopkins
Credit Value: 10
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: AUT - Qualitative And Quantitative Research Methods (Autumn), Coursework: 100% AUT2 - Qualitative And Quantitative Research Methods (Autumn), Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MSc Child & Adolescent Mental Health; MSc Counselling; MSc Counselling Children & Young People;
Description: The purpose of this module is to provide students with the opportunity and resources to develop a critical understanding of research methods so that they can evaluate research they read and/or propose research of an acceptable standard.
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PSYM086 – Dissertation and Research Methods
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Ricky Murphy
Credit Value: 50
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: PSYM102 or PSYM085
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SPR - Dissertation And Research Methods (September Cohort, 2 Terms), Coursework: 100% SUM - Dissertation And Research Methods (February Cohort, 2 Terms), Coursework: 100% SPRPT - Dissertation And Research Methods (September Cohort Pt, 3 Terms), Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MSc Child & Adolescent Mental Health; MSc Counselling; MSc Counselling Children & Young People; MSc Psychology;
Description: The purpose of this module is ?To build on basic research methods skills from modules PSYM085 or PSYM102. The module is designed to develop advanced research skills enabling students to autonomously formulate and conduct an empirical research project in a field relevant to individual masters programs under supervision.
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PSYM090P – Placement and Supervision
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Clare Green
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot: All Year
Pre-requisites: Students must pass the skills assessment on PSYM088 before commencing this module.
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: STD - Placement And Supervision, Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: The purpose of this module is ?To successfully and competently complete 100 hours of supervised practise in an approved placement organisation.To attend and fully utilise appropriate levels of supervision for all client work with an approved supervisor.
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PSYM093 – Evidence Informed Interventions
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Audrey Orage
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SUWBL - Evidence Informed Interventions, Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module builds the knowledge and skills required to provide evidence informed interventions for mild presentations of anxiety and depression, when working with children, young people and their families. Students acquire skills in using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) principles towards brief targeted mental health treatment interventions.
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PSYM094 – Engagement and Assessment in Enhanced Evidence Based Practice
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Audrey Orage
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SPWBL - Engagement And Assessment In Enhanced Evidence Based Practice, Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module builds on trainees? existing clinical skills and knowledge of safe and effective working within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and related contexts. Students learn to assess children and adolescents with a range of mental health difficulties, and make appropriate decisions about the next steps.
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PSYM095 – Core Competencies for Working with Children and Young People (CYP IAPT)
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Jenny Tozer
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SPR - Core Competencies For Working With Children And Young People (Cyp Iapt), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module facilitates students to build the requisite knowledge and core competencies to work with children and young people in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). The module aims to develop Change Making professionals, who will work as science practitioners to effect change at personal, interpersonal and systemic levels.
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PSYM096 – Skills for Systemic Family Practice
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Jenny Tozer
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: PSYM063 and PSYM095
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SUWBL - Skills For Systemic Family Practice, Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module will address the key knowledge and clinical skills required for systemic work with children, young people and their families. Students will explore systemic theory and models of intervention with children and families, and develop an understanding various factors that impact on family life and on mental health.
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PSYM097 – Systemic Family Practice for Depression, Self-Harm and Conduct Disorder
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Jenny Tozer
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: PSYM063 and PSYM095 and PSYM096
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SUWBL - Systemic Family Practice For Depression, Self-Harm And Conduct Disorder (June - December), Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: Postgraduate Diploma In Systemic Family Practice;
Description: This module focuses on the use of systemic family practice for Depression, Self-Harm and Conduct Disorder, adopting a Systemic Family Therapy (SFT) theoretical base and utilizing evidence-based approaches. The module will develop trainees? knowledge of theory and research, provide practical skills training and promote a critical approach to the subject.
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PSYM100 – Individual Differences
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: David
Credit Value: 10
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SPR - Individual Differences, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MSc Psychology;
Description: This module will develop students' knowledge and critical understanding of various key theoretical perspectives in the areas of individual differences and personality. Practical applications relating to these areas will also be applied to real world settings.
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PSYM101 – Conceptual and Historical Issues in Psychology
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Elena Altobelli
Credit Value: 10
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SUM - Conceptual And Historical Issues In Psychology, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MSc Psychology;
Description: The aim of this module is to provide students with a thorough grounding in the historical development of psychology and in conceptual and philosophical questions pertinent to psychology, such as the nature of science, the role of ethics, the relationship between psychology and society, and the 'problem' of consciousness.
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PSYM102 – Research Skills
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: David Saunders
Credit Value: 20
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: AUT - Research Skills, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MSc Psychology;
Description: The rationale for the module is to build research skills and research practices in quantitative and qualitative research methods. This module is designed develop the skills needed for independent research, and to design a proposal for an empirical research project.
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PSYM103 – Values, Assessment and Engagement
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Fiona
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites:
Co-requisites:
Assessment: WBL - Values, Assessment And Engagement (Work Based Learning), Coursework: 100% AUWBL - Values, Assessment And Engagement (Work Based Learning), Coursework: 100% A9WBL - Values, Assessment And Engagement (Work Based Learning), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module builds the knowledge, attitudes and competencies required to operate effectively in a CAMHS context and to engage with and assess children, young people and families where there are mild presentations of anxiety and depression, conduct difficulties and where parenting support is needed.
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PSYM104 – Evidence Based Interventions for Common Mental Health Problems with Children and Young People (Theory and Skills)
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Gemma Dineley
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: A9WBL - Evidence Based Interventions For Common Mental Health Problems With Children And Young People (Theory And Skills) Work Based Learning, Coursework: 100% WBL - Evidence Based Interventions For Common Mental Health Problems With Children And Young People (Theory And Skills) Work Based Learning, Coursework: 100% SPWBL - Evidence Based Interventions For Common Mental Health Problems With Children And Young People (Theory And Skills) Work Based Learning, Coursework: 100%
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Description: This module provides students with robust training in evidence-based low-intensity psychological treatments for working with children, young people and families. Students focus on behaviour change models and strategies in exploring low-intensity psychological treatments that place greater emphasis on patient self-management and are designed to be less burdensome than traditional approaches.
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PSYM105 – Understanding Children and Young People’s Distress
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Sarah Mansbridge
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: AUT - Understanding Children And Young People'S Distress, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MSc Child & Adolescent Mental Health;
Description: This module will critically explore the construction of `childhood?, with relation to both traditional and diverse understandings of child and adolescent development. Specifically, the module will focus on the complexities surrounding `typical? and `atypical? development, unpacking the social, political and cultural nature through which children and adolescent?s development is understood.
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PSYM106 – Therapeutic Skills for Working with Children, Young People and Families
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Luke Ward
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SPR - Therapeutic Skills For Working With Children, Young People And Families (Spring), Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MSc Child & Adolescent Mental Health;
Description: The purpose of this module is to provide students with an experiential learning environment where they can explore and practice the skills needed to work with children, young people and their families. This module will build on critical reflection from PSYM105 and theory from PSYM065.
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PSYM109 – Working, Assessing, and Engaging with Common Problems in Education Settings
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Jynna Yarrum
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: A9WBL - Working, Assessing, And Engaging With Common Problems In Education Settings (Work Based Learning), Coursework: 100% WBL - Working, Assessing, And Engaging With Common Problems In Education Settings (Work Based Learning), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: In this module students will learn about the education context in which they will be working, including how schools are organised and challenges working with mental health issues in educational settings. Students will learn assessment and engagement skills with education staff, and the broad range of difficulties experienced by youth.
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PSYM110 – Processes and Interventions for Emerging Mental Health Difficulties in Education Settings
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Jynna Yarrum
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites:
Co-requisites:
Assessment: S9WBL - Processes And Interventions For Emerging Mental Health Difficulties In Education Settings, Coursework: 100% WBL - Processes And Interventions For Emerging Mental Health Difficulties In Education Settings, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: Postgraduate Diploma In Education Mental Health Practitioner;
Description: Students will utilise theory and research to increase support for children and young people from their community. Students will support education staff through training, implementing peer mentoring approaches and supporting classroom management in education settings. Students will learn appropriate circumstances to seek further advice or signpost clients to other services.
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PSYM111 – Fundamental Skills for Working with Children, Young People and Families
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Ferdinando Salamino
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: AUT - Fundamental Skills For Working With Children, Young People And Families, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MSc Counselling Children & Young People;
Description: The purpose of this module is to equip students with the core skills needed for working with children, young people and their families in CAMH related contexts, enabling students to appreciate the complexity of counselling with CYP.
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PSYM115 – Low Intensity Supervision Practice
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Tamana Bassi
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SPR - Low Intensity Supervision Practice, Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module aims to equip supervisor trainees with knowledge to guide low intensity practitioners in their clinical practice, ethical and legal frameworks, and multiagency working. With an emphasis on demonstrating a number of key characteristics central to delivering effective supervision, and being able to reflect on the skills demonstrated.
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PSYM116 – Theoretical Underpinnings of Supervision
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Tamana Bassi
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: AUT - Theoretical Underpinnings Of Supervision, Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: The aim of this module is to develop supervisory skills and broaden understanding of key principles and theories of supervision. Students will be able to apply their learning to their roles as Supervisors of Low Intensity Wellbeing Practitioners and Educational Mental Health Practitioners in both clinical and case management supervision.
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PSYM126 – Psychology in Positive Psychology
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Liz Gulliford
Credit Value: 20
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: AUT - Psychology In Positive Psychology, Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module enables students to gain a robust, critical and up-to-date understanding of positive psychological theory and research. Students will learn how to apply positive psychology in a range of contexts to promote individual and collective well-being.
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PSYM130 – Leadership and sustainable change through reflective and evidence based practice, in children and young people’s mental health provision.
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Fiona Warner-Gale
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: AUT - Leadership And Sustainable Change Through Reflective And Evidence Based Practice, In Children And Young People'S Mental Health Provision, Coursework: 100% SPR - Leadership And Sustainable Change Through Reflective And Evidence Based Practice, In Children And Young People'S Mental Health Provision, Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module will enable children?s mental health and emotional well-being service leaders and managers to develop a level of strategic leadership and transformational change expertise to support them in transforming and sustaining effective, evidence based services that are based on an understanding of need from a service user, operational and organisational perspective.The module considers a range of leadership and change management theories and their relevance to the individual?s practice within their organisation. It will build upon knowledge of leadership and will develop the skills and behaviours that students require to critically evaluate their role as a leader in CAMHS in order to effect service transformation to achieve current policy direction and Children? and Young People?s Improving access to Psychological Therapies programme (CYP IAPT) principles, and further develop effective leadership and change management skills to an enhanced level.The module will also develop an understanding of change management theory and develop knowledge and skills in the critical appraisal of the causes of change, identifying strategies that underpin effective change and employing an appropriate leadership strategy to support and sustain transformational change in children?s mental health services. It will also consider a practical application of service transformation and improvement methodology in the workplace.The module will have a specific focus on developing the leader as a reflective practitioner. It will enable service leaders to understand and apply critical thinking methodology and research skills in relation to the leadership and management of their organisation, and develop strategies for using theoretical and evidence based literature to make sense of their leadership role.
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PSYM131 – Children and young people’s emotional health and well-being service transformation project
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Fiona Warner-Gale
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SUM - Children And Young People'S Emotional Health And Well-Being Service Transformation Project, Coursework: 100% SPR - Children And Young People'S Emotional Health And Well-Being Service Transformation Project, Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module will enable children?s mental health and emotional well-being service leaders and managers to enhance and apply leadership and transformational change expertise in practice to support them in transforming and sustaining effective, evidence based services that are based on an understanding of need from a service user, operational and organisational perspective within current policy frameworks and the CYP IAPT programme aims and objectives. The module considers the practical application of a range of transformational leadership, change management and service and system improvement theories and methodologies. It will build upon knowledge of leadership theory and critical evaluation skills and behaviours, so that students can lead their services through a programme of transformational change that is based on evidence and is outcomes focused and informed. The module develops competency in applying leadership and transformational change approaches in practice, with an expectation that the student will demonstrate this through the implementation of a service change project, relevant to CAMHS/CYP IAPT objectives and policy direction. The module will have a specific focus on developing service improvement methodologies such as Lean, as well as an introduction to Health Economics and values based systems. It will also include using evidence and outcomes, and collaboration with children and young people in the transformation of services.
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PSYM132 – With Young People in Mind: Clinical, Community or Educational Placement
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Zhimin He
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: This placement is only available to students who have passed PSYM106
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SPR - With Young People In Mind: Clinical, Community Or Educational Placement, Coursework: 100% STD - With Young People In Mind: Clinical, Community Or Educational Placement, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MSc Child & Adolescent Mental Health;
Description: The purpose of this module is to provide students with the opportunity to apply their skills and knowledge within either a community, clinical or educational setting.
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PSYM134P – Placement and Supervision
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Clare Green
Credit Value: 40
Level: 7
Timetable Slot: All Year
Pre-requisites: Students must pass the skills assessment on PSYM088 before commencing this module.
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: WBL - Placement And Supervision, Coursework: 100%
Designated for: Designated for: MSc Counselling;
Description: The purpose of this module is ?To successfully and competently complete 100 hours of supervised practise in an approved placement organisation.To attend and fully utilise appropriate levels of supervision for all client work with an approved supervisor.
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PSYM136 – Enhanced Practice in Low Intensity Interventions
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Tamana Bassi
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SPR - Enhanced Practice In Low Intensity Interventions, Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module will enhance competency across a range of early interventions and expand the breadth of low intensity support available for children, young people and families. Practitioners will develop an understanding of, and interventions for, advanced anxiety presentations, trauma informed practice principles and approaches and difficulties relating to school refusal.
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PSYM137 – Adaptions to Low Intensity Practice
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Tamana Bassi
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SUM - Adaptions To Low Intensity Practice, Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module will provide an introduction to working with Children and Young People (CYP) with Autism and Learning Disabilities. Trainees will develop appropriate skills and knowledge to deliver effective low intensity interventions with this client group in order to become inclusive practitioners.
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PSYM141 – Fundamentals of Counselling
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Rachel Evenden
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: AUT - Fundamentals Of Counselling, Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: The purpose of this module is to develop a critical understanding of traditional counselling approaches and organisational issues pertaining to counselling practice.To provide the opportunity to learn and practise counselling skills in role play scenarios. To begin to critically reflect on thoughts, feelings and behaviour in development of self-awareness.
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PSYM142 – Integrating counselling theory and practice
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Louise Spiers
Credit Value: 30
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: SPR - Integrating Counselling Theory And Practice, Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: The purpose of this module is to develop an in-depth understanding of integrative counselling approaches. To provide the opportunity to practise skills competencies in goldfish bowl scenarios.To reflect on process and way of being as a counsellor, and to give and receive feedback on this.
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PSYM201 – Human Development
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Paul O'Donoghue
Credit Value: 20
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: DCTC - Human Development (Dublin Counselling And Therapy Centre), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: The purpose of this module is to develop an in-depth understanding of the human person as a living system and to provide opportunities to explore the complexities of human growth and development through all stages of life, and furthermore, to analyse and synthesise personal development work and to develop understanding of the necessity of self-development in the preparation for counselling and psychotherapy practice.
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PSYM202 – Developing the Therapeutic Context and Process
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Brian Howlett
Credit Value: 20
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: DCTC - Developing The Therapeutic Context And Process (Dublin Counselling And Therapy Centre), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: The purpose of this module is to enable students to develop a critical understanding of counselling and psychotherapy theory from the perspective of the humanistic tradition and to integrate psychodynamic and systemic models of practice into this understanding. It is further intended that students will develop and demonstrate the core practice skills necessary for establishing and sustaining effective therapeutic relationships.
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PSYM203 – Mental Health and Psychopathology
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Mary Peyton
Credit Value: 20
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: DCTC - Mental Health And Psychopathology (Dublin Counselling And Therapy Centre), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module examines models of mental and emotional functioning and explores frameworks for understanding the development of mental health and wellbeing. Interruptions to healthy development are studied and a spectrum of mental ill-health is presented so as to enable students to develop their understanding of the complexities of the various patterns of psychopathology. A knowledge base in respect of the commonly described `psychiatric syndromes? is developed to include understanding of their aetiology, range of symptoms, and treatment considerations relevant to counselling and psychotherapy practice.
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PSYM204 – Common Issues Presenting in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Brian Howlett
Credit Value: 20
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: DCTC - Common Issues Presenting In Counselling And Psychotherapy, Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module examines specific issues that are presented by counselling and psychotherapy clients as the reasons which precipitate their request for help. The module enables students to develop an understanding of how challenging life issues and events can disrupt normal functioning and lead to more permanent dysregulation and dysfunction. Students are also introduced to clinical applications in respect of these issues.
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PSYM205P – Clinical Practice 1
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Paul O'Donoghue
Credit Value: 20
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: PSYM201, PSYM202, PSYM203, PSYM204
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: WBLDC - Clinical Practice 1 (Dublin Counselling And Therapy Centre), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: The purpose of this module is to prepare and support students in early clinical placement work and to foster the development of personal confidence and basic competencies in the practices of counselling and psychotherapy.
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PSYM206P – Clinical Practice 2
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Paul O'Donoghue
Credit Value: 20
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: PSYM201, PSYM202, PSYM203, PSYM204, PSYM205P
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: WBLDC - Clinical Practice 2 (Dublin Counselling And Therapy Centre), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module focuses on the development of a comprehensive range of clinical competencies in the student, such that the practice training requirements for professional accreditation are met. The module extends the reflective opportunities provided in the student?s clinical supervision meetings to incorporate the critical exploration and analysis of clinical presentations through structured seminars which aid and deepen the developing awareness of the dynamics of the therapeutic relationship. This module builds on the work of the Clinical Practice 1 module so that the student develops the proficiencies of a professional practitioner.
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PSYM207 – Contact Assessment and Adolescent Development
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Bronagh Starrs
Credit Value: 20
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: DCTC - Contact Assessment And Adolescent Development (Dublin Counselling And Therapy Centre), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module will involve critical analysis of the stages of adolescent development and will include exploration of the impact of trauma on developmental process. Students will learn the art of Contact Assessment with adolescent clients, which involves both the adolescent and parenting figures. Components of the assessment process will include clinical appraisal of the parent-adolescent relationship, the adolescent?s developmental location, contact and configuration styles to inform the assessment and intervention process.
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PSYM208 – Therapeutic Contact and Case Management
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Anne Randolph
Credit Value: 20
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: DCTC - Therapeutic Contact And Case Management (Dublin Counselling And Therapy Centre), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: Students will evaluate the dynamics of establishing a developmentally attuned therapeutic space in which the adolescent?s contact skills are supported and extended. Dialogic and creative techniques, including working therapeutically with art, sand and other media, will be analysed and applied to clinical practice in such a manner as to support expansion of the adolescent?s life-space experience. Analysis of the dynamics of inter-professional contact will also be included to prepare the practitioner to engage with professional competence within a multidisciplinary setting.
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PSYM209P – Adolescent Clinical Practice 1
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Jennifer Foran
Credit Value: 20
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: WBLDC - Adolescent Clinical Practice 1 (Dublin Counselling And Therapy Centre), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: The purpose of this module is ?? Application of theory and principles of adolescent psychotherapy to the student?s own practice. ? Analysis of the student?s therapeutic work with adolescent clients through a reflective supervisory space.
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PSYM210 – Creative Adjustment in Adolescence
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Bronagh Starrs
Credit Value: 20
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: DCTC - Creative Adjustment In Adolescence (Dublin Counselling And Therapy Centre) September/October, Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module will involve analysis of the principal creative adjustments made by adolescents who are struggling with psychological and developmental difficulties. Students will also explore the area of diagnosis, examining common mental health disorders and treatment implications within the therapeutic setting. Clinical symptoms will be understood as developmental field pheneomena and intervention strategies which support the adolescent?s phenomenological experience will be identified.
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PSYM211 – Broader Developmental Influences and Pathways in Adolescence
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Anne Randolph
Credit Value: 20
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: DCTC - Broader Developmental Influences And Pathways In Adolescence (Dublin Counselling And Therapy Centre) September/October, Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This module promotes critical analysis of the contextual issues influencing adolescent developmental process. Students will develop therapeutic sensibility to the implications of significant lifespace experiences for the adolescent?s emerging sense of self including aspects of personal identity, family field and wider environmental dynamics. Clinical intervention skills will be taught through workshops, demonstrations, role plays and skills practice. The module also considers adolescence in the context of broader developmental pathways and will include analysis of the journey from conception to preadolescence.
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PSYM212P – Adolescent Clinical Practice 2
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Jennifer Foran
Credit Value: 20
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: PSYM209P
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: WBLDC - Adolescent Clinical Practice 2 (Dublin Counselling And Therapy Centre) September/October, Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: This is the second supervised clinical placement, which will extend throughout the final year of the training programme, accruing a minimum of 125 clinical hours of psychotherapeutic work with adolescents in a suitable placement setting. The student will build on clinical experience gained during the initial year of study, applying knowledge and theories of creative adjustment and influence of wider life-space contexts on development to their own clinical practice. Students will develop a more extensive repertoire of assessment and therapeutic skills, utilising field approaches for designing clinical interventions. Clinical placement will be supported through a one-to-one supervisory process.
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PSYM215 – Research Methods
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Mary Peyton
Credit Value: 10
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: DCTC - Research Methods (Counselling & Psychotherapy), Coursework: 100% DCTA - Research Methods (Adolescent Psychotherapy), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: The research methods module is the beginning of the dissertation process. The module is a continuous process to ensure the student is equipped to undertake a research project. Students are introduced to both quantitative and qualitative research paradigms as relevant to the field of counselling and psychotherapy, and one of the key module outcomes is the production of a research proposal (and ethics application) for the final year dissertation.
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PSYM216 – Dissertation
Field: PSYCHOLOGY
Co-ordinator: Mary Peyton
Credit Value: 50
Level: 7
Timetable Slot:
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Assessment: DCTA - Dissertation - Adolescent Psychotherapy (Dublin Counselling And Therapy Centre), Coursework: 100% DCTC - Dissertation - Counselling & Psychotherapy (Dublin Counselling And Therapy Centre), Coursework: 100%
Designated for:
Description: The module provides an opportunity for the student to apply knowledge, concepts, and research methods to a question or problem relevant to the field of adolescent psychotherapy. The module enables students to develop expertise and understanding of the research process including research methodology, and skills to plan, conduct, analyse and write up their research. It will enable the student to work independently and apply the subject-specific research process.