Course details
The course is designed to be an attractive, relevant, accessible and practical introduction to counselling and psychotherapy.
This course will be of particular interest to those who are intrigued by questions about how the mind works, how people interact and relate to each other, and how and why people experience difficulties in their lives. The aim of the course is to provide a basic foundation in the knowledge and understanding of counselling and psychotherapy.
Course Outline
- Introduction to the area of counselling and psychotherapy
- Embodiment and the experiencing self
- The unconscious and the conflicting self
- The cognitive and interpretive perspective
- Defences and beliefs
- Transference and repetition
- The therapeutic relationship (key assumptions)
- Language, social representation and culture
- Agency and choice
- Unconscious desire
Entry Requirements
This programme is aimed at those who would like to acquire a solid understanding of the major approaches in Counselling & Psychotherapy, those who are hoping to work in the growing therapeutic arena or those who have recently begun careers in this field.
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