Humanistic & Psychodynamic Counselling

Course Structure

1. [\'Defining the counselling alliance\', \'Fundamental conditions of the counselling relationship\', \'Overview of the humanistic framework\', \'Carl Rogers and person-centred counselling\', "Gerard Egan\'s goal-orientated approach", \'Existential philosophy and Gestalt therapy\', \'Comparing and contrasting the different humanistic theories\', \'Defining the psychodynamic model (Freud, Klein)\', \'Introduction to human growth and development\', \'Attachment, containment and trust (Bowlby and Winnicott)\', \'Unconscious processes: transference and countertransference, projection and introjection, defence mechanisms\', \'Introduction to issues of diversity in the counselling relationship: transcultural counselling\', \'Reviewing and re-evaluating humanistic and psychodynamic counselling models\', \'Theoretical and practical application of counselling models\', \'Further exploration of transcultural counselling and issues of diversity\', \'Evaluation and assessment of the programme\', \'Sufficient attendance to satisfy the requirements of having taken the programme\', \'Four written assignments of 2,500 words covering the theory and practice of counselling\']