Theory and Practice of Counselling notes (2nd edition)

This summary of The Counsellor: Person and Professional includes: the counsellor as a therapeutic person; personal characteristics of effective counsellors; personal therapy for the counsellor; the counsellor's values and the therapeutic process; the role of values in counselling; the role of values in developing therapeutic goals; becoming an effective multicultural counsellor; acquiring competencies in multicultural counselling; incorporating culture in counselling practice; Issues faced by b...

Study notes on Person-Centred Therapy. This includes an introduction, key concepts, the therapeutic process, therapeutic techniques and procedures, PCT from the multicultural perspective as well as the contributions and limitations

This summary of cognitive behaviour therapy includes: an introduction; Albert Ellis's Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy; Key Concepts - View of Emotional Disturbance, A-B-C Framework; The Therapeutic Process - Therapeutic Goals, Therapist's Function & Role, Client's Experience in Therapy, Relationship Between Therapist and Client; Therapeutic Techniques and Procedures - The Practice of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Methods, Emotive Techniques, Behavioural Techniques, Applicat...

This summary of Existential Therapy includes: important figures within Existential Therapy; Some Existential Philosophical Beliefs; View of Human Nature; The different positions (Capacity of self-awareness, freedom & responsibility, identity & establishing meaningful relationships, the search for meaning/purpose & values in life, anxiety as a condition of living and awareness of death & non-being); The therapeutic goals; therapist's function and role; client's experience in therapy; relations...

PYC4809 2023 Portfolio guidelines Contains TRUSTED information and model answers TO ALL THE QUESTIONS

Study notes on ethical issues in counselling practice includes: an introduction; putting client's needs before your own; ethical decision making; the role of ethics codes; steps in making ethical decisions; the right of informed consent; dimensions of confidentiality; technology and ethics; the major exceptions to confidentiality; ethical issues from a multicultural perspective; are current theories adequate in working with culturally diverse populations; is counselling culture-bound; focusing ...

Study notes on Choice Theory/Reality Therapy. It covers: an introduction, the key concepts, the therapeutic process, the application techniques and procedures, Choice Theory/Reality Therapy from a multicultural perspective as well as the contributions and limitations

Summary notes on Postmodern Approaches includes: 4 Basic Assumptions; Social Constructionism; Therapeutic Goals; Key Concepts; Solution-Focuses Brief Therapy (SFBT); Basic Assumptions; Questions Used; Therapeutic Process; Types of Relationships; Techniques Used; Narrative Therapy - therapeutic process, role of the therapist, questions used, externalization, deconstruction and creating alternative stories, Strengths of Post-modernism; Limitations of Post-modernisation

Summary notes of behaviour therapy include: Introduction - Historical Background, 4 Areas of Development; Key Concepts - Current Trends in Behaviour Therapy, Basic Characteristics & Assumptions; The Therapeutic Process -Therapeutic Goals, Therapist's Function & Role, Client's Experience in Therapy, Relationship between Therapist & Client; Therapeutic Techniques & Procedures - Applied Behavioural Analysis: Operant Conditioning Techniques, Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Systematic Desensitizatio...