Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Critically reflect on your therapeutic dialogue knowledge and skills, within the context of occupational therapy and assess the impact of this dialogue, for your self as a therapist, and your service users and multi-disciplinary professionals.
- Critically review the effectiveness of your advanced therapeutic dialogue and engagement skills across a range of complex scenarios to facilitate individual or group participation.
- Discriminate between a range of theoretical approaches of therapeutic dialogue, as a therapeutic intervention, to maximise occupational performance, insight and transformation.
- Appraise the complexity of ’service users’ lived experiences and the contexts in which they live and work
- Adapt and justify therapeutic interactions to support a client-centred approach based on evidence and clinical reasoning.
- Reflect, evaluate and modify your professional and personal effectiveness in response to constructive feedback from your peers and module tutors.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Practical classes and workshops | 30 |
| Follow-up work | 35 |
| Lecture | 10 |
| Wider reading or practice | 72.5 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 35 |
| Total study time | 182.5 |
Resources & Reading list
Journal Articles
Legowski, Brownlee (2001). Working with metaphor in narrative therapy. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, (12 1 pp 19-27).
Katz N, Fleming J, Keren N, Lightbody S, Hartman-Maeir A (2002). Unawareness and/or denial of disability: Implications for occupational therapy intervention. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, (69 pp 281-292).
Morrison T (2013). ) Individual and environmental implications of working alliances in occupational therapy. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, (76 11 pp 507-514).
Egan M (2007). Speaking of Suffering and Occupational Therapy. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, (74 293).
Singer JA, Blagiv P, Berry m, Oost KM (2013). Self defining memories, scripts and the life story: narrative identity and psychotherapy. Journal of Personality, (81 6 pp 569-582).
Haene LD, Grietens H, Vershueren K (2010). ) Holding harm: narrative methods in mental health research on refugee trauma. Qualitative Health Research, (20 12 pp 1664-1676).
Textbooks
Nelson-Jones R (2013). Introduction to Counselling Skills – Text and Activities. London: SAGE Publications Ltd.
Nelson-Jones R (2016). Basic Counselling Skills – A Helper’s Manual. London: SAGE Publications Ltd.
Dryden W (2007). Dryden’s Handbook of Individual Therapy. London: SAGE Publications Ltd.
Mearns D, Thorne B and McLeod J (2013). Person-Centred Counselling in Action. London: SAGE Publications Ltd.
McLeod J (2009). An Introduction to Counselling. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Murran C, Barber J (2010). The therapeutic alliance: an evidence-based guide to practice.. Oxford: Guildford Press.
Hough M (2014). Counselling Skills and Theory. London: Hodder Education.
Tolan J (2012). Skills in Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy. London: SAGE Publications Ltd.
Nelson-Jones R (2015). Theory and Practice of Counselling and Psychotherapy. London: SAGE Publications Ltd.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Class participation
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Constructive verbal feedback weekly from module tutors and peers.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Critical Reflection | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Critical Reflection | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: External