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COUN617 Trauma Counselling and Therapy
10 cp
Prerequisites COUN621 Foundations of Counselling or equivalent experience
Teaching Organisation 2 hours per week for 12 weeks or equivalent of lectures, workshops, practicals and seminars.
This unit brings a strong focus on the theory and practice of trauma therapy. It is designed to provide an introduction to the management of trauma reactions, the wider aftermath reaction, and how to diffuse their distress. Students will be involved in a study of contemporary psychoanalytic theory, existential psychotherapy, and cognitive therapies as applied to people who have been through a distressing experience. A method of focussed, brief counselling will be taught that identifies the core trauma in a person’s multiple distress and draws relevant resources together to help the individual cope with the realities of their life situation.
