Module: Professional Practice Portfolio 4

Module Specifications..

Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024

Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Professional Practice Portfolio 4
Module Code	NS5034
School	38
Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Stephanie Finan Semester 2: Stephanie Finan Autumn: Stephanie Finan
Module Teachers	Joanne Cleary-Holdforth Nigel Mulligan Stephanie Finan
NFQ level	9	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Coursework Only
Assignments

Description

This module builds on the personal and professional development modules in previous years of the MSc in Psychotherapy. The purpose of this module is to facilitate continued development of students' personal and professional growth as integrative psychotherapy practitioners. In addition to addressing practice topics such as professional hazards related to the practice of psychotherapy developing a career following graduation, and critical issues in the field of psychotherapy the module provides advanced exploration of the therapeutic process, enhances critical and ethical decision-making capacity, and promotes personal and professional reflexivity. Students are expected to continue to attend personal therapy and group awareness sessions, engage in clinical practice and clinical supervision on a one-to-one and group basis, and participate in class-based discussion and online self-directed learning activities. This work will be recorded in their portfolio which provides a record of their personal and professional development over the duration of the course.

Learning Outcomes

1. Critically examine the therapeutic process, therapeutic relationship and therapy outcomes by using and integrating different theoretical positions including humanistic, cognitive-behavioural, psychodynamic and systemic approaches.
2. Demonstrate increased capacity in personal / professional reflexivity and integration.
3. Demonstrate advanced integration of theory, practice and research.
4. Demonstrate critical contextual and ethical sensitivity and decision-making capacity in managing the complexity of the psychotherapy endeavour.
5. Demonstrate advanced competency in clinical practice with complex cases in a range of therapy settings.
6. Utilise individual and group clinical supervision appropriately for personal / professional development needs.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	10	Didactic Teaching
Directed learning	50	Group supervision, personal awareness groupwork, psychotherapy skills development work and group discussions
Clinical placement	100	Direct Client Work (minimum 80 hours, range 80-120 hours)
Clinical placement	25	Individual Supervision Ratio 1:4
Independent Study	55	Self-directed learning –Critical reading and review of literature, assignment and portfolio development, preparation for individual and group supervision, regular review of case work and supervision outcomes, maintaining personal / professional reflections and updating logs
Directed learning	10	Tutor-led formative engagement
Total Workload: 250

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Professional & Personal Development
Through continued personal and interpersonal experiential inquiry and engagement the student will enhance their critical awareness of self-other relationships, and their appreciation of the sensitive and attuned use of self in psychotherapy practice. The student will also demonstrate appropriate attention to self care and awareness of professional / personal boundaries.

Clinical Practice
The student will continue to engage in direct work with clients presenting with emotional and psychological problems of increasing complexity in different practice placement settings.Students will demonstrate their enhanced capacity to integrate humanistic, cognitive-behavioural, psychodynamic and systemic therapeutic approaches in the best interests of clients. This work will be carried out under the guidance of experienced supervisors in contexts that are student-friendly and aware.

Clinical Supervision
The student will continue to engage in formal supervision of their clinical practice in one-to-one and group formats. This will involve presentation of case work and demonstration of increasing competence in integrating theory and practice, which can involve retrospective reflection in relation to the student's work in a range of ways, such as written reflective notes, audio / video recording etc. Supervision will be conducted with an accredited supervisor who is clinically competent in the particular area of work in which the student is engaged.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Assignment	Session Analysis Assignment	30%	Sem 1 End
Essay	Written Reflective Essay - 2,500 words.	25%	Sem 2 End
Portfolio	1. Work Logs - confirmed logs of clinical practice, clinical supervision and personal development work. 2. Reports - student preparation for group supervision reports, individual and group supervision meeting records, reports from internal and external clinical managers and supervisors and from facilitator of personal awareness group work.	5%	Sem 2 End
Assignment	A PAG peer invitation and a year end audio reflection of 10-12 minutes upon PAG work across the year. Specific reference should be made to the invitation and how it was met/ not met.	20%	n/a
Participation	1) In class presentation of case at 2 points, tracking the trajectory of therapy across at least 6 sessions. 2) End of Year Group Supervision Report	20%	Sem 2 End

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Bond, T.: 2015, Standards and ethics for counselling in action, 4th ed., Sage, London,
Mary Creaner: 2014, Getting the best out of supervision in counselling and psychotherapy: A guide for the supervisee, Sage, London,
Michael Carroll: 2014, Effective supervision for the helping professions, Sage, Los Angeles,
Carroll, M., Tholstrup, M. (eds): 2001, Integrative Approaches to Supervision., Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London,
Dallos, R. & Stedman, J.: 2009, Reflective practice in psychotherapy and counselling, McGraw-Hill/Open University Press, Maidenhead,
European Association of Psychotherapy: 2013, Framework of core competencies in practising psychotherapy, http://www.europsyche.org/download/cms/100510/Final-Core-Competencies-v-3-3_July2013.pdf,
Hawkins, P. and McMahon, A.: 2020, Supervision in the Helping Professions, 5th, McGraw- Hill/ Open University Press, London,
Feltham, C., Hanley, T., & Winter, L.A. (Eds.): 2017, The Sage handbook of counselling and psychotherapy, 4th, Sage, London,
H. ten Have,Michèle Jean: 2009, The UNESCO Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights, UNESCO, 9789231040887
Hawkins, P., & Shohet, R.: 2012, Supervision in the helping professions, 4th, McGraw-Hill/Open University Press, Maidenhead, 9780335243112
Ladany, N., Friedlander, M.L.,: 2005, Critical events in psychotherapy supervision, American Psychological Association, Washington DC,
Lane, D.A., Corrie, S.: 2012, Making Successful Decisions in Counselling and Psychotherapy, All, McGraw Hill, England,
Steve Page & Val Wosket: 2015, Supervising the counsellor and psychotherapist, 3rd, Routledge, London,
Wosket, V.: 2017, The therapeutic use of self: Counselling, practice, research and supervision, 2nd ed., Routledge, London,
Norcross , J.C., Popple, P.M.: 2016, Supervision Essentials for Integrative Psychotherapy, 1st, All, American Psychological Association, Washington, 978-1-4338-26

Other Resources

None

2022-23 Module Co-ordinator : Stephanie Finan, stephanie.finan@dcu.ie

Programme or List of Programmes

MCOU	Masters in Psychotherapy

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