Latest Module Specifications
Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026
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Description Teachers today are expected to demonstrate therapeutic savvy and a range of therapeutic skills when it come to the wellbeing of the school community. They may need to council someone in distress and mind their own wellbeing in the process. Through examining the major and influential theoretical approaches, this module will give an overview of the history and development of the key therapeutic principles and approaches encapsulated in the field and psychotherapy. The course also introduces students to the basic principles, skills, and practices of the field as they pertain to the challenges of well-being and illbeing. These challenges include: encountering difference, embodied relationality, dialogue as difficult, childhood and adulthood, the experience of trauma, and the pressures of the system. It examines a number of therapeutic scenarios found in the education/teaching context, along with the contrasting therapeutic responses. In addition, through using their own experiences as a primary source students will be encouraged to develop a professional ethic and to explore their personal development through the application of course content and learning. This module looks at what McLeod calls three 'forces' in the tradition of counselling: psychodynamic therapy, CBT and humanistic therapy" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. 1E261070-61EF-0001-36F2-1A5E15701DC4 2. Provide an overview on the general field of psychotherapy and the relational aspects of counselling 4. 7,6 5. 1 6. 1E261070-B097-0001-B6FB-D54097E31361 7. Examine and explain key themes, terminology and trends. 9. 22,12,8 10. 2 11. 1E261070-E95A-0001-404B-1CF71760EDC0 12. Explain the principles and practices of a number of major and influential theoretical approaches 14. 12,6,23,21,9,10 15. 3 16. 1E261071-6719-0001-1C47-1179FED0121F 17. Enable the student to deepen his/her knowledge of mental and emotional wellbeing, investigating challenging scenarios that can arise in professional settings through the lens of a therapeutic approach. 19. 20,6,19,14,11,9,10 20. 4 21. 1E261071-AA02-0001-EA49-121F38A01F42 22. Support students to increase their levels of comfort with these topics, enhance their self-awareness and self-reflection as an instrument of personal and professional development. 24. 20,18,7,12,23,19 25. 5 26. 1E261071-DC6F-0001-E34D-130013B01293 27. Drawing from the field of counselling and psychotherapy, this module will enable the student to develop practical therapeutic skills appropriate to the students personal and professional context. 29. 17,20,16,8,19,9 30. 6 31. 1E261072-3306-0001-1842-A6FE1F337390 32. Enable the student to acquire research and writing skills through reflective journaling, and essay writing 34. 22,16,15,8,21,14,9 35. 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Exploring therapeutic approaches and principles in educational setting • Theoretical overview of psychological, psychodynamic and philosophical theories of self and other • Practical application in educational settings: teacher student dynamics The therapeutic relationship, wellbeing, and dialogue • Varying perspectives on the therapeutic relationship • The phenomenon of transference and counter transference • Childhood and Adulthood Cognitive behavioural therapy and self-care • General principles and methods of CBT; automaticity of thought, personal constructs and core beliefs Systemic Psychotherapy • Systemic theories and practice; • Family systems, social constructivism; narrative and dialogical therapy; Interdividual psychology Humanistic /Person Centred Psychotherapy • Theoretical frameworks and techniques • Carl Rogers-The self and human potential Jung: Analytic Psychology • Key Concepts: Personal and collective unconscious, archetypes, process of individuation; Confronting difference in myth and narrative Freudian Psychoanalysis • Key Concepts: The unconscious, the drive, transference and sublimation • Introduction to linguistic rereading of Freud, Julia Kristeva and the Other Learning from self and other Students will participate in small group work; journal writing; film and documentary analysis and discussion, have modelling tasks whereby there have an opportunity to develop therapeutic savvy and skills applicable in the classroom and the whole school community Additional Reading & Resources Kirschenbaum, H and Henderson, V.L (1990) The Carl Rogers Reader London: Constable Lusterman, P.C and McDaniel, S. H (2001) Casebook for integrating family therapy: an Eco systemic approach, Washington, D.C: American Psychological Association Reid, J.B, Patterson G.R and Snyder, J (2002) Antisocial Behaviour in Children and Adolescents, Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Rogers, C (2003) Client-centred therapy: its current practice, implications and theory London: Constable. Rogers, C (2004) On becoming a person: a therapist's view of psychotherapy, London: Constabl. Rogers, C and Freiberg J.H ( 1994) Freedom to Learn, New Jersey: Merrill Prentice Hall. Foucault, M. (1997). The ethics of the concern for the self as a practice of freedom. In P. Rabinow (Ed.), Michel Foucault: Ethics, subjectivity, and truth (pp. 281–303). London: Penguin. Ryan, R. M., Curren, R. R., & Deci, E. L. (2013). What humans need: Flourishing in Aristotelian philosophy and self-determination theory. In A. S. Waterman (Ed.), The best within us: Positive psychology perspectives on eudaimonia (pp. 57–75). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/14092-004 Webster-Stratton, C. (1999) How to Promote Children’s Social and Emotional cmpetence, London: Paul Chapman Publishing. Film & Documentary Monsieur Lazhar (2011) Music Box Cinema. BBC “Young Plato: The Philosophy Boys of Ardoyne”, Retrieved from: BBC One - Young Plato: The Philosophy Boys of Ardoyne. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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