Course overview
Emotion Focused Therapy is a psychotherapy treatment that is empirically supported, neo-humanistic, and views the role of emotion as crucial in understanding psychological distress, the formation and maintenance of rigid interpersonal and behavioural patterns, and creating therapeutic change. This course provides both theoretical and skill-based training in Emotion Focused Therapy. An overview of theory and its application to client concerns will be addressed. Skill development, particularly in the use of empathic responses and marker guided task interventions will be developed throughout this course. Students will learn to critically apply Emotion Focused Therapy's case formulation model to client concerns to guide their practice. The capacity to appraise their own counselling practice will be honed throughout this course, providing a platform for ongoing ethical and empathic practice.
Course learning outcomes
- Communicate an integrated understanding of key Emotion Focused Therapy theoretical principles as informed by Emotion Theory
- Formulate succinct hypotheses connecting client issues, core emotion schemes, problematic emotional processing styles, and relevant interventions
- Synthesise Emotion Focused Therapy knowledge and application, demonstrating sound practice of the counselling process and sequence whilst maintaining a client focus
- Critically appraise Emotion Focused Therapy counselling practice demonstrating advanced levels of self-awareness regarding strengths and areas for ongoing learning and growth
- Demonstrate a consistently high level of ethical practice of counselling supported by Neohumanistic principles, substantiating the use of interventions with recourse to Emotion Focused Therapy theory.
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 11055
Section WS01
Size 30
Available 30
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