Through this course students will be provided with the facilities and opportunity to work with tutors and each other. They will also be presented with critical material not usually found in introductory courses.
This course is complete within itself and is a valuable asset for personal growth as well as professional development.
Who is it For?
This course is for people who:
- are coming to psychotherapy or counselling for the first time
- wish to gain skills for another career or interest
- seek to build on previous introductory skills training
- have related work or academic experience
This is a one year part-time course, taught on Mondays, 5.30pm to 9.30 pm for 30 weeks of the year, with the addition of two weekends. The course provides 128 training hours in total.
Entry Requirements
Training is open to those with a first degree or with previous training in non-degree courses – e.g. in social work or health care – or those without formal qualification who have equivalent and suitable life experience.
Course Description
1. Foundation Theory and Practice Seminar
A weekly two hour seminar where students are introduced to the field of counselling and psychotherapy from an integrative perspective, and incorporating a critical approach. In the theory component of the course, students will be introduced to the major schools of thought – Psychoanalysis, Analytical Psychology and Humanistic Psychology. The skills practice component will help the student to acquire basic therapeutic skills and to connect theory and practice.
The first term will introduce Freud and Object Relations theorists including: Freud, Klein, Winnicott. The second term will look at Analytical Psychology and the Transpersonal, including the work of Jungians and Post-Jungians, Psychosynthesis and Ken Wilber. The third term will cover Reich and Humanistic Psychology, including Maslow, Rogers, Perls, Lowen, Keleman and others.
Tutors: Sue Daniels, James Ryan and other Minster Staff.
The course requires two written papers of 2,500 words.
2. Experiential Training Group
A weekly one and a half hour session in which the focus is the personal development of students. Sessions are entirely experiential and have no set agenda. Each group meets with a facilitator for ten weeks in the term. The focus is on the personal and emotional development of the students, their sensitivity towards/awareness of themselves, others, and the interactions within the group.
Students are expected to increase their self awareness and awareness of others.
3. Weekend Workshops
Students participate in two weekend workshops offering a different structure and context for experiential work.
4. Individual Psychotherapy
It is essential for all students to be in individual psychotherapy at least once weekly throughout the course. Choice of therapist is made with flexibility subject to Minster Centre approval. Therapists may not be Minster Centre staff or graduates if the student is likely to come into contact with them professionally.
Assessment
Assessment is by Minster Centre staff. Students' experiential and written work is assessed. For experiential elements there is continuous peer-, self- and tutor assessment within the group.
Two essays are required during the Foundation Year, and in order to be eligible for entering either MA programme, students without a first degree must achieve an average mark of 60% or above. The Centre will inform students of their acceptance into further training or otherwise by the end of the year.
Accreditation
Students who successfully complete the Foundation Course will be awarded a certificate of attendance. The course is recognised by the BACP. Successful completion of the course is also an entry route into the Diploma and MA courses in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Information about the Application Process
The Academic Year 2010/2011 will start end of September 2010.
The deadline for application for the Foundation Certificate course is June 2010. EARLY APPLICATION IS RECOMMENDED.
We run regular Introductory Evenings where a senior member of staff
will present pathways through training, give details about the course
curriculum, and answer questions. Current dates can be found elsewhere
on this website.
To apply, you must submit an application form, a CV and a personal
biography. Please see the “Notes for Guidance”. All candidates
are selected by individual interview with a senior staff member. The
interview fee is £50.
Notes
for Guidance here in PDF
Download
Application Form here in PDF
Download
Application Form here in Word
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