| CODE | COU5215 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | The Theory and Practice of Group Supervision | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Counselling | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of how supervision of counselling in groups is developed. It will cover theory and best practice based on current evidence-based research. It will enable students to critically debate the core issues in group supervision including ethical and cultural issues, and develop the skills necessary for effective group supervision. Study-unit Aims: This study unit aims to: • Introduce the theory and practice of group supervision in counselling; • Enable participants to develop a critical understanding of current and evidence-based research in group supervision, theory and practice; • Enable participants to develop a climate of empathy, respect, authenticity and creative purposefulness in group supervision; • Enable participants to work flexibly and assertively as a group leader with groups for counselling supervision; • Develop and enhance the skills necessary to work with cultural difference in group supervisory practice. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - develop an in-depth understanding of the facilitative role of the supervisor in group supervision; - appraise specific theoretical counselling approaches and models in group supervision; - appraise the structure and practice of groups in counselling supervision in terms of ethical and legal requirements; - articulate an understanding of how to manage the creative process in group supervision in relation to different supervisees’ theoretical models. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - develop and exercise the knowledge and skills needed to manage time and priorities in group supervision; - practise how to structure sessions and manage group process; - demonstrate a developing group leadership style that is active, assertive, situational and non-authoritarian; - establish and develop listening skills and responding to feedback from group members; - critically reflect on practice, including theories of cultural difference, in line with contemporary research on counselling group supervision. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Text - Proctor, B. (2009). Group supervision: a guide to creative practice (2nd ed.). London: Sage. Supplementary readings - Bond, T. (2015). Standards and ethics for counselling in action (4th ed.). London:Sage Publications. - De Stefano, J., D'Iuso, N., Blake, E., Fitzpatrick, M., Drapeau, M., & Chamodraka, M. (2007). Trainees’ experiences of impasses in counselling and the impact of group supervision on their resolution: A pilot study. Counselling and psychotherapy research, 7(1), 42-47. - Page, S., & Wosket, V. (2013). Supervising the counsellor: A cyclical model: Routledge. - Wilkins, P. (1995). A creative therapies model for the group supervision of counsellors. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 23(2), 245-257. - Wosket, V. (2009). Relational ethics in supervision. Relational Ethics In Practice, Narratives from Counselling and Psychotherapy, 44-57. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Roberta Attard Anthea Maria DAmico |
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