5.1 Use counselling Reflect on ways in which theories introduced on the course theory to have extended your understanding of yourself. understand own Reflect on one or more theories/ideas which help you to personality understand your personality more fully. 5.2 Use counselling Reflect on theoretical ideas and concepts which help you to theory to understand your life events and your responses to those understand own events. personal history Apply theory to challenging issues in your formative years and gain awareness of how the past might impact on the present. 5.3 Use counselling Reflect on theories which help you to understand your theory to relationships, both past and present, and the way in which understand own you form, develop, maintain and end those relationships. relationships 5.4 Evidence how Reflect on own difficult personal issues in to raise your self awareness awareness of the importance of being understood contributes to empathically. the ability to empathic understanding gained from exploring your empathise with self (own internal conflicts and/or difficult life events others and/or relationships with others). Show understanding of the relationship between ‘exploring your own difficult issues’ and increasing your to ‘ability empathise with others’. LEARNING 6. Understand theories of counselling and mental OUTCOME: health Assessment criteria Candidate guidance to criteria Portfolio reference Explain why Reflect what is meant by theory. theory is Reflect on the role of theory in counselling work. important in Explain why counsellors need to take into account theory counselling in counselling work. work 6.2 Describe the Develop understanding of the fundamental ideas behind main theoretical the major theoretical approaches e.g. psychodynamic, – approaches to humanistic, cognitive, transpersonal etc. counselling Develop your understanding in relation to one or more counselling theories. 6.3 Use counselling Show how different theories offer a different language and theory to different way of understanding the client’s a) understand the personality/self; b) personal history; c) patterns of relating client (see the ). Apply knowledge of theory to a range of presenting problems and client issues. 6.4 Explain the Identify and describe problems which are categorised as nature of Common Mental Health Problems (CMHPs). common mental Offer explanations for the incidence of these problems in health problems society. 6.5 Describe how Explore the features of positive mental health. counselling can Suggest ways in which counselling might have a positive promote positive impact on mental health. mental health
5.1 Use counselling theory to understand own personality Reflect on ways in which theories introduced on the course have extended your understanding of yourself. Reflect on one or more theories/ideas which help you to understand your personality more fully. 5.2 Use counselling theory to understand own personal history Reflect on theoretical ideas and concepts which help you to understand your life events and your responses to those events. Apply theory to challenging issues in your formative years and gain awareness of how the past might impact on the present. 5.3 Use counselling theory to understand own relationships Reflect on theories which help you to understand your relationships, both past and present, and the way in which you form, develop, maintain and end those relationships. 5.4 Evidence how self awareness contributes to the ability to empathise with others Reflect on own difficult personal issues in to raise your awareness of the importance of being understood empathically. empathic understanding gained from exploring your self (own internal conflicts and/or difficult life events and/or relationships with others). Show understanding of the relationship between ‘exploring your own difficult issues’ and increasing your ‘ability to empathise with others’. LEARNING OUTCOME: 6. Understand theories of counselling and mental health Assessment criteria Candidate guidance to criteria Portfolio reference Explain why theory is important in counselling work Reflect what is meant by theory. Reflect on the role of theory in counselling work. Explain why counsellors need to take into account theory in counselling work. 6.2 Describe the main theoretical approaches to counselling Develop understanding of the fundamental ideas behind the major theoretical approaches – e.g. psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive, transpersonal etc. Develop your understanding in relation to one or more counselling theories. 6.3 Use counselling theory to understand the client Show how different theories offer a different language and different way of understanding the client’s a) personality/self; b) personal history; c) patterns of relating (see the ). Apply knowledge of theory to a range of presenting problems and client issues. 6.4 Explain the nature of common mental health problems Identify and describe problems which are categorised as Common Mental Health Problems (CMHPs). Offer explanations for the incidence of these problems in society. 6.5 Describe how counselling can promote positive mental health Explore the features of positive mental health. Suggest ways in which counselling might have a positive impact on mental health.
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