Critical Thinking in Humanistic Counselling (half module)

The aim of this module is to deepen student’s critical understanding of Humanistic theory and to consider whether they can coherently integrate aspects of non-Humanistic theory into their Humanistic base. Humanistic counselling will be explored in its historical context and students will make comparisons between the Humanistic model, the Psychodynamic model and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), analysing similarities and differences in the models’ varying principles and practices. This will enable students to further understand the distinctive features of the Humanistic model through comparisons with some key features of other counselling models. Students will be introduced to a model of integration and required to discuss and evaluate whether they can coherently integrate aspects of other counselling models within their developing orientation. Students will also be introduced to the concept of pluralism and be required to discuss and evaluate this method of holding the diverse range of therapeutic approaches.