1


Understand the context of therapy (in Britain).


Develop knowledge and understanding of Freudian and contemporary Psychoanalytic theory.


Develop knowledge and understanding of Humanistic therapy.



Readings


  * Dryden, W. (2007) Dryden’s Handbook of Individual Therapy. (5^th. edn.)  London: Sage.

Read chapter 1; Individual Therapy in Context.


  * McLeod, J. (2003) An Introduction to Counselling (3^rd. edn.) Buckingham. Open University
Press.

Read chapter 2; Counselling theories: diversity and convergence.




2


Describe and understand cognitive and behavioural therapies.


Describe and critically analyse early outcome and comparative outcome research.



Readings


  * Woolf, R., Dryden, W. and Strawbridge, S. (2003) Handbook of counselling psychology (2^nd edn.)
London: Sage.  Read chapter 7; The cognitive-behavioural paradigm. (Scott and Dryden)


  * Dryden, W. and Feltham, C. (1992) Psychotherapy and its discontents.  Buckingham. Open
University Press. Read chapter 5; The outcome problem in psychotherapy (Eysenck) and the response
and rebuttal that follow.



3


Understand and analyse the outcome equivalence paradox and discuss its implications and possible
solutions


Understand, analyse and discuss the costs, benefits and implications of eclecticism and
integration.



Readings


  * Stiles, W., Shapiro, D. and Elliot, R. (1986). Are all psychotherapies equivalent?  American
Psychologist, 41, 165-180


  * Cooper, M. (2008) Essential research findings in counselling and psychotherapy. London: Sage.

Read chapter 3.



4


Understand critical perspectives in therapy


Explore the process of therapy


Analyse the benefits of therapy in organisational settings


Review and understand research issues and explore evidence-based therapy



                                             Readings


  * Feltham, C. (ed.) (2002) What’s the good of counselling and psychotherapy. London: Sage.

Chapter 7, The benefits of counselling and employee assistance

programmes to British industry.

(NB. A new reading may replace this).


  * Marzillier, J. (2004). The myth of evidence-based psychotherapy. The Psychologist, 17, 7,
392-395.


  * Barkham, M. and Mellor-Clark, J. (2003). Bridging evidence-based practice and practice-based
evidence: developing a rigorous and relevant knowledge for the psychological therapies. Clinical
Psychology and Psychotherapy 10, 319-327.