Authentic Counselling Training
Diploma in Counselling
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Assignment J: Critiques of Counselling
/ Person-Centred Counselling
Chronology
The text of this assignment is final only at the start of the term in which it is intended that the report be written. It is intended that this report be written during the fifth (penultimate) term of the course. The target submission date is the final teaching session of the fifth (penultimate) term of the course.
Purpose of the assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to consider in detail critiques of counselling in general and of person-centred counselling in particular, as well as responses to those critiques.
Procedure for the assignment
Utilising the headings (and subheadings) pinpointed below, write a structured report, of at least 2,000 words and no more than 3,000 words, that addresses clearly and in detail issues critiques of counselling in general and of person-centred counselling in particular. Read, draw on, and use quotations from material (including material drawn from the suggested reading list given below)
o at least three critiquing text books;
o at least one critiquing journal article;
o at least one critiquing newspaper article;
o some appropriate counselling text books.
1. Introduction: supporting what you write with material drawn from appropriate theoretical sources, and from your learning record, detail the different kinds and purposes of criticism and critique; the importance of critique to model development; the costs and short-comings of criticism.
2. Critiques and criticisms of counselling in general: supporting what you write with material drawn from both a variety of appropriate theoretical sources, and also from your own experience in the counselling room, explore the range and variety of critiques and criticisms of counselling in general, and explore in detail some of the specific issues these critiques and criticisms address. Try to establish some of the formal responses that have been made to specific critiques and criticisms, and, wherever you have relevant experience, offer your perspective.
3. Critiques and criticisms of person-centred counselling: supporting what you write with material drawn from both a variety of appropriate theoretical sources, and also from your own experience in the counselling room, explore the range and variety of critiques and criticisms of person-centred counselling, and explore in detail some of the specific issues these critiques and criticisms address. Try to establish some of the formal responses that have been made to specific critiques and criticisms, and, wherever you have relevant experience, offer your perspective.
4. Conclusion, including
o what
insights about the value of critique you have gained as a result of writing
this report
o what
insights about the nature of counselling you have gained as a result of writing
this report
o what insights about the nature of person-centred counselling you have gained as a result of writing this report
o what insights about yourself you have gained as a result of writing this report
o what you feel satisfied with about the report, and what you feel least satisfied with about the report.
5. List of reference sources: giving full bibliographical details, including author, year of publication, (title of article if in a journal), title of publication, name of publisher, place of publication.
Suggestions for Reading
Barrett-Lennard, G.T. (1998) Carl
Rogers’ Helping System
Bozarth, J. (1998) Person-Centered
Therapy: A Revolutionary Paradigm Ross-on-Wye: PCCS
Books
Dryden, W. (Ed.) (1985) Therapist’s Dilemmas.
Dryden, W. (Ed.) (1989) Key
Issues for Counselling in Action.
Dryden, W. (Ed.) (1992) Hard-Earned Lessons from Counselling in
Action.
Kirschenbaum, H. and Henderson, V.L.
(eds.) (1997) The Carl Rogers Reader
Masson, J. (1989) Against
Therapy.
Mearns, D. and Dryden, W. (Eds.) (1990) Experiences of Counselling in Action.
Mearns, D. and Thorne, B. (1999) Person Centred
Counselling in Action 2nd edn.,
Merry, T. (1999) Learning and Being in Person-Centred
Counselling Ross-on Wye: PCCS Books
Rogers, C.R. (1993)
Client Centred Therapy (1951-current edns.)
Rogers, C.R. (1989)
On Becoming a Person: A therapists view of
psychotherapy (1961-current edns.)
Rogers, C.R.
Russell, J. (1993) Out of Bounds: Sexual Exploitation in Counselling and Therapy.
Smail, E. (1987) Taking Care: An
Alternative to Therapy.
Spinelli, E. (1994) Demystifying Therapy.
Tolan, J. (2003) Skills in Person-Centred
Counselling & Psychotherapy
Assignments for Diploma in Counselling: Essay preparation, Introduction, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L
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