Two five weeks, one dealing with ethics and the other with cultural considerations in therapy and counselling

Course material overview

There are five weeks, covering different aspects of ethics. We think of them as different places on "Ethics and Culture Island". They are:

• Week 1 - Introduction to Morality and Ethics: Virtue Vista
• Week 2 - Consent: Consent Cliff
• Week 3 - Confidentiality: Confidentiality Cavern
• Week 4 - Non-exploitation: Protection Fort
• Week 5 - Ethical Codes: Ethical Dock

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Aims

This 5 week, distance learning unit provides students with an overview of the ethical issues arising from therapeutic contact with others. The principles that underpin the ethics of health care are considered: beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, and justice. By the end of the unit, students will be able to demonstrate an integrated perspective on issues of practice such as consent, confidentiality, discrimination, exploitation, fairness and duty of care. Learning is flexible and dynamic, taking place via webpages, discussion forums and chatroom tutorials.

Learning outcomes

1. knowledge of commonly accepted ethical values in caring professions
2. ability to weight these values when they are in conflict
3. ability to apply values to actual ethical challenges
4. ability to evaluate the ethical basis of decisions
5. ability to justify ethical values and practice to peers
6. update of contemporary psychotherapy/counselling literature and developments in the field
7. ability to use written expression in conjunction with appropriate academic sources and conventions to present logical analysis and argument in relation to the unitability to use written expression in conjunction with appropriate academic sources and conventions to present logical analysis and argument in relation to the unit 
8. skills in use of collaborative eLearning methods and online resources

Resources

You will not be required to buy any books, but you may want to look at the main text for the unit which is:

• Bond, T. (2000) Standards and Ethics for Counselling in Action (Counselling in Action S.) Sage publications.

You may also want to look at the following:

• Bor, R. & Watts, M (1999) The Trainee Handbook: A Guide for Counselling & Psychotherapy Trainees, London: Sage
• Fisher, C. B. (2003) Decoding the Ethics Code: A Practical Guide for Psychologists, London: Sage
• O’Donohue, W. (2003) Handbook of Professional Ethics for Psychologists, London: Sage
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Deep 2 – Cultural competence in psychotherapy and counselling

There are ten weeks, covering different aspects of of cultural implications within counselling. We think of them as different places on "Ethics and Culture Island". They are:

• Week 1- Discrimination: Ethics and Discrimnatory Practise
• Week 2- Culture: Culture Rainbow
• Week 3- Culture and Universality: Heritage Monument
• Week 4- Guidelines for culturally relevant psychotherapy: Competence Library
• Week 5- Culture: Practise Well

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Aims

This 5 week, distance learning unit considers the impact of culture on psychotherapy, focusing on both cultural difference and similarities across cultures. The unit provides students with the ability to integrate and transform knowledge about individuals and groups of people into specific standards, policies, practices, and attitudes used in appropriate cultural settings to increase the quality of services. Learning is flexible and dynamic, taking place via webpages, discussion forums and chatroom tutorials.

Learning outcomes

1. knowledge of cultural issues impacting upon psychotherapy and counselling
2. ability to integrate and transform knowledge about individuals and groups of people into specific standards, policies, practices and attitudes used in appropriate cultural settings to increase the quality of services
3. ability to justify cultural practice to peers
4. ability to apply cultural competence to practice
5. update of contemporary psychotherapy/counselling literature and developments in the field
6. ability to use written expression in conjunction with appropriate academic sources and conventions to present logical analysis and argument in relation to the unit
7. skills in use of collaborative eLearning methods and online resources

Resources

You will not be required to buy any books, but you may want to look at the main text for the unit which is:

• Bond, T. (2000) Standards and Ethics for Counselling in Action (Counselling in Action S.) Sage publications.

You may also want to look at the following:

• Pack-Brown, S. P. & Williams, C. B. (2003) Ethics in a Multicultural Context, London: Sage