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Counselling & Psychology

DESCRIPTION OF COURSES (MSSCoP PROGRAMME)

CP 500 Play Therapy (Clinical Practicum)
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course is part of the Clinical Practicum sequence. Play therapy techniques will be
introduced from a child-centred play therapy approach. It aims to help students develop an
integrated understanding of children’s unique needs and to acquire the necessary play therapy
skills needed to facilitate children’s expression, self-understanding, personal growth and
development.

CP 501 Solution Focused Brief Therapy (Clinical Practicum)
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course goes beyond mere skills practice, but aims at familiarizing students with the
philosophy, process and practice of SFBT in a number of therapeutic contexts. Case examples
will be used and practice experience will be shared extensively during this module. Emphasis
is put on the student’s reflective practice and development of practice wisdom. Students’
learning will be realized through discussion, readings, case studies, skills practice and related
assignments. Students are expected to prepare adequately before class and to participate
actively in class. Reflection on current practice models is encouraged.

CP 502 Client-Centred Therapy (Clinical Practicum)
1 Term; 3 Credits
Innovated by the late Carl Rogers, Client-Centred Therapy represents one of three
original, foundational paradigms for conducting psychotherapy. While its core principles were
contested at the time of its inception, many aspects of client-centred theory and practice have
long since been widely accepted and integrated into conventional standards of psychotherapy
practice. A consequence of this apparent familiarity is that the approach’s subtler points and
more radical implications are often overlooked. The essence of the approach might be
summarized thusly: open-hearted, facilitative phenomenological engagement within
intra/interpersonal interactive matrices. Rogers’ orientation to human experience and growth
ultimately informed a worldview and a philosophy of living, with implications far beyond the
therapy room (i.e. from client-centred to person-centred). This course explores the nature and
elements of Client-Centred Therapy and invites students to engage with the principles and
experience of the person-centred process. Students are expected to acquire the concepts,
vocabulary, and skills necessary to apply this approach as competent beginning therapists.

CP 503 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (Clinical Practicum)
1 Term; 3 Credits
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is a major joining of two broad theoretical orientations in
Counselling Psychology. Cognitive Therapy and Behaviour Therapy combined has been found
to be a much more powerful approach to helping individuals, couples and families change their

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