PA700-5-AU-CO:
Non-Psychodynamic Approaches to Practice
2023/24
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 15 December 2023
15
21 August 2023
Requisites for this module
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BA C847CO Psychodynamic Practice,
BA C848CO Psychodynamic Practice (Including Foundation Year),
BA C849CO Psychodynamic Practice (Including Year Abroad)
Overall this module aims to extend the student’s awareness of their place within the field of professional therapeutic care and practice, developing knowledge of alternative approaches and extending their awareness about employability and career development in this sector.
This module will introduce students to ways of approaching their own employability. Students will initially reflect upon their current career position and explore their future career goals through the lens of psychoanalytic theory, motivational psychology and positive psychology. In addition to a reflective and theoretical approach to understanding employability, students will also adopt a pragmatic approach by directly engaging with a range of different professionals relevant to their degree subject. To complement a growing orientation to the world of work, students will learn about the wider context of the graduate labour market, in particular statistics, trends and routes into different professions.
The latter half of the module broadens student’s awareness of alternative therapeutic interventions. As such it covers a range of modern theories and applications to therapeutic practice other than psychodynamic. It will provide basic underpinning ideas and orientation to enable students to be more professionally aware of the field in which they practice and it will support their capacity to understand, communicate and work effectively with other professionals. Students will read about 5 different approaches and hear presentations about their underpinning theory and how this is expressed in practice.
The aims of the module are:
1 To encourage students to consider their own career development
2 To examine the current and classic employability theory and research, and how this links conceptually with psychoanalytic and psychological approaches to wider citizenship and human development
3 To gain a deeper understanding of the graduate labour market and how to skilfully navigate a path through it
4 To critically reflect upon how theory, practical knowledge and experience informs career and self-development
5 To bring to students the awareness of other orientations to facilitate constructive relationships with other services
6 To enable students to understand where psychodynamic thinking is situated in a wider range of approaches
7 To lay the foundations for students to be able to make informed judgements as to what is the most appropriate intervention in particular cases
At the end of the module students should be able to
a) Discuss how psychoanalytic, psychological and vocational theory relates to employability.
b) Discuss sections of the graduate labour market that are relevant to a career of interest
c) Reflect on theory, job market knowledge and self to inform career choice
d) Understand and discuss non-psychodynamic therapeutic approaches
e) Acknowledge the relationships between psychodynamic and other methodological approaches
f) Have sufficient knowledge and respect of other orientations to support constructive professional networking
No additional information available.
Ten x two hour sessions (mixture of lectures, seminars, presentations and panels)
Weekly office hour during the Autumn term (no appointment necessary)
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Brown, P., Hesketh, A. and Williams, S. (2004b)
The mismanagement of talent: employability and jobs in the knowledge economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available at:
https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199269532.001.0001/acprof-9780199269532.
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Dacre Pool, L. and Sewell, P. (2007a) ‘The key to employability: developing a practical model of graduate employability’,
Education + Training, 49(4), pp. 277–289. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1108/00400910710754435.
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Hinchliffe, G.W. and Jolly, A. (2011a) ‘Graduate identity and employability’,
British Educational Research Journal, 37(4), pp. 563–584. Available at:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/23076340.
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Super, D.E. (1980a) ‘A life-span, life-space approach to career development’,
Journal of Vocational Behavior, 16(3), pp. 282–298. Available at:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0001879180900561.
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Arthur, M.B. and Rousseau, D.M. (1996) ‘Introduction: The Boundaryless Career as a New Employment Principle’, in
The boundaryless career: a new employment principle for a new organizational era. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 3–20. Available at:
https://app.kortext.com/Shibboleth.sso/Login?entityID=https://idp0.essex.ac.uk/shibboleth&target=https://app.kortext.com/borrow/166340.
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Job profiles | Prospects.ac.uk (no date b). Available at:
https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles.
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Prospects: What jobs would suit me? | Prospects.ac.uk (no date). Available at:
https://www.prospects.ac.uk/planner.
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Institute of Student Employers (no date). Available at:
http://ise.org.uk/.
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High Fliers (no date). Available at:
http://www.highfliers.co.uk/.
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Prospects.ac.uk (no date). Available at:
https://www.prospects.ac.uk/.
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Target Jobs (no date). Available at:
https://targetjobs.co.uk/.
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UK Comission for Employment and Skills (2014a)
Skills and employment in the UK: the labour market story. Available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-and-employment-in-the-uk-the-labour-market-story.
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Westbrook, D. (2014) ‘The central pillars of CBT’, in
How to Become a More Effective CBT Therapist?: mastering metacompetence in clinical practice. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 17–30. Available at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=761015&site=ehost-live&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_17.
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Saunders, D. (2016) ‘The Evolving World of Cognitive and Mindfulness-based Interventions’, in
The Handbook of Counselling Psychology. Fourth edition. Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications Ltd, pp. 297–316. Available at:
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1354742&site=ehost-live&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_297.
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Dave Mearns, Brian Thorne and John McLeod (2013)
Person-centred counselling in action. Fourth edition. Los Angeles: SAGE. Available at:
https://app.kortext.com/Shibboleth.sso/Login?entityID=https://idp0.essex.ac.uk/shibboleth&target=https://app.kortext.com/borrow/928768.
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Pete Sanders (2006) The Person-Centred Counselling Primer. Ross-On-Wye: PCCS.
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Burns, T. (2014) ‘Introduction: What Is Psychiatry and What Is It For?’, in Our necessary shadow: the nature and meaning of psychiatry. London: Penguin Books, pp. xi–xlix.
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Bateman, A. and Fonagy, P. (2016)
Mentalization Based Treatment for Personality Disorders: A Practical Guide. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available at:
https://academic.oup.com/book/1358.
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Dalley, T. (1999)
Art as therapy: an introduction to the use of art as a therapeutic technique. London: Routledge. Available at:
http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780203134825.
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Tessa Dalley (2013)
Three Voices of Art Therapy: Image, client, therapist. London: Routledge. Available at:
http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780203771068.
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Wright, D.L.S. (2022)
Physical and Virtual Space of the Consulting Room. London: Taylor & Francis Ltd. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003188117.
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Dweck, C.S. (2000b)
Self-Theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development. Hove, UK: Psychology Press. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?pq-origsite=primo&docID=1582002.
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Luke Wayne Henderson (2012) ‘Integrating the hedonic and eudaimonic perspectives to more comprehensively understand wellbeing and pathways to wellbeing’,
International Journal of Wellbeing, 2(3), pp. 196–221. Available at:
https://www.internationaljournalofwellbeing.org/index.php/ijow/article/view/80.
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Hinchliffe, G.W. and Jolly, A. (2011b) ‘Graduate identity and employability’,
British Educational Research Journal, 37(4), pp. 563–584. Available at:
https://doi.org/10.1080/01411926.2010.482200.
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John L. Holland (1959) ‘A theory of vocational choice’,
Journal of Counseling Psychology, 6(1), pp. 35–45. Available at:
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pdh&AN=1960-06165-001&site=ehost-live.
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Dacre Pool, L. and Sewell, P. (2007b) ‘The key to employability: developing a practical model of graduate employability’,
Education + Training, 49(4), pp. 277–289. Available at:
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/00400910710754435/full/html.
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Super, D.E. (1980b) ‘A life-span, life-space approach to career development’,
Journal of Vocational Behavior, 16(3), pp. 282–298. Available at:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0001879180900561.
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Debra Umberson and Jennifer Karas Montez (2010) ‘Social Relationships and Health: A Flashpoint for Health Policy’,
Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 51(1), pp. S54–S66. Available at:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/20798316#metadata_info_tab_contents.
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Wrzesniewski, A. and Dutton, J.E. (2001) ‘Crafting a Job: Revisioning Employees as Active Crafters of Their Work’,
The Academy of Management Review, 26(2). Available at:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/259118.
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Beck, A.T. (1976)
Cognitive therapy and the emotional disorders. New York: International Universities Press. Available at:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/universityofessex-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6044667.
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course.
The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students.
Further reading can be obtained from this module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
Coursework |
Career Research Project |
24/11/2023 |
45% |
Coursework |
Essay |
22/01/2024 |
55% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Deborah Wright, email: dlswri@essex.ac.uk.
PPS staff, E&CC staff
Student Administrator Room 5A.202, telephone 01206 874969; email ppsug@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Anthony John Faramelli
Goldsmiths
Lecturer in Visual Cultures
Available via Moodle
Of 20 hours, 20 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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