PSCO40280 Skills & Techniques of Systemic Practice: Development

Academic Year 2023/2024

This module will be delivered in the Spring Trimester and will occur on a weekly basis in a two-hour session provided both face to face and online. Students in this module will be given the opportunity to observe systemic psychotherapists working with families by watching videos of pre-recorded sessions and/or by doing role plays and simulations of family therapy sessions provided online and face to face. Also, students will be encouraged to present clinical cases from the student’s own practice for discussion and consultation with the group. The module will also develop students’ reflective competence through articulation of challenges experienced in clinical situations. Lastly, the module will develop students’ ability to create links between theory and practice and to identify different therapeutic techniques.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

● Describe the therapeutic skills observed in therapy sessions provided online and face to face.
● Name the theories underpinning the observed clinical practices.
● Demonstrate a capacity to think critically about social, cultural, and therapeutic processes that either foster or undermine
practices of discrimination at work in clients’ lives and experiences.
● Present a clinical case in a coherent manner with due attention to the context of the referral, a description of the presenting
problem, a summary of the client engagement to date and the student’s questions on the case for group discussion.

Indicative Module Content:

The module teaching sessions will focus on the development of a series of skills and techniques for the conduction of systemic/psychotherapy sessions in different contexts, such as: Resilience-based Genogram; systemic work within MDT; systemic techniques for working with multi-problem families; working systemically with individuals, etc. For more details see the module timetable in the programme handbook. Clinical placements handbooks will also be provided at the end of the Spring Trimesters for preparation to live clinical sessions.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Small Group

28
Specified Learning Activities

72
Autonomous Student Learning

28
Total

128
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Our approach to teaching and learning is based on students' active participation in group discussion, role play and simulations face-to-face and online. Peer-based/collaborative learning is key to our teaching practice. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
(PSYC40350)


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Written Case Study Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded No

50
Journal: Weekly journal of Skills/Techniques development. See Programme Handbook. Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded No

50

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Ms Diane Hanly Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Niall Reynolds Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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