12669 (v.2) The Arts in Counselling 521

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Area:	Department of Social Work and Social Policy
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Seminar:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Art as a symbolic communication of culture. Participation in creative activities, considering interpretive processes and outcomes, and their relevance for counselling. Students review life stories as lived experiences of gender, race, culture and age - how this may be expressed in the arts.
Unit Outcomes:	On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Used a range of activities and skills from various creative arts in the counselling process. Articulated their potential for bringing about reflexivity, transformation and preferred ways of being. Identified the appropriateness or dangers of certain art mediums for particular groups of clients. Critiqued the philosophical and theoretical frameworks that inform the use of art as a counselling tool.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Banks, Brian W. (2000), Activities for older people. Oxford, Butterworth-Heinesmann. Berger, J. (1972), Ways of seeing. London, British Broadcasting Corporation. Chodorow, Joan. (1991), Dance therapy and depth psychology - the moving imagination. London, Routledge. Freeman, J, Epston, D. and Loborits, D. (1997), Playful approaches to serious problems. New York, Norton. Fry, D.E. (1994), The use of play therapy with adults from handbook of play therapy, edited by O'Connor, K. and Schaefer, C.E. New York, John Wiley and Sons. Furth, G. (1998), The secret world of drawings. Boston, Sigo Press. Gilroy, A. and Dalley, T. (eds.) (1989), Pictures at an exhibition: selected papers on art and therapy. London, Tavistock Routledge.
Unit Texts:	No prescribed texts.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Group programme 40%, Reflection Papers 10%, Resource file 50%. This is by grade/mark assessment.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Short Period 2 Y