Board of Examiners for the Qualification in Counselling Psychology

Qualification in Counselling Psychology

Application for Accreditation of Existing Competence(AEC)

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Documentary Evidence Units

Documentary Evidence Unit 1 – Core Therapy Training

Please give details of any core therapy training you have undertaken. This must be a course of training at postgraduate level in counselling psychology, counselling or psychotherapy of at least 350 hours, verified by the CS. Please enclose appropriate supporting evidence including a copy of the course certificate and transcript verified by your CS who must have seen the original document.

Completed course details
Course title
Institution/ provider
Core staff and their qualifications
Level (e.g. not rated, FE, HE level 1, 2, 3, M, D)
Start & finish dates of course
Contact hours
Model of therapy taught
Practice/ client contact hours required by course
Required supervision ratio
Brief description of course content.
Please provide further details, such as extracts from the course syllabus, in your evidence portfolio.
Page reference for evidence in portfolio
DEU 1: Core Therapy Training / Nature of evidence and Page reference for your portfolio
Technical requirements
A course of training at postgraduate level in counselling psychology, counselling or psychotherapy of at least 350 hours, verified by the CS.
Learning Outcomes
1.1: An understanding of the diverse philosophical bases which underpin those psychological theories that are of particular relevance to the practice of Counselling Psychology
2.1: An understanding developed to post-graduate level of the philosophy, theory and practice of a specific model of psychological therapy
2.2: The ability to practice safely and competently in the same specific model(s)
3.2: An ability to consider and critically evaluate theories of mind and personality
3.3: A knowledge of different theories of life-span development
3.4: An understanding of social and cultural contexts and the nature of relationships throughout the life-span.
6.5: An understanding of the dynamics present in therapeutic and other relationships.
6.6: The development of creativity and artistry in the use of language and metaphor, in the service of empathic understanding.
7.5:Demonstrate qualities such as being aware of and working with interpersonal processes, an ability to manage professional relationships, proactivity, and contributing to and fostering collaborative working practices within teams.

Documentary Evidence Unit 2 – Additional Training

Please give details of training you have undertaken in your secondary therapeutic model. This must cover development of a knowledge, understanding and application of a different model of therapy from your Core Therapy Training, comprising at least 150 hours. A series of short courses will not normally be accepted. The course must be a distinct and separate course from your Core Therapy Training course. Please enclose appropriate supporting evidence including a copy of the course certificate and transcript verified by your CS who must have seen the original.

Event 1 / Event 2
Event
Course/ short course/ workshop,
title and award (if any)
e.g. in-house certificate in family therapy
Institution/ provider
Core staff and their qualifications
Event dates
Contact hours for the event
Model of therapy taught
Outline content
You may need to provide more detail in your portfolio of evidence. Please give the page reference so that the assessor can easily find this information.
Evidence
Please provide evidence, such as attendance certificate or supervisors statement, in your portfolio and give the page reference here.
DEU 2: Additional Training / Nature of evidence and Page reference for your portfolio
Technical requirements
Development of a knowledge, understanding and application of a different model of therapy from DEU1, comprising at least 150 hours. A series of short courses will not normally be accepted.
Learning Outcomes
2.4: The working knowledge and understanding of at least one further model of psychological therapy.
2.5: The understanding of the therapeutic relationship and alliance as conceptualised by each model studied

Documentary Evidence Unit 3 – Practice Log and Practice Reports

Please give details of supervised practice you have undertaken. The maximum AEC that can be awarded for DEU3 is 300 hours. You should provide all of thefollowing supporting evidence: client summary sheets, practice logs and the corresponding supervisor’s reports for each placement. You can use the forms on the QCoP Downloads web page if this is helpful.

Placement 1 / Placement 2 / Placement 3 / Placement 4
Practice:
Service provider and location
Dates from and to:
Clients worked with:
Brief description of client group and range
Therapeutic Approach/ Model
Number of hours claimed (client contact)
Ratio of supervision to client contact time (must be at least 1:8)
Name, qualifications and registration/ accreditation of supervisor.

Please make copies of this page if you need to provide additional information.

DEU 3: Practice Log and Practice Reports / Nature of evidence and Page reference for your portfolio
Technical Requirements
A log of client contact hours and supervision showing up to 300 hours of supervised practice and supervisor reports for 50, 100, 200 and 300 hours.
[NB:] AEC can only be granted for up to 300 hours of DEU3. The remaining 150 must be undertaken whilst enrolled as a candidate, and can only be submitted for assessment with AU9.
Learning Outcomes
2.1: An understanding developed to post-graduate level of the philosophy, theory and practice of a specific model of psychological therapy
2.2: The ability to practice safely and competently in the same specific model(s)
2.3: The ability to formulate clients’ concerns with the specifically chosen therapeutic model(s).
2.5: The understanding of the therapeutic relationship and alliance as conceptualised by each model studied
2.6: The ability to contrast, compare and critically evaluate a number of models of therapy
2.7: The ability to monitor and evaluate their therapeutic practice
5.1: A commitment to best practice in the interests of their clients.
5.2: That they strive to do no harm by recognising boundaries and the dynamics of power.
6.3: An ability for critical self reflection on the use of self in the therapeutic process.
6.5: An understanding of the dynamics present in therapeutic and other relationships.
6.6: The development of creativity and artistry in the use of language and metaphor, in the service of empathic understanding.
7.1: An understanding of the purpose and practice of receiving supervision.
7.5:Demonstrate qualities such as being aware of and working with interpersonal processes, an ability to manage professional relationships, proactivity, and contributing to and fostering collaborative working practices within teams.
8.1: The ability to initiate, develop, maintain and end a purposeful therapeutic alliance.
8.2: An understanding of explicit and implicit communications in a therapeutic relationship.
8.3: Conduct psychological assessments (depending on the therapeutic modality used) aiming at increasing clients’ self-awareness and shared understanding of their predicament, nature of distress, needs, expectations, and desired outcomes.
8.5:Provide psychological therapy interventions:
i.to individual adults and depending on placement experience other client groups including children and young people, older adults, couples, groups, families, and organisations;
ii.in range of contexts, which may include NHS (primary, secondary and tertiary care) and other statutory, voluntary or independent settings; and
iii.working within different time-frames of therapeutic practice (time limited, short and long-term, as well as open-ended therapy).
8.6:Understand the therapeutic process as it occurs when working with a range of different individuals experiencing psychological difficulties, whether that be in relation to adjustment, to circumstances, or in more significant and problematic experiences as often indicated in diagnostic categories.

Documentary Evidence Unit 4 – Personal Therapy

AEC for personal therapy can be claimed in blocks of not less than 15 hours. If you have already completed a period of personal therapy with an appropriate counselling psychologist, or an accredited counsellor or psychotherapist, you may apply for AEC. For each period of therapy claimed you must provide evidence, such as a signed certificate from your therapist, in your portfolio of evidence.

Block 1 / Block 2 / Block 3
Name of therapist
Professional qualifications of therapist
Professional body / registration council by whom therapist was accredited/ registered at the time of therapy
Number of hours
Dates (from/ to)
Page reference for evidence in portfolio
DEU 4: Personal Therapy / Nature of evidence and Page reference for your portfolio
Technical requirements
Completion of at least 40 hours of personal psychological counselling/ therapy with a therapist approved by the Registrar and verified by the CS.
Learning Outcomes
6.1: An understanding of therapy from the perspective of the client.
6.2: An understanding through therapy of their own life experience.
6.3: An ability for critical self reflection on the use of self in the therapeutic process.

Assessment Units

Assessment Unit 1

Essay about a critical incident or point of change in therapeutic work with a clientassessed at M level (no more than 3000 words)

If you have completed an equivalent piece of work as part of your formal training in counselling psychology then please provide details here. You should provide a copy of the certificate from the course verified by your CS who must have seen the original, a transcript of your results, the feedback sheets for the piece of work and the piece of work itself.

Title of piece of work
Nature of work (e.g. essay, report)
How work was assessed (e.g. examined as part of coursework, viva)
Brief summary of content
Qualification & Awarding Body and date awarded
Page reference for evidence
AU 1: An essay about a critical incident or point of change in therapeutic work with a client / Nature of evidence and Page reference for your portfolio
Technical requirements
3,000 words. M level
Learning Outcomes
1.1: An understanding of the diverse philosophical bases which underpin those psychological theories that are of particular relevance to the practice of Counselling Psychology
1.2: The ability to critically evaluate the primary philosophical paradigms that inform psychological theory with particular regard to their relevance to, and impact upon, the understanding of the subjectivity and inter-subjectivity of experience throughout human development
2.1: An understanding developed to post-graduate level of the philosophy, theory and practice of a specific model of psychological therapy
2.3: The ability to formulate clients’ concerns with the specifically chosen therapeutic model(s).
2.6: The ability to contrast, compare and critically evaluate a number of models of therapy.
3.1: A knowledge of theories of human cognitive, emotional, behavioural, social and psychological functioning relevant to Counselling Psychology.
3.3: A knowledge of different theories of life-span development.
3.5: A knowledge of the theories of psychopathology and of change and the ability to critically evaluate these theories.
4.3: The ability to critically analyse and evaluate published research relevant to Counselling Psychology.
8.5: be able to provide psychological therapy interventions:
i.to individual adults and depending on placement experience other client groups including children and young people, older adults, couples, groups, families, and organisations;
ii.in range of contexts, which may include NHS (primary, secondary and tertiary care) and other statutory, voluntary or independent settings; and
iii.working within different time-frames of therapeutic practice (time limited, short and long-term, as well as open-ended therapy)
8.6: understand the therapeutic process as it occurs when working with a range of different individuals experiencing psychological difficulties, whether that be in relation to adjustment, to circumstances, or in more significant and problematic experiences as often indicated in diagnostic categories

Assessment Unit 2

A case study of a piece of completed therapeutic work with a client (no more than 3000 words)

If you have completed an equivalent piece of work as part of your formal training in counselling psychology then please provide details here. The case study must not refer to the same client as the work for Assessment Unit 1. You should provide a copy of the certificate from the course verified by your CS who must have seen the original, a transcript of your results, the feedback sheets for the piece of work and the piece of work itself.

Title of piece of work
Nature of work (e.g. case study, presentation)
How work was assessed (e.g. examined as part of coursework, viva)
Brief summary of content
Qualification & Awarding Body and date awarded
Page reference for evidence
AU 2: Case Study / Nature of evidence and Page reference for your portfolio
Technical requirements
3,000 words. M level
Learning Outcomes
1.2: The ability to critically evaluate the primary philosophical paradigms that inform psychological theory with particular regard to their relevance to, and impact upon, the understanding of the subjectivity and inter-subjectivity of experience throughout human development
2.1: An understanding developed to post-graduate level of the philosophy, theory and practice of a specific model of psychological therapy
2.2: The ability to practise safely and competently in the same specific model(s).
2.3: The ability to formulate clients’ concerns with the specifically chosen therapeutic model(s).
2.4: A working knowledge and understanding of at least one further model of psychological therapy.
2.5: The understanding of the therapeutic relationship and alliance as conceptualised by each model studied
2.6: The ability to contrast, compare and critically evaluate a number of models of therapy.
2.7: The ability to monitor and evaluate their therapeutic practice
3.3: A knowledge of different theories of life-span development
3.4: An understanding of social and cultural contexts and the nature of relationships throughout the life-span
3.5: A knowledge of theories of psychopathology and of change and the ability to critically evaluate these theories
3.6: Evaluate, use and interpret psychometric tests; this includes the selection, administering, scoring and interpretation of performance based psychometric tests, e.g. neuropsychological tests, tests of cognition and development, self-other report, and other standardised assessment procedures. Use of such tests would be in close collaboration with clients and identified as one, amongst other, possible means for understanding and interpreting clients' psychological distress.
5.1: A commitment to best practice in the interests of their clients.
6.3: An ability for critical self reflection on the use of self in the therapeutic process.
6.4: A personal philosophy to include responsibility and accountability in relation to your counselling psychology practice
6.5: An understanding of the dynamics present in therapeutic and other relationships.
7.1: An understanding of the purpose and practice of receiving supervision.
8.1: The ability to initiate, develop, maintain and end a purposeful therapeutic alliance.
8.2: An understanding of explicit and implicit communications in a therapeutic relationship.
8.3: conduct psychological assessments (depending on the therapeutic modality used) aiming at increasing clients’ self-awareness and shared understanding of their predicament, nature of distress, needs, expectations, and desired outcomes.
8.4: The ability to develop a personal, coherent, and ethical way of working with clients.
8.5: be able to provide psychological therapy interventions:
i.to individual adults and depending on placement experience other client groups including children and young people, older adults, couples, groups, families, and organisations;
ii.in range of contexts, which may include NHS (primary, secondary and tertiary care) and other statutory, voluntary or independent settings; and
iii.working within different time-frames of therapeutic practice (time limited, short and long-term, as well as open-ended therapy)8.6: understand the therapeutic process as it occurs when working with a range of different individuals experiencing psychological difficulties, whether that be in relation to adjustment, to circumstances, or in more significant and problematic experiences as often indicated in diagnostic categories

Assessment Unit 3

Process report embedded in a case study (no more than 5000 words)

AEC cannot be granted for AU3.

Assessment Unit 4

Academic paper which examines the meaning and implications of anti-discriminatory practice (no more than 3000 words)

Title of piece of work
Nature of work (e.g. essay, report, academic paper)
How work was assessed (e.g. examined as part of coursework, viva)
Brief summary of content
Qualification & Awarding Body and date awarded
Page reference for evidence
AU 4: Academic Paper – Anti discriminatory Practice / Nature of evidence and Page reference for your portfolio
Technical requirements
3,000 words. M level
Learning Outcomes
4.1: A knowledge of the research evidence on process and outcomes of psychological therapy relevant to counselling psychology.
4.3: The ability to critically analyse and evaluate published research relevant to Counselling Psychology.
5.5: They hold themselves accountable to the public and the profession for their personal integrity.
5.6: They show an understanding of anti-discriminatory practice.
7.3: The ability to present and communicate professional knowledge and information.
7.6: A knowledge of organisational policies and contextual and legal frame-works within which they practice.

Assessment Unit 5

Academic paper which addresses issues relating to the impact of organizational, structural or situational contexts on counselling psychology practice (no more than 3000 words)

Assessment Unit 6