Head of programme

Linda Luckhurst

Welcome to the BA (Hons) Counselling Studies and Working with Children, Young People and Families. Congratulations on your place on the programme. You will be taught by lecturers who are experienced therapists and experts in their field. Your Programme Leader is Linda Luckhurst in the Department of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

In the first week of your programme, you will have an induction session with other induction activities to follow during your first semester.

You can contact Linda with any questions you may have about studying this course: l.luckhurst@staff.newman.ac.uk.

In Semester 1, September 2022 you will begin by studying Counselling professions and academic practice (20 credits) and Humanistic Counselling (20 credits). You will develop an overview of the counselling professions and an understanding of what counselling is and the counselling process. You will learn about key concepts in humanistic counselling which is a key therapeutic approach. Teaching will take the form of lectures and seminars, including group discussions.

In addition, you will take a Working with Children, Young People and Families module: The Inclusive Practitioner (20 credits). In this, you will think about the importance of inclusive practice and how this is influenced by practitioners’ own value base. You will explore how children, young people and families can become excluded and strategies to minimise this happening.

Mondays 10:00am–13:00pm

Tuesdays 10:00–12:00pm and 13:00–15:00pm

Thursday 12:00–15:00pm

Full details of your individual academic timetable will be available on mynewman after you have completed online enrolment and set up your student login.

A core text for Counselling Studies is: Reeves, A. (2022). An Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy: From Theory to Practice (3rd ed.).Sage. You might like to peruse this before you begin your studies. For example, you might read Chapters 1 and 4 which cover material that you will be introduced to in your taught modules in Semester 1.

To keep up to date with current affairs in relation to children, young people, families and society you might read, for example, The Guardian online, or access www.theconversation.com Consider what your reaction is to the issues being raised and why do you think you have that reaction? What has influenced you to relate to or react to such issues in the way that you do?