.
Creativity in Counselling
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:12.04.2021 14:39:06
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VPUPK_167 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology; General Psychology | Target Audience: | Psychology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Inese Paiča | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 5 J. Asara Street, vppk rsu[pnkts]lv, +37167061587 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Personality psychology, psychological assessment, psychological counselling. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide an opportunity to acquire knowledge of arts (visual art, music, dance and movement, drama) techniques and methods used in psychological assessment and counselling in different work environments. To develop skills to apply art techniques and methods as well as symbols and metaphors in the process of psychological assessment and psychological counselling. To develop the ability to create an individual psychological counselling strategy using artistic methods in individual work and group in different professional work environments. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Creativity in counselling: goals, objectives, opportunities and limitation. Creativity and art. Art-based intervention in psychological counselling. Symbols and metaphors. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Art therapy. Creative methods and techniques in different work environments for different clients in psychological counselling. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Music methods and techniques in psychological counselling. Visual arts methods and techniques in psychological counselling. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Dance and movement methods and techniques in psychological counselling. Drama methods and techniques in psychological counselling. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Music methods and techniques in psychological counselling. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Visual arts methods and techniques in psychological counselling. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Dance and movement methods and techniques in psychological counselling. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Drama methods and techniques in psychological counselling. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Reading the literature; writing a professional diary; a summary of four art-based methods and techniques; demonstration of relaxation techniques. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 1. Activity in lectures and classes (10%) 2. Systematic reading of literature, a summary of four art-based methods and techniques (20%) 3. Demonstration of two different art-based methods/techniques in psychological assessment or counselling for the client individually or in groups using modelling (50%) 4. Reflection on the demonstration and their consultant skills (20%) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Oral) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students describe creative methods and techniques used in psychological assessment and psychological counselling in different work environments, explain their possibilities and limitations. | ||||||||
| Skills: | To set targets for psychological help. Choose the most appropriate methods of psychological help. To develop a strategy of psychological counselling according to the set goals. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Using their acquired knowledge of creative methods and techniques, students demonstrate an art-based psychological assessment and psychological counselling methods/techniques through modelling. By analysing their consultant skills during modelling, students recognize their professional limitations and capabilities. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Brooke, S. (2017). Combining the Creative Therapies with Technology. Springfield: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Limited. | ||||||||
| 2 | Degges-White, Suzanne, & Davis, Nancy L. (2017). Integrating the Expressive Arts Into Counseling Practice, Second Edition. New York: Springer Publishing Company. | ||||||||
| 3 | Gladding, S. (2016). ACA The Creative Arts in Counseling, Fifth Edition. American Counseling Association. | ||||||||
| 4 | Mārtinsone, K. (Red.) (2011). Mākslu terapija. Rīga: RaKa. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mārtinsone, K., Bite, I. un Sudraba, V. (red.) (2016). Konsultēšanas un psihoterapijas teorija un prakse. Rīga, Zvaigzne ABC. | ||||||||
| 2 | Mārtinsone, K., & Krevica E., (Sast.) (2014). Mākslu terapijas dažādām klientu/ pacientu grupām. Rakstu krājums. Rīga: RSU. | ||||||||
| 3 | Strazdiņa, E. (Sast.) (2016). Izvērtēšana mākslas terapijā: principi un metodes. Rīga, RSU | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Journal of Creativity in Mental Health | ||||||||
