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The module aims to facilitate students in developing an appropriate holistic model of person in health and in distress. To this end, it aims to introduce students to a wide range of models of development, and of models of person which bear upon the diverse aspects of being human. The ways in which such models of development and of person may inform the understanding of psychopathology will also be considered. The module aims to develop the students’ capacity to critically evaluate these perspectives in relation to their historical and philosophical contexts and relevance to modern, postmodern and post-postmodern thinking.

The module will include biological and evolutionary, phenomenological, existential, affective, cognitive, behavioural, contextual, psychodynamic, subjective, intersubjective, and transpersonal perspectives. Medical model and non-medical model comparisons will be central.

A student passing this module should be able to

1. appreciate and critically reflect upon some of the central issues in constructing a holistic and rigorous integrative model of development, of  self and of psychopathology, with sufficient flexibility for clinical application
2. demonstrate an appreciation of the importance of the diverse sources’ historical and philosophical backgrounds, for informing understanding, integration and application of them in  counselling theory and practice
3. distinguish between the differing narratives / discourses within which the sources may be situated
4. critically comment on a range of sources from a variety of perspectives and evaluate how these influence their integrative compatibility.

The Library Catalogue contains full details of the current reading list for this module. Further details may also be found in the Module Guide.