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The content has been good but the instructions regarding the practice portfolios, assignments and the TMA were not always clear, there are some unclear elements regarding how to write the TMA and record the verbatim counselling session within the supporting documents. The TMA especially needed to be clearer as it's the first assignment that requires referencing, it's the longest piece of work and it's worth 100% of the course grade. A student login with the course would be useful so that online material is accessible. Being based in Vietnam has meant some of the indicative readings have been hard to get hold of, which potentially limits the wider reading aspect of the TMA.
Response: Hi Laura Thank you for taking the time to comment on your course. Generally I think you enjoyed it and learnt from the experience. I take on board your view of the TMA Guidelines and accessibility of materials in foreign countries. If you contact Alan he will send you a reader that would have helped and I will make sure all future students who need it will get it. If you take another course we will make sure you get access to another reader. I hope this is helpful. Simon Carr
Detailed information on theories and models but again I would have liked more practical help in a clinical practice setting.
Some of it was a bit dry - especially some of the longer units. We didnt have access to some of the course due to access limitations, but in general it was very good.
The materials were excellent. I printed all my course material and so files without the detailed images on each page would have been better for me.
Very educational and taught me an awful lot.
minor quibble, but the page numbering in the printed lessons was occasionally out of sync.
The course content was good and i enjoyed the topics covered.
The course content was enriching and provided me with relevant skills to learn to be a counsellor. The assignments and the self-assessment exercises provided opportunities to think through counselling practices and to role play them with a colleague; that was instructive.
I enjoyed this course but will admit to finding some of it a little too on the "church/pastoral" side for my liking. I am an atheist so some of the course material didn't sit well with me but I managed to discern what was required of me by using those particular lesson models.