Module Details

Module Code: COUN9005
Title: Trauma and Dissociation
Long Title: Trauma and Dissociation
NFQ Level: Expert
Valid From: Semester 1 - 2017/18 ( September 2017 )
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits: 5
Field of Study: 7620 - Counselling
Module Delivered in: 1 programme(s)
Module Description: In this module students will develop an integrated understanding of the nature and origins of trauma and dissociation and their symptoms. They will be introduced to a comprehensive Psychotherapeutic framework for the assessment and treatment of trauma and dissociation.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Show an integrated understanding of the origins, developmental basis and nature of trauma
LO2 Show an integrated awareness of the impacts of trauma on the psyche, how it is held in memory and in the body and the adaptations that trauma survivors have developed for coping with life.
LO3 Identify and Diagnose simple and complex forms of Post Traumatic Stress and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
LO4 Show a capable understanding of the clinical presentation of common dissociative states and levels and be able to identify and respond appropriately to these in the clinical setting
LO5 Show a thorough knowledge of the elements and stages of an integrated trauma treatment model and use it effectively in the clinical setting.
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list.
No incompatible modules listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Requirements

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
No requirements listed
 
Indicative Content
What is Trauma
Origins, developmental basis and nature of trauma
Impacts of trauma
Impacts of trauma on the psyche, how it is held in memory and in the body and the adaptations that trauma survivors have developed for coping
Assessment of Trauma
Identify and Diagnose simple and complex forms of Post Traumatic Stress and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Dissociative states
Clinical presentation of common dissociative states and levels and be able to identify and respond appropriately to these in the clinical setting
Treatment of trauma
Elements and stages of an integrated trauma treatment model and use it effectively in the clinical setting,
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Coursework100.00%

Assessments

Coursework
Assessment Type Essay % of Total Mark 100
Timing Week 11 Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4,5
Assessment Description
Trauma, dissociation and their treatment Theory and application essay
No End of Module Formal Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.

The University reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

This module has no Full Time workload.
Workload: Part Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Experiential Lecture Every Week 1.50 1.5
Directed Learning Non Contact Relevant application to experience, assignments, Reading, viewing video/DVD Every Week 5.50 5.5
Total Hours 7.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 7.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 1.50
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Courtois, Christine A. (Editor), Julian D. Ford PhD (Editor),. (2013), Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders, The Guilford Press, NY, [ISBN: 9781462513390].
  • Peter Levine. (2010), In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness, North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA, [ISBN: 9781556439438].
  • Ogden, Pat , Kekuni Minton, and Clare Pain;. (2006), Trauma and the body, W.W. Norton, New York, [ISBN: 978-0393704570].
  • van der Hart, Onno, Ellert Nijenhuis, Kathy Steele. (2006), The haunted self, Norton, New York, [ISBN: 978-0393704013].
  • Bessel van der Kolk. (2015), The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma, Penguin, New York, [ISBN: 9780141978611].
  • Pat Ogden and Janina Fisher. (2014), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, [ISBN: 9780393706130].
  • Daniel Siegel. (2012), Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology: An Integrative Handbook of the Mind, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, [ISBN: 9780393707137].
  • Stephen Porges. (2011), The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, [ISBN: 780393707007].
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Dell, Paul F. and John A. O'Neil. (2015), Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders: DSM-V and Beyond, Routledge, New York, [ISBN: 9781138872851].
  • Peter Levine. (2015), Trauma and Memory: Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past: A Practical Guide for Understanding and Working with Traumatic Memory, North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA, [ISBN: 9781583949948].
  • Allen, Jon G. (2004), Coping With Trauma, American Psychiatric Publishing Washington, [ISBN: 978-1585621699].
  • Hudnall Stamm, B.. (1999), Secondary Traumatic Stress, Sidran Press Baltimore, [ISBN: 978-1886968073].
  • Ross, Colin A.. (2000), The trauma model, Manitou Communications Texas, [ISBN: 978-0970452504].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources
  • EJournal, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation.
 
Module Delivered in
Programme Code Programme Semester Delivery
CR_HINTP_9 Master of Arts in Integrative Psychotherapy 2 Mandatory