Diploma Course Resources

Welcome to GASW’s page for Diploma Course students. Here you can download reading materials for your course.

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Term One Programme and Reading, October – December 2022

The full programme for the course can be downloaded here.

DateProgrammeDownloads
Week 1 / 10th October
Week 2 / 17th OctoberFoulkes – Introduction to Group MatrixPaper 1
Paper 2
Week 3 / 24th OctoberBehr and Hearst – Assessment InterviewPaper 1
Week /4 31st OctoberWhitaker – Necessary Decisions When Planning A GroupPaper 1
Week 5 / 7th NovemberAshurst – End Is Beginning
Conran – Brief Therapy
Paper 1
Paper 2
Week 6 / 14th NovemberFoulkes – Concerning Leadership in Group TherapyPaper 1
Week 7 / 21st NovemberVella – Developmental PhasesPaper 1
Week 8 / 28th NovemberMacKenzie – Time Limited Group TherapyPaper 1
Week 9 / 5th December Foulkes – Psychological and Physical Illness
Hudson – Consuming Passions
Paper 1
Paper 2
Week 10 /12th December

Term 2 Programme and Reading, January – March 2023

DateProgrammeDownloads
Week 11 / 9th JanuaryFoulkes – The Phenomenology of the Group SituationPaper
Week 12 / 16th JanuaryKennard – The first session – an apparent distractionPaper
Week 13 / 23rd January
Week 14 / 30th JanuarySchlapobersky – The Language of the GroupPaper
Week 15 / 6th FebruaryBehr & Hearst – Challenging Scenarios
Kennard – A potential drop out
Paper 1
Paper 2
13th FebHalf-term Break
Week 16 / 20th FebruaryBehr & Hearst – Therapeutic Pitfalls
Foulkes – The conductor in action
Paper 1
Paper 2
Week 17 / 27th FebruaryNoack – Working with trainees is experiential groups
Symington – The study of Groups
Paper 1
Paper 2
Week 18 / 6th MarchBehr & Hearst – Bringing therapy to an end
Wardi – The termination Phase in the Group Process
Paper 1
Paper 2
Week 19 / 13th March
Week 20 / 20th March