| Semester 2, 2022 Online | |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
| School or Department : | School of Psychology and Wellbeing |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: PSY1010
Overview
This course introduces participants to a range of counselling and therapeutic models which guide intervention approaches in effecting behavioural, cognitive and affective change. In addition, participants will examine issues related to the professional practice of counselling.
This course is designed to introduce the student to the theory and issues involved in counselling. Various models of counselling and behaviour change that constitute the field of counselling psychology will be examined along with an introduction to the major theories and their related techniques and interventions.
Course learning outcomes
On completion of this course students will be able to:
- demonstrate a critical awareness of models of counselling and therapeutic change;
- demonstrate a basic understanding of the practice of counselling individuals;
- search, analyse, and synthesise the literature regarding counselling modalities. The student can recognise gaps in the literature and highlights the need for further development;
- demonstrate a basic understanding of the ethical principles and theories underlying the practice of counselling individuals;
- work in groups to produce a group oral presentation.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Part 1: Basic Issues in Counselling Practice 1. Counselling and the counsellor 2. Ethical issues in counselling 3. Essential skills of counselling |
15.00 |
| 2. |
Part 2: Theories and Techniques of Counselling. 4. Analytic Approaches: Psychoanalytic and Adlerian therapies 5. Existential & Relationship-oriented Approaches Existential, Person-centred and Gestalt Therapies 6. Behavioural and Reality Therapy 7. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 8. Systems perspectives: Feminist and Family Systems therapies 9. Postmodern Approaches |
75.00 |
| 3. |
Part 3: Integration and application 10. An integrative perspective 11. Future trends of therapy |
10.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
(MindTap is packaged with this text.)
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quiz A1 of 5 | No | 5 | 1,2,4 |
| Quiz A2 of 5 | No | 5 | 1,2,4 |
| Quiz A3 of 5 | No | 5 | 1,2,4 |
| Case 精东传媒app | No | 35 | 1,2,4 |
| Quiz A4 of 5 | No | 5 | 1,2,4 |
| Presentation (ind, grp, mltmd) | Yes | 40 | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| Quiz A5 of 5 | No | 5 | 1,2,4 |