| Semester 1, 2023 External | |
| Units : | 1 |
| School or Department : | School of Psychology and Wellbeing |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
Course Coordinator:
Requisites
Pre-requisite: CDS1002 or (PSY1010 and PSY1020)
Overview
Counsellor education at an advanced level requires a continued examination of issues introduced in previous studies and the development of clear conceptual and theoretical frameworks which underpin professional practice. Thus, this course introduces specific issues of therapeutic counselling and contains an intensive skill development and practice component which links to specific therapies within a designated transtheoretical model. This approach is then embedded in counselling practice.
The course introduces students to core concepts in counselling and integrates these within a core transtheoretical model of counselling. Students learn about various treatment philosophies and approaches to commonly presenting client issues. This course emphasises both personal and professional self-exploration and development.
This course contains a recommended residential school and online synchronous tutorials.
Course learning outcomes
On completion of this course students will be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge of symptoms, risk factors, and other associated features linked with a range of commonly presenting client issues;
- demonstrate knowledge of a range of specific and customised treatment philosophies and interventions currently applied to commonly presenting client issues;
- demonstrate knowledge and understanding of research-informed approaches to improving treatment effectiveness;
- demonstrate advanced academic and professional literacy through a critical understanding, application and justification of counselling approaches and theory;
- demonstrate advanced management, planning and organisation skills through the use of reflection to advance professional practice.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Counselling effectiveness: Evidence, research and theories | 25.00 |
| 2. | Change, motivation and resistance | 5.00 |
| 3. | Culture and counselling | 7.00 |
| 4. | Crisis counselling | 7.00 |
| 5. | Anxiety, depression and obsessive behaviour | 7.00 |
| 6. | Grief and loss | 7.00 |
| 7. | Self-harming and suicide | 7.00 |
| 8. | Abuse (family violence, child abuse) | 7.00 |
| 9. | Trauma including post-traumatic stress disorder | 7.00 |
| 10. | Relationship issues, including couple and family therapy | 7.00 |
| 11. | Addictions | 7.00 |
| 12. | Religion, spirituality and counselling | 7.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
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 6 | No | 3 | 1,2,3 |
| Quiz A2 of 6 | No | 3 | 1,2,3 |
| Quiz A3 of 6 | No | 3 | 1,2,3 |
| Essay 1 | No | 40 | 3,4,5 |
| Quiz A4 of 6 | No | 3 | 1,2,3 |
| Quiz A5 of 6 | No | 4 | 1,2,3 |
| Essay 2 | No | 40 | 1,2,4 |
| Quiz A6 of 6 | No | 4 | 1,2,3 |