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Unit description
Overviews the use of counselling skills within human services work within an Australian context, and shows how research, personal self-awareness and skill development contribute to the development of the therapeutic relationship.
Unit content
Topic 1: What is counselling?
Topic 2: The therapeutic relationship
Topic 3: Self-awareness for human services workers
Topic 4: Theories in counselling - psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural, humanistic-existential
Topic 5: Micro skills 1 - attending skills and observation
Topic 6: Micro skills 2 - questioning
Topic 7: Micro skills 3 - responding
Topic 8: Micro skills 4 - reflection of feeling
Topic 9: The process of counselling
Topic 10: Multicultural issues
Topic 11: Ethical issues
Topic 12: Counselling as professional practice (including unit summary)
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | discuss the use of counselling techniques in human services practice, addressing questions of ethical practice |
| 2 | describe basic principles of psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural and humanistic-existential theories |
| 3 | successfully demonstrate beginning counselling skills |
| 4 | reflect upon and evaluate the importance of self-awareness, their own values and beginning skill development. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- discuss the use of counselling techniques in human services practice, addressing questions of ethical practice
- describe basic principles of psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural and humanistic-existential theories
- successfully demonstrate beginning counselling skills
- reflect upon and evaluate the importance of self-awareness, their own values and beginning skill development.
Teaching and assessment
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