Unit of Study COUN1001 Counselling Skills 1 (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Enrolment information

All students are required to meet compulsory participation requirements to pass the unit. Online students must attend a 3 day on-campus residential.

Unit description

This foundational unit introduces students to counselling skills to develop foundational levels of counselling competence, supported by key skills required for effective clinical practice. The Rogerian Humanistic Counselling approach is woven throughout this unit

Unit content

Approaches to counselling
Core foundational counselling skills
Conceptualising core counselling skills
Structuring early counselling sessions
Structuring ongoing counselling sessions
Care of the counsellor

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Coffs Harbour	Term1	Term1
Gold Coast	Term1	Term1
Lismore	Term1	Term1
Online	Term1	Term1

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:

conceptualise counselling as a client-centred, relationally-oriented and recovery-focused process

co-create and sustain a therapeutic alliance demonstrating an emerging capacity for empathy, positive regard and a non-judgemental stance

apply a range of foundational counselling skills within counselling sessions

reflect on the process of counselling, including their own professional practice

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 3.5 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Counselling skills practice log and critique	30%
Reflective writing	40%
Counselling session video and critique/reflection	30%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 3.5 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Counselling skills practice log and critique	30%
Reflective writing	40%
Counselling session video and critique/reflection	30%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 3.5 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Counselling skills practice log and critique	30%
Reflective writing	40%
Counselling session video and critique/reflection	30%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Residential 7 hours x 3 days (Once during term)

Assessment
Counselling skills practice log and critique	30%
Reflective writing	40%
Counselling session video and critique/reflection	30%

Prescribed learning resources

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Fee information

Domestic

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