Unit of Study COUN2006 Counselling Families and Couples (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

COUN2005 - Counselling Skills 3

Enrolment information

All students are required to meet compulsory participation requirements to pass the unit. Online students must attend a 2 day on-campus residential.

Unit description

This unit equips students with an understanding of family dynamics and couple work to provide a framework with which to explore a couple or family’s dilemmas.

Unit content

Introduction to counselling families and couples
Beginning the work with family and couples
Process skills for family and couple I
Process skills for family and couple II
Case assessment
Skills integration

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:

understand differences in individual, couple, family systems, structure, developmental stages and changes and counselling approaches

assess family and couple dynamics in counselling settings using case conceptualisations

identify ethical and legal issues when working with families and couples

recognise commonly presenting issues in family work, couple work, and be able to identify and select effective counselling interventions

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Case study	50%
Family of Origin Genogram	50%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Case study	50%
Family of Origin Genogram	50%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Case study	50%
Family of Origin Genogram	50%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Residential 12 hours (Once during term)

Assessment
Case study	50%
Family of Origin Genogram	50%

Prescribed learning resources

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Fee information

Domestic

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