Overview

In this subject, students will understand and appreciate the processes involved in counselling individuals in different settings. Students will also have ample opportunities to discuss relevant ethical issues that apply in these settings.

Requisites

Prerequisites
PSC70015 Specific Approaches to Counselling
PSC60014 Counselling Processes and Interventions
PSC60013 Theories and Foundations of Counselling
PSC60012 Specific Skills in Counselling
PSC60011 Professional Ethics and Supervision

Rules

Pre-requisite
PSC70015 Specific Approaches to Counselling
AND
PSC60014 Counselling Processes and Interventions
AND
PSC60013 Theories and Foundations of Counselling
AND
PSC60012 Specific Skills in Counselling
AND
PSC60011 Professional Ethics and Supervision

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Identify and refer mental health issues experienced by a variety of client populations
  • Develop case management approaches based on an in-depth understanding of relevant counselling approaches in a multicultural context
  • Analyse complex ethical, legal, and boundary considerations in counselling practice
  • Evaluate and implement the therapeutic change process for various demographics and populations of clients

Teaching methods

Singapore

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Lecture		5.00 11 weeks 55
Specified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Various		10.00 11 weeks 110
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Individual Study		12.27 11 weeks 135
TOTAL300

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Case StudiesIndividual 20% 1,3 
Case StudiesIndividual 20% 2,3 
Reflective EssayIndividual 60% 1,4 

Content

  • Multicultural counselling and therapy
  • Boundary, ethical, and legal considerations in counselling
  • Counselling the disabled
  • Counselling incarcerated individuals
  • Common mental health problems for children and adolescents
  • Basic psychotherapy and classification of mental disorders
  • Pathological grief and bereavement
  • Addiction counselling
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.