Specific Approaches to Counselling
Duration
- 1 Semester
Contact hours
- 36 hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
Prerequisites
GD-SSCPC Graduate Diploma of Social Science (Professional Counselling) ORCorequisites
NilAims and objectives
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Describe and evaluate the framework of a variety of contemporary counselling approaches.
2. Conceptualise cases, and apply intervention techniques to common presenting issues, based on one or more of a variety contemporary counselling approaches.
3. Identify the common presenting issues in marriages and family settings, and be able to provide counselling support based on an appropriate framework or approach.
Courses with unit
GD-COU Graduate Diploma of Counselling or
GC-COU Graduate Certificate of Counselling
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
This unit will involve up to 150 hours of work including:
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Lecture | 5 | 10 | 50 |
Online Contact | N/A |
|
|
Specified Learning Activities Reading of recommended material Personal Journal | 3 | 10 | 30 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent learning Preparation for assessments Informal group discussions Revision of lecture material Preparation for Written Examination | Recommended |
| 70 |
TOTAL |
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| 150 hours/12.5cp |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Essay | Individual | 30% | 2 |
Online Questions* | Individual | 30% | 1 |
Written Examination | Individual | 40% | 1, 2, 3 |
*A combination of MCQ and short answer questions
General skills outcomes
• Analysis Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Communication Skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
Content
• Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
• Marital Family Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Study resources
- Reading materials.